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Science Policy and Politics
Why Climate Science Divides Us But Energy Technology Unites Us
Climate science was supposed to unite us, on the left and the right, and result in common, concerted action. Instead, the science of climate change has proved to be ideologically polarizing. In a speech for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus explain why climate science divides us. By contrast, energy technology may actually be able to transcend politics and unify Republicans and Democrats alike.
January 2011
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
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December 2009
November 2009
The Steps Not Yet Taken
A chapter from Controversies in Science and Technology Volume 2: From Climate to Chromosomes by Roger Pielke and Dan Sarewitz (PDF)
April 2008
May 2007
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Michael Shellenberger, President
Ted Nordhaus, Chairman
The Breakthrough Institute
436 14th Street, Suite 820
Oakland, CA 94612
510.550.8800
Email for more information:
michael(at)thebreakthrough(dot)org
ted(at)thebreakthrough(dot)org)
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