scholarly journals The Effects of US State-Level Energy and Environmental Policies on Clean Tech Innovation and Employment

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross Gittell ◽  
Josh Stillwagon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
State Level ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Level Energy ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Employment Benefits ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Change Policy

<p>This paper explores the influence of US state-level policies meant to address climate change on clean technology industry development. The largest influence of climate change policies is identified as being on energy research employment. Only some policies seem to contribute positively to clean tech employment while other policies appear to discourage employment growth. The magnitudes of the short term effects, even when statistically significant, are modest. Negative impacts on employment are identified for several mandate-oriented, so called command and control, policies including vehicle greenhouse gas standards, energy efficiency resource standards, and renewable portfolio standards with the former two having increasing negative effects over time. The findings suggest that climate change policy advocates should be careful to not assume that there will be positive clean tech employment benefits from state-level energy and environmental policies. Instead, the benefits from these policies may derive primarily from other considerations beyond the scope of this paper, including health and environmental benefits and reduction of dependence on foreign energy sources.</p>

Climate Change and Environmentally Sound Technologies: Analytical Framework and Planning Guidelines: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Transport: Executive Summary

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Silva Paredes ◽  
María Fernanda Zuelclady Araujo Gutiérrez ◽  
José Ramírez García ◽  
Javier Aliaga Lordemann ◽  
Diana Verónica Noriega Navarrete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Practical Tool ◽  
Environmentally Sound

This Guideline is a tool to address issues on EST in national and sectorial policies and plans to relieve the negative effects of climate change in LAC. Its main objectives are: i) To be a practical tool for LAC countries to adopt policies and plans with regards to the identification, assessment, and adoption of EST to achieve climate change policy objectives. ii) Raise the number of countries using models and tools to assess technologies. iii) Facilitate the scenario analysis of technology inclusion as a climate change planning tool, using models that help decision makers to answer questions, nationally and internationally, and to understand the environmental, economic, and social impact of adopting these policies in their own countries, the region, and the rest of the world.

Cap-and-trade, crowding out, and the implications for municipal climate policy motivations

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1693-1715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyne St-Louis ◽  
Adam Millard-Ball
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
State Level ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Cap And Trade ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Reduce Emissions

Cities have emerged as important actors in climate change policy, implementing measures to reduce emissions from transportation, buildings, and waste. More recently, states such as California have implemented cap-and-trade programs to control greenhouse gases. However, a state-level cap handcuffs cities: by fixing emissions at the level of the cap, it precludes local governments from further reducing aggregate emissions. In this paper, we examine whether cities respond to the changed incentives presented by state-level programs. We find no evidence for crowding out: cities plan their emission reductions in similar ways regardless of state-level cap-and-trade programs. Our results suggest that cities likely have a range of motivations for their climate policy efforts- not simply a altruistic desire to improve the global environment.

Copenhagen Agreement - A New Paradigm of Climate Problem Solving

2010 ◽  
pp. 115-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Agibalov ◽  
A. Kokorin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
New Order ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Energy Efficiency Policy ◽  
Policy Paradigm ◽  
Change Policy

Copenhagen summit results could be called a failure. This is the failure of UN climate change policy management, but definitely the first step to a new order as well. The article reviews main characteristics of climate policy paradigm shifts. Russian interests in climate change policy and main threats are analyzed. Successful development and implementation of energy savings and energy efficiency policy are necessary and would sufficiently help solving the global climate change problem.

How Modelling Tools Can Support Climate Change Policy: The Case of Costa Rica in the Energy Sector

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Godínez-Zamora ◽  
Luis Victor-Gallardo ◽  
Jam Angulo-Paniagua ◽  
Eunice Ramos ◽  
Mark Howells ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Change Policy

scholarly journals Climate Change: Reversing the Past and Advancing the Future

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Daniel Bodansky
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Montreal Protocol ◽  
Global Institutions ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Global Action ◽  
Nationally Determined Contributions ◽  
Executive Action

After four years of not simply inaction but significant retrogression in U.S. climate change policy, the Biden administration has its work cut out. As a start, it needs to undo what Trump did. The Biden administration took a step in that direction on Day 1 by rejoining the Paris Agreement. But simply restoring the pre-Trump status quo ante is not enough. The United States also needs to push for more ambitious global action. In part, this will require strengthening parties’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement; but it will also require actions by what Sue Biniaz, the former State Department climate change lawyer, likes to call the Greater Metropolitan Paris Agreement—that is, the array of other international actors that help advance the Paris Agreement's goals, including global institutions such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Montreal Protocol, and the World Bank, as well as regional organizations and non-state actors. Although the Biden administration can pursue some of these international initiatives directly through executive action, new regulatory initiatives will face an uncertain fate in the Supreme Court. So how much the Biden Administration is able to achieve will likely depend significantly on how much a nearly evenly-divided Congress is willing to support.

scholarly journals What Explains Collaboration in High and Low Conflict Contexts? Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks in Four Countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene Kammerer ◽  
Paul M. Wagner ◽  
Antti Gronow ◽  
Tuomas Ylä‐Anttila ◽  
Dana R. Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Change Policy
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