Sentences with phrase «climate policy mix»

Economic theory suggests that with a pollution externality and learning spillovers related to renewable energy technologies, the optimal climate policy mix includes an emissions policy and an output subsidy to the learning industry.

Not exact matches

This mix of public policies (incentives, infrastructure and investment) must be ambitious, to drive clean innovation — which is the key to generating climate solutions and securing Canadian competitiveness and jobs in a low - carbon world.

As far as communication in climate policy is concerned, the study's results suggest that in future a comprehensive mix of information on climate change and various justifications for climate protection will be necessary.

Changes in U.S. climate policy — and not just in the supply and cost of fuels — will play a big role in accelerating or slowing shifts in the U.S. energy mix, Quigley and the authors agree.

We welcome applications from potential graduate students and postdocs with strong computational skills who want to join our group's eclectic mix of statisticians, geophysicists, climate modelers, and policy scholars.

My dissertation is composed of three interrelated but independent mixed - methods studies at the intersection of educational policy, school climates and health for gender expansive students.

There are mixed signs of success: the out - of - school discipline bans are associated with a 20 percent drop in suspensions across the country from school year 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, [1] but quick shifts in discipline policy have also had adverse effects such as high teacher turnover in Washington state, deteriorating school climate in New York, [2] or lower academic achievement for some students without prior suspensions in Philadelphia.

With a confounding mix of uncertainty and urgency (because of the penalty for delay), a tougher challenge is shaping policies to blunt the human force pressing on the climate by cutting heat - trapping emissions.

NONE of them have questioned the science behind climate change for more than a decade; they may argue about which policies are the best way to address the problem, what mix of government regulations and private sector actions is best, but not one challenges the science.

If you're looking for a policy solution you're talking about a different mix of individual behaviors of lots of citizens in very different climates all over the country.

So it felt like a fresh spring breeze to see constructive discussion sparked by «Fighting Climate Change With Innovation,» a Foreign Affairs essay proposing a public - private mix of clean - energy investments, policies and incentives aimed at overcoming technological hurdles and accelerating deployment.

I agree with her that there is plenty to debate, both on the science in tough areas like attribution and climate sensitivity and on what mix of incentives, investments, policies, communication efforts and other actions can build a more durable human relationship with the climate system.

Gary Yohe, an environmental economist at Wesleyan University, is one of a large group of veteran students of the climate - energy challenge who say the persistent uncertainties surrounding human - driven warming are the reason to act, to act promptly, and to include a rising price on emissions of greenhouse gases in any policy mix.

Whatever one thinks of James E. Hansen's mix of climate science and policy advocacy (just explore comments here for a cross-section of views), it's hard not to take note when the country's largest organization of weather specialists, the American Meteorological Society, gives this veteran climatologist its top honor.

The pledges and determination shown by world governments at the Paris climate change talks in Paris meant there would likely be «further policies aimed at shifting the fuel - mix towards cleaner, lower - carbon fuels, with renewable energy, along with natural gas, the main beneficiary,» said Dale.

The appendix of the report also contains a number of extremely misleading vignettes of climate - change policies, both in operation and those proposed (the two are deliberately mixed up), in a number of countries.

Consider an alternative universe where the scientists provided a range of scenarios to consider and included natural climate variability in the mix, and recommended that suite of policy options be developed to help reduce societal vulnerability to future climate change, both of the natural and anthropogenic variety.

Co-organised by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and its energy proof - of - concept projects, the European Climatic Energy Mixes (ECEM) and the CLIM4ENERGY projects, the Symposium was a nice opportunity to showcase the two C3S energy demonstrators and discuss how these tools can benefit research, energy planning decisions and policy.

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

As you might expect from a broad mix of physical scientists, economists, social scientists and policy experts, the nominations spanned a range of topics and historical periods, capturing some of the great climate pioneers and the very latest climate economics research.

«Despite potentially significant implications for US climate and energy policy, there has been no quantitative analysis of whether the gas boom and changes in the fuel mix of the power sector are indeed driving the decrease in US CO2 emissions.»

As China's domestic energy policy has transformed over the last several years to incorporate climate - friendly goals — increased energy efficiency and a greater contribution of non-fossil fuels to its energy mix — this opportunity is already becoming a reality, especially as the United States advances comprehensive climate policy.

In his acceptance speech Tuesday night, Premier Campbell mentioned the carbon tax and said that British Columbians had recognized that good climate policy and good economic policy can be mixed effectively.

Clark, P., Shakun, J., Marcott, S., Mix, A., Eby, M., Kulp, S., Levermann, A., Milne, G., Pfister, P., Santer, B.... (2016) Consequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change.

The share of nuclear power in the electricity mix is today 11 % and this will rise to 12 % under current policies, however it must reach 18 % by 2040 to meet COP21 climate targets yet current prices do not provide the necessary signals to nuclear industry investors.

One of CSPW's complaints about climate change policy under President Barack Obama is that his preferred «all - of - the - above» approach to the nation's energy mix did not in any way, shape or form reflect the urgency of the climate threat, even as articulated by the President himself on multiple occasions.

«In the past, there was a drive to use climate policy as a wedge to take coal out of the energy mix,» said Joe Lucas, senior vice president of communications for the industry - funded American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

It looked at a variety of policy measures that might allow new coal to contribute to our energy mix without destroying the climate and recommended the crucial policy:

Gov. Brown is even mixing religion into his odd scientific brew: See: From The Hill story: California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) says President Trump's stance on climate change demonstrates that he does not appear to fear the «wrath of God» or have any regard for the «existential consequences» of his environmental policies.