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An archive of research and position papers from think tanks and other institutions.
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Will Germany have to import nuclear power from other countries? Aren't renewables raising the cost of power in Germany? Craig Morris answers these and other pressing questions about Germany's energy transition.
Nancy Birdsall,
Michele de Nevers
Center for Global Development
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05/01/12
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Climate change adaptation finance is not development assistance. If adaptation transfers are to be effective and sustained, the habits, culture, and practices of traditional aid programs need to be set aside.
If you want the United States to sign an international climate agreement, the benefits better outweigh the sacrifices, says Cass Sunstein. The Montreal ozone treaty was easier because even unilateral action was favorable.
The current concept of development lacks a vision for transformation in the productive structure of society and can thus impede the move toward superior knowledge, technology, and institutions.
As consumption accelerates everywhere and world population rises, a distant ideal of sustainable development is no longer sufficient. Global sustainability must become a foundation of society.
As knowledge increases, societies will have a growing basis for a new type of policy-making aimed at increasing happiness and reducing misery.
This report explores the importance of institutional asset owners in the United States as an important category of social and environmental investors. With assets over $20 trillion, they play a big role in domestic and world capital markets.
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
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03/12/12
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Nations are unlikely to achieve sustainably high rates of innovation if their governments have not put in place a range of enabling policies. This report assesses the innovation capacity of 55 countries and highlights best practices.
This position paper from the Environmental Investigation Agency outlines a range of global law enforcement strategies that are key to the survival of the wild tiger. Key among them is reducing demand for tiger and big cat parts.
Timothy Wise,
Sophia Murphy
Global Development and Environment Institute,
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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02/15/12
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The recent spikes in global food prices served as a wake-up call to the global community, but what has really changed in the global policy response?
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
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02/06/12
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This policy brief examines the design, enactment, implementation, and performance of the world's first large-scale pollutant cap-and-trade system: the acid rain amendments to the Clean Air Act.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Policy Innovation Systems for Clean Energy Security
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02/02/12
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Fifteen case studies in 12 countries demonstrate that natural resource efficiency is possible in small-scale bioenergy initiatives, such as biodigesters and efficient stoves.
World Health Organization
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02/02/12
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Efforts to combat the neglected tropical diseases reached a turning point in 2007 when WHO convened a meeting of global partners. This roadmap represents their next step in developing innovative, cost-effective solutions.
International Labour Organization
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01/10/12
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Social protection floors are based on the idea that everyone should enjoy income security sufficient enough to live, thrive, and educate themselves. This ILO report shows they are necessary, feasible, and effective.
United Nations Environment Programme
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01/10/12
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This UNEP reports shows increasing evidence of a new economic paradigm in which material wealth is not delivered at the expense of growing environmental risks, ecological scarcities, and social disparities.
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