Three workshops on policies for mitigating climate change brought together representatives of government, industry, advocacy groups, and the research community to address the interconnection of climate change mitigation policy with the key sectors of energy and transportation. Competing energy and transportation interests can hamper progress in climate change; here, they shared different perspectives and identified some common points of view.
Author(s): Scott Hassell, Michael Toman, Martin Wachs, Liisa Ecola
Series: Conference Proceedings
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 52
Preface......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Tables......Page 8
Summary......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Climate-Change Mitigation Is Intrinsically Linked to Other Important Public-Policy Issues......Page 19
Policies to Confront Climate Change......Page 20
Market-Based Approaches......Page 21
Regulations......Page 22
Technology Policies......Page 23
Behavioral Change......Page 24
Summary......Page 25
Climate-Change Science and Solutions......Page 26
Role of Technologies and Policies......Page 27
Cap and Trade Is Considered the Most Pragmatic Solution, but Many Details Remain Unresolved......Page 28
Distributing Allowances and Allocating Potential Government Revenues from Allowance Sales Are Contentious......Page 29
Role of States in Finding Solutions......Page 30
Executive-Branch Leadership for Domestic and International Action......Page 31
Complexity of Energy Policy......Page 32
Energy Efficiency......Page 33
Renewable Energy......Page 34
Financial Incentives Are Needed to Demonstrate and Deploy Innovative Technologies......Page 35
Constraints Exist on Technology Deployment......Page 36
Transportation’s Contribution to Climate Change......Page 38
Market-Based Approaches in Transportation......Page 39
Congestion Pricing......Page 40
Land-Use Changes to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled......Page 41
Increasing Fuel Efficiency for Vehicles That Have Internal Combustion Engines......Page 43
Emerging Fuels and Vehicle Technologies......Page 45
Reducing Emissions in the Freight Sector......Page 46
Appendix - Workshop Participants......Page 48
References......Page 52
