Publications

The beneficial side effects of climate change mitigation, the so-called co-benefits, are so persuasive that we cannot afford to ignore them.... If the co-benefits of mitigation, such as improved air quality, manifest themselves locally, then they increase the incentives to act.

Improving energy efficiency in buildings is central to combating climate change, with more than a third of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions coming from the building sector. Over the past year, there has been a much stronger push from the federal level to fund energy efficiency programs as part of a national agenda to foster a clean energy economy that generates sustainable high-quality jobs and reduces our dependence on imported fossil fuels. Vital to this process is to develop innovative financing solutions that reach broadly across energy efficiency and low-carbon energy options.

A report synthesizing the newest research results on climate change, based on discussions and presentations made at the scientific congress “Climate change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions” held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 2009, was presented to the Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, at the European Policy Center in Brussels, Belgium.

The “water footprint” or “embedded water” of a product is seen as the amount of water
consumed during its life cycle (Chapagain and Hoekstra, 2004). As the State of
California implements the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), a more complete view of
environmental and social sustainability demands consideration be given to the effects that
various pathways would have on water resources.