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An archive of research and position papers from think tanks and other institutions.
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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.
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
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11/29/11
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It's time to stop pretending we can solve climate change with unenforceable pledges to use fossil fuels a little less, says ITIF. It's time for some new ideas and better tools, such as making innovation central to the Durban negotiations.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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11/28/11
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Finding the appropriate mixture of reflation, redistribution, and regulatory measures to stabilize the global economy is now the urgent task of policymakers, says UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi.
A number of innovative solutions have evolved to overcome many of the hurdles facing market-based forest conservation and to attract private sector investment. Policymakers are developing funding at an unprecedented scale.
Gabriele Köhler
Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
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11/02/11
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South Asia is becoming a hotbed of experimentation with a new generation of policies aimed at jobs, poverty, exclusion, and access to information.
Filled with success stories from developing nations around the world, The New Harvest outlines the policies and institutional changes necessary to promote agricultural innovation in Africa.
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Devin T. Stewart
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09/13/11
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The March 11 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear accident have led some to question the health of Japan's image abroad. The view from Vietnam looks good.
The construction of Keystone XL will feed the growing trend of exporting refined products out of the United States, thereby doing nothing to enhance energy security or to stabilize oil prices or gasoline prices at the pump.
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
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08/25/11
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Concerns over energy security, economic development, and climate change are driving the development of biofuels. This report sets out an ethical framework to guide policymaking for current and future biofuels.
Centre for Low Carbon Futures
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07/25/11
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This paper gives a brief technical and economic assessment of carbon capture and utilization as a partial alternative to geological storage of carbon dioxide.
Doctors Without Borders
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07/13/11
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Through a series of case studies, Doctors Without Borders reflects on how its aid workers have dealt with practicing conventional medicine in contexts that require innovation.
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