PAST EVENT
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Energy security and climate change are top priorities for the next president—second only perhaps to addressing the economic crisis. The Scouting Report continued its weekly web chat with Brookings Managing Director William Antholis, who discussed the energy security and climate change issues facing President-elect Obama. Politico Senior Editor Fred Barbash moderated.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
October 2008, The Brookings Institution
As President-Elect Obama prepares to lead the United States, what are the top global economic challenges facing the new president and his advisors and how should the new administration address them? A new report by Brookings global economic and development experts ranks the top 10 issues and details specific ideas for how to tackle the toughest challenges. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry Rabe, October 09, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Trading of emissions under a cap-and-trade regime has received prominent attention as a possible approach to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to climate change. On September 25, one regional cap-and-trade program, involving ten Northeastern states, has already begun operation through an initial auctioning of carbon allowances. This poses many important issues of federalism, writes Barry Rabe, as the federal government begins to play catchup with states and will have to give thought to sorting out federal and state responsibilities. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Christopher P. Borick and Barry Rabe, September 2008, The Brookings Institution
The 2008 presidential race may be the first in which the candidates’ positions on climate change have some influence on electoral outcome. Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick examine public attitudes toward climate change, with particular emphasis on policy options, including how to design and implement policies with states that have very different levels of capacity and patterns of emissions growth. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Christopher P. Borick and Barry Rabe, July 2008, The Brookings Institution
During the past two years, public perceptions of global warming have shifted significantly in the U.S. In the first of a two-part series, Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick examine the factors that drive individual views on global warming. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, July 11, 2008
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC
In the coming years, European and American leaders will face pressing global challenges such as terrorism, international trade negotiations and climate change, which will require joint action and close collaboration between American and European leaders. On July 11, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) at Brookings hosted Jim Murphy MP, Great Britain’s Minister for Europe, for a discussion of the role of public diplomacy in the new transatlantic agenda. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Andrea Sarzynski, Marilyn A. Brown and Frank Southworth, May 29, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Brookings released a report that ranks the carbon footprint of the nation’s top 100 metropolitan areas. For the first time, the report quantifies a metropolitan area’s carbon footprint based upon carbon emissions from highway transportation and residential energy consumption and lists metropolitan areas by total metric tons of carbon emissions per capita in 2005. The report offers recommendations on how the federal government should step up its support of metropolitan efforts to shrink their carbon footprints. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, March 03, 2008
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
On March 3, the Brookings Institution hosted the top Japanese and U.S. climate change advisors for a discussion on their governments’ respective policy initiatives. The speakers explored options for a new international framework on climate change and discuss the role of the Hokkaido Summit as a critical milestone in ongoing climate policy negotiations. Read More
VIDEO
Carlos Pascual, Warwick J. McKibbin, James Connaughton and Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, March 03, 2008
On March 3, Brookings hosted the top Japanese and U.S. climate change advisors for a discussion on their governments’ respective policy initiatives. The speakers explored options for a new international framework on climate change and discussed the role of the Hokkaido Summit as a critical milestone in ongoing climate policy negotiations.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jason E. Bordoff, Spring 2008, Democracy Journal, Issue #8, Spring 2008
Jason Bordoff presents a plan for "pay-as-you-drive" car insurance, a win-win policy—good for society and good for most drivers—that makes significant progress on climate change, congestion and other driving-related harms and is more equitable at the same time, all while reducing insurance costs for the majority of drivers. Read More
VIDEO
William J. Antholis and Martha Raddatz, February 01, 2008
Two of the top issues that the next president of the United States must face are climate change and global trade. William Antholis explains how the United States can seek breakthroughs in reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions and succeed in an open world trading system.
PAST EVENT
Thursday, January 31, 2008
12:00 PM to 12:00
Washington, DC
Brookings Global hosted a private dinner with Kemal Derviş, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, on January 31, 2008 as part of an ongoing Global Seminar Series. Mr. Derviş discussed the impact of climate change on the overall development context. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David B. Sandalow, January 09, 2008, Wired.com
David Sandalow offers ideas for how the United States can move beyond its addiction to oil. Read More
VIDEO
Carlos Pascual, December 04, 2007
The United Nation’s climate talks have begun in Bali with participants from nearly 200 countries. Carlos Pascual, vice president and director of Foreign Policy at Brookings, says the negotiations are aimed at producing a pact that will replace the Kyoto Protocol – which expires in 2012.
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Warwick J. McKibbin, November 29, 2007
As delegates gather for the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia this week, world leaders will try to devise a comprehensive agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Brookings scholar Warwick McKibbin says the issues are complex with both environmental and economic considerations.