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International Climate Policy and Politics
July 2011
June 2011
June 2011
"Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena" - Report Overview
"Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena" finds extensive evidence and a strong expert consensus that a large amount of the energy savings from below-cost energy efficiency are eroded by demand 'rebound effects,' and that in some cases the rebound exceeds the savings, resulting in increased energy consumption from efficiency, known as backfire. The report contains a comprehensive review of the expert literature.
February 2011
WSJ: Forget the U.N. Climate Convention, Rethink Innovation Instead
Forcing countries to agree to emissions caps will never work, argue Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. The duo argues in a special Wall Street Journal column that the global community should think past U.N. climate talks in Cancun and focus instead on energy innovation, adaptation, and no regrets policies that do not require agreement about global warming.
November 2010
After Copenhagen: From Climate Nihilism to Climate Pragmatism
Breakthrough Institute Chairman Ted Nordhaus gives the keynote address at the World Climate Solutions conference at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, the very building where international climate negotiations collapsed less than one year ago.
October 2010
July 2010
Hartwell Paper: A New Approach on Global Climate Policy
Global climate policy should be radically overhauled in the wake of the failure of the United Nations process, an international group of 14 climate policy experts and scientists argue in the "Hartwell Paper." Instead of the failed Kyoto-Copenhagen focus on national emissions targets and timetables, what's needed is a focus on expanding access to energy for the poor, quickly reducing non-CO2 climate forcings, and adaptation to changing climate.
May 2010
April 2010
January 2010
Copenhagen Coverage
This post documents Breakthrough's coverage of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen for those looking to understand the significance of this international event.
December 2009
May 2009
May 2009
May 2009
March 2009
The Green Bubble Bursts
Amid the energy crisis, Democrats are losing the high ground on the environment to a GOP that is pushing oil drilling. Nordhaus and Shellenberger in the LA Times.
September 2008
Scrap Kyoto
Kyoto is dead--and that's a good thing. In its place, we need massive global investment in new clean energy technology. Nordhaus and Shellenberger in Democracy Journal. (PDF)
June 2008
January 2008
October 2007
October 2007
Global Warming Preparedness
A Proposal to Manage Risk & Invest in Resilient Communities. Created in the Fall of 2006 by The Breakthrough Institute, The Center for American Progress, and American Environics. (PDF)
November 2006
April 2005
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Michael Shellenberger, President
Ted Nordhaus, Chairman
The Breakthrough Institute
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