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| | RFF INDEX | | Obama and Carbon Pricing | | The Obama Administration should endeavor to set a price on carbon emissions as a high priority, asserts RFF Senior Fellow Richard Morgenstern in a December 17 commentary in The Hill newspaper. That would not only send an early signal to the global community about U.S. climate intentions, he says, but will also set in place a needed revenue stream for future climate initiatives in advance of the economic recovery. A related article appeared in the December 22nd addition of Energy Daily. | | McConnell in the Marketplace | | In a commentary aired December 15 on American Public Media’s Marketplace Radio, Senior Fellow Virginia McConnell suggests that raising taxes on gasoline would spur automakers to build greener cars – and motivate potential buyers. “Recently passed fuel economy standards are a step in the right direction, but high gas prices are essential. They provide incentives to manufacturers to produce the new generation of vehicles, and for consumers to buy them,” she said. “The recent run-up in oil prices showed us what a powerful force the market can be in influencing purchase decisions and spurring innovation.” | | RFF Researchers Contribute to New GAO Climate Report | | Senior Fellows Joe Aldy and Dallas Burtraw contributed to a General Accountability Office (GAO) study released in November seeking to extract lessons from climate change regulation in Europe and guidelines set out under the Kyoto Protocol. Aldy and Burtraw were among a group of 26 experts identified by GAO and the National Academy of Sciences as having relevant experience in both market-based climate change programs and U.S. policymaking. The report, entitled "Lessons Learned from the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism," was published by GAO’s International Climate Change Program.
| | Cap-and-Trade in the Current Economic Climate | | On NPR’s All Things Considered, RFF Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw discussed the implications of the current economic difficulties for passage of domestic climate legislation. He said government could ease some of the pain by rebating revenues. |
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| FEATURES | | The Cartography of Climate Change | | Climate change is an inherently spatial problem, where the locations of impacts, people, and resources are critical. According to RFF Fellow Shalini Vajjhala and GIS consultant Janet Nackoney, digital mapmaking helps us build a deeper understanding of the complex geographic implications of emerging climate policy decisions. | | Reshaping Government to Address Climate Policy | | Will wholesale government restructuring be needed to deal with the complex questions around climate change in the Obama Administration? A December 3 RFF roundtable addressed this topic in a discussion encompassing regulation, diplomacy and international engagement, science and information, and economic policy. Video and audio available. | | The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa | | High poverty rates and the need for increased agricultural productivity remain acute in rural areas across sub-Saharan Africa. A new book from RFF Press marks the first systematic attempt to address emerging land markets in Africa and their implications for poverty, equity, and efficiency. | | RFF and Environment for Development | | To improve environmental policymaking in developing countries, RFF is working with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden to support national centers for economic analysis in countries around the globe. | | Assessing EIA Track Record on Energy Demand Forecasts | | In a new paper, RFF Senior Fellows Carolyn Fischer and Richard Morgenstern and Research Assistant Evan Herrnstadt examine the accuracy of Energy Information Administration projections of U.S. energy demand. |
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