Climate Change/Global Warming

March 2007

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June 4, 2007

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), People’s Republic of China
China’s National Climate Change Programme Prepared under the Auspices of National Development and Reform Commission People’s Republic of China Printed in June 2007

 U.N. Environment Programme
Global Outlook for Ice and Snow
http://www.unep.org/geo/geo%5Fice/PDF/full_report_LowRes.pdf

California Air Resources Board
Recommendations for Designing a Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade System for California  Recommendations of  the Market Advisory Committee to the California Air Resources Board  (June 1, 2007)

May 23, 2007

Congressional Research Service Report
 Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress (04/24/07)

Greenhouse Gas Reductions: California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative  (04/13/07)

Global Climate Change and Wildlife  (02/06/07)

Climate Change: Science and Policy Implications (01/25/07)

Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol and International Actions (01/24/07)

Climate Change: Action by States to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions (01/18/07)

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Global Climate Change: Can Agriculture Cope? 

Greenpeace
ExxonMobil’s Continued Funding of Global Warming Denial Industry
Analysis by Greenpeace USA Research Department A founding member of the Exxpose Exxon Coalition www.ExxposeExxon.com

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO2 emissions

U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)
The Clean Cars Program: How States are Driving Cuts in Global Warming Pollution (5/21/2007) Executive Summary | Report

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE): A Comparison of Selected Legislation in the 110th Congress (05/01/07)

May 16, 2007

Hearing
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
U.S. Re-Engagement in the Global Effort to Fight Climate Change
May 15, 2007

The Honorable Eileen Claussen
President
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
(Former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs)

David John Jhirad, Ph.D.
Vice President for Science and Research
World Resources Institute

***W. David Montgomery, Ph.D.
Vice President CRA International

World Wildlife Foundation
Dirty Thirty: Ranking the most polluting power stations in Europe (May 2007)

Climate Solutions WWF’s Vision for 2050 Paper Prepared for  WWF’s Global Energy  
Task Force by : Karl Mallon Director, Transition Institute, Australia
Greg Bourne Chief Executive, WWF-Australia 
Richard Mott  Vice President, WWF-US 

Pew Center for Global Climate Change
Working Paper: International Sectoral Agreements in a Post-2012 Climate Framework
Working Paper: Policy-Based Commitments in a Post-2012 Climate Framework 

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 2.5.2007 COM(2007) 162 final
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Report of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (2005-2006)  
[SEC(2007) 413]

Brussels, xxx SEC(2007) 413  
COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT  
Accompanying the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Report of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (2005-2006)
{COM(2007) 162 final}

World Bank
State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2007 (May 2007)
THE LITTLE GREEN 2007 DATA BOOK

World Resources Institute
Climate Change and Energy Security Impacts and Tradeoffs in 2025

UN Energy
 'Sustainable Bioenergy: A Framework for Decision Makers'

US Committee on Foreign Relations
Climate Change: National Security Threats
HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Presiding: Senator Biden
Senator Biden's Opening Statement
Senator Lugar's Opening Statement

Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, USN (Ret.)
Former Commander-in-Chief,  U.S. Pacific Command, Former Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China

General Charles F. Wald, USAF (Ret.)
Former Deputy Commander,   U.S. European Command

Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)
Former NASA Administrator Shuttle Astronaut and the First Commander of the Naval Space Command

May 8, 2007

California EPA
CLIMATE ACTION TEAM PROPOSED EARLY ACTIONS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA Draft for Public Review

PROPOSED EARLY ACTIONS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE 
IN CALIFORNIA (April 2007)

Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks
John F. Bruno , Elizabeth R. Selig , Kenneth S. Casey , Cathie A. Page , Bette L. Willis , C. Drew Harvell , Hugh
6 7 Sweatman, Amy M. Melendy

ETC Group
Green Revolution 2.0 for Africa? This time the “silver bullet” has a gun.
(March/April 2007)
From the Release: "Issue: Everybody’s trying to jump-start science – and, especially, agricultural science – in Africa. Starting with the G8 meeting in Canada five years ago – and pledges by four of its members to build new centers of scientific excellence in Africa – the Syngenta Foundation, CGIAR, Jeffrey Sachs’s Earth Institute, and now, Google, Gates, and Rockefeller are all pushing new initiatives for the continent. While there is no denying that Africans deserve support in their struggle to address hunger, disease and climate change, science and technology are no “silver bullet” to resolve Africa’s problems. Yet, when the G8 meets this June in Germany they are expected to announce a new research agenda that will again propose scientific solutions to the world’s – and, particularly Africa’s – social problems." (May 4, 2007)

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Working Group III Report "Mitigation of Climate Change" (Release on  4 May 07 in Bangkok)
Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis"

McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC), part of The McGraw-Hill Companies and Siemens
The Greening of Corporate America (May 4, 2007)
(abstract and press release only – purchase price:$149.00

EPA
US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Reports - INVENTORY OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SINKS: 1990-2005 (April 2007) USEPA #430-R-07-002

US PIRG
The Carbon Boom: State and National Trends in Carbon Dioxide Emissions Since 1990
Executive Summary
Full Report

GAO
Climate Change: Financial Risks to Federal and Private Insurers in Coming Decades are Potentially Significant (April 2007)

National Commission on Energy Policy
Energy Policy Recommendations To The  President And The 110th Congress  (April 2007)

World Resources Institute (WRI)
Scaling Up: Global Technology Deployment to Stabilize Emissions
Climate Change and Energy Security Impacts and Tradeoffs in 2025

Climate Change Science Program and The Subcommittee on Global Change Research
Preview of Our Changing Planet:The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2008 A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and The Subcommittee on Global Change Research
A Supplement to the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2008  April 12, 2007

April 11, 2007

Free Enterprise Education Institute
CAPITAL COMMENT - Cap and Trade: A Bad Trade-off for the Economy and Company Earnings  Wayne Winegarden (April 10, 2007)
From Press Release: “The Free Enterprise Education Institute released a report on the cost of global warming regulations. The report reviews a study conducted by the EIA during the Clinton-Gore administration that analyzed the economic impact of a cap and trade system to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.”

Environmental Protection Agency
ENERGY TRENDS IN SELECTED MANUFACTURING SECTORS: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmentally Preferable Energy Outcomes
From the Press Release: “The Environmental Protection Agency has released a report on energy use trends in major manufacturing sectors that highlights the environmental implications of energy use. The report concludes with a general overview of the barriers to energy efficiency and use of clean fuel technologies, and offers some possible policy options for government to help address these barriers.” (April 10, 2007)

Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network
EU cash in climate clash
From the Press Release: “The EU funding plans of the new member states for 2007-2013 are on a collision course with EU climate goals and Poland even plans to increase its emissions by 31 percent,a new report by Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network warned today [1]. The NGOs called on the European Commission President Barroso and Commissioners Hûbner and Dimas to intervene and insist on urgent changes in the draft funding plans, which are currently being negotiated between the Commission and each member state [2].”

The European Union Road Federation (ERF), the Brussels Programme Centre of
the International Road Federation (IRF)
DISCUSSION PAPER
From the Press Release: "The European Union Road Federation (ERF), the Brussels Programme Centre of the International Road Federation (IRF), has just published a Discussion Paper titled “Sustainable Roads”, advocating for policymakers to acknowledge the fact that carefully planned and built road infrastructure (as well as good maintenance of the one already existing) leads to tangible positive effects for the environment." (April 2007)  

See also
The SINTEF Group
Environmental consequences of better roads
From the Abstract: “The project ”Environmental consequences of better roads” is based on two hypotheses:
H1:  Better roads lead to less emission from car traffic and are regarded as positive contribution to a sustainable environment
H2:  Restraining the capacity in the road network is an environmentally unsound measure to promote lower emission from”
road traffic

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Top Ten Utility Green Power Programs (as of December 2006)
From the Release: "Which utilities are having the greatest success with their green power programs? NREL has compiled extensive data on utility green power programs and produced the following "Top Ten" lists of program characteristics and results: total sales of renewable energy to program participants; total number of customer participants; customer participation rates; and the lowest premium charged to support new renewables development. "

New York - Office of the Mayor
Inventory of New York City Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today released the first comprehensive inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in New York City's history and announced that New York will host mayors from large cities around the world at a C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in May.  The Mayor was joined by City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn; Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding, Dan Doctoroff; New York Academy of Sciences President, Ellis Rubinstein; ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability, USA (April 2007)

April 6, 2007

IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report
Working Group II Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report
Climate Change 2007: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Summary for Policymakers

April 5, 2007

Energy, Security and Climate” Security Council open debate: UK concept paper (April 2007)

On Setting Near-term Climate Policy while the Dust Begins to Settle: The Legacy of the Stern Review
Gary Yohe , Richard S.J. Tol and Dean Murphy (March 8, 2007)
Working Paper FNU-129
Forthcoming in Energy and Environment 18(5), 2007

Weathervane
Should We Abandon Cap-and-Trade in Favor of a CO2 Tax?
A Weathervane Commentary by Ian W.H. Parry (March 23, 2007)

April 3, 2007

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
MASSACHUSETTS ET AL. v. ENVIRONMENTAL PRO-
ET AL.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
No. 05–1120.  Argued November 29, 2006—Decided April 2, 2007

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ET AL. v. DUKE ENERGY
ET AL. CORP. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 
No. 05ñ848.  Argued November 1, 2006 - Decided April 2, 2007

Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG)
Air quality and climate change: a UK perspective (April 2007)
Report Summary | Full Report

April 2, 2007

Environmental Health Perspectives
Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 115, Number 4, April 2007
Driven to Extremes: Health Effects of Climate Change John Tibbetts  

Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 115, Number 4, April 2007
A Changing Climate of Litigation  Richard Dahl

World Resources Institute
Climate Science 2006: Major new discoveries Kelly Levin and Jonathan Pershing (March 2007)

Earth Policy Institute
Massive Diversion Of U.S. Grain To Fuel Cars Is Raising World Food Prices Lester R. Brown (March 21, 2007 - 3)

Government Accountability Project (GAP)
Redacting the Science of Climate Change (March 2007)

The House Science Investigations & Oversight Subcommittee
Hearing: “Shaping the Message, Distorting the Science: Media Strategies to Influence Public Policy.” (March 28, 2007)

Chairman Brad Miller

Witness Statements:
Dr. James J. McCarthy  
Sheldon Rampton
Tarek Maassarani
Jeff Kueter

United Nations Environmental Programme
http://www.unep.fr/pc/sbc/documents/Buildings_and_climate_change.pdf(March 2007)

March 27, 2007

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Full Committee Roundtable: European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (Monday, March 26, 2007)

Roundtable Discussion on EU Emissions Trading Scheme Documents (March 22, 2007)
Panelist Bios
Panelist Reponses

Open Europe
“The High Price of Hot Air: Why the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is an environmental and economic failure”

Heritage Foundation
“Frequently Asked Questions About Global Warming,” (Heritage Foundation Web Memo #1403, March 21, 2007

March 22, 2007

House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and the Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality

Perspectives on Climate ChangeOpening Statements
Chairman Bart Gordon
Subcommittee Chairman Nick Lampson

Witness Statements :
Panel 1 The Honorable Al Gore
Panel 2 Bjørn Lomborg

Webcast

Barton Questions Gore Global Warming Cure

Competitive Enterprise Institute
Al Gore’s Science Fiction: A Skeptic’s Guide to An Inconvenient Truth (March 16, 2007)

NOAA
Poweful New Tool to Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by Source
CarbonTracker

Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2007
Cantwell, Snowe Introduce Legislation to Improve Ocean Observation and Monitoring Legislation Will Aid Climate Research and Tsunami Detection

March 20, 2007

Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
Climate Change: State and Local Perspectives (March 15, 2007)

Archived Webcast

Witnesses
Panel I
The Honorable Patrick McCrory
Mayor, City of Charlotte
600 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, NC 28202

The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson
Commissioner
Office of the Commissioner
New Jersey Dept. of Environmental
Protection
401 E. State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402

The Honorable Linda Adams
Secretary
California Environmental Protection Agency
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95812

The Honorable Julie Caruthers Parsley
Commissioner
Public Utility Commission of Texas
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701

The Honorable Ron Curry
Secretary
New Mexico Environment Department
1190 St. Francis Drive
Sante Fe, NM 87505

Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing on "Climate Change: Perspectives of Utility CEOs
Witness List
Webcast

NOAA
Linking Elements of the Integrated Ocean Observing System with the Planned National Water Quality Monitoring Network

Potential Emissions Leakage and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Evaluating Market Dynamics, Monitoring Options, and Possible Mitigation Mechanisms (March 14, 2007)

Congressional Research Service Reports
Climate change: The role of the U.S. agriculture sector (March 6)

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee Examines Political Interference with Climate Science (March 19, 2007) http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1214
The following witnesses will testify:

•  Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement
•  Memorandum: Political Interference with Science: Global Warming, Part II
•  Compilation of Exhibits (warning: large file)
•  Testimony of Philip A. Cooney
•  Testimony of James E. Hansen
•  Testimony of George C. Deutsch, III
•  Testimony of James Connaughton
•  Deposition of Philip Cooney (warning: large file)

March 14, 2007

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and WorldPublicOpinion.org
Poll Finds Worldwide Agreement That Climate Change is a Threat  
Publics Divide Over Whether Costly Steps Are Needed 
http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/
Press Release
Full Report (PDF)
Questionnaire (PDF)
Overview and Methodology (PDF)

House Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality Hearing on "Climate Change and Energy Security: Perspectives from the Automobile Industry" (March 14, 2007)

Archived Webcast

Witnesses
Panel I
Mr. Ron Gettelfinger
President
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
8000 East Jefferson Ave
Detroit, MI 48214

Mr. Rick Wagoner
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
General Motors Corporation
300 Renaissance Center
Detroit, MI 48265

Mr. Jim Press
President and Chief Operating Officer
Toyota Motor North America
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4900
New York, NY 10019

Mr. Alan R. Mulally
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ford Motor Company
World Headquarters
One American Road
Dearborn, MI 48126

Mr. Thomas W. LaSorda
Chief Executive Officer and President
Chrysler Group of DaimlerChrysler
CIMS 485-15-30
1000 Chrysler Drive
Auburn Hills, MI 48321-2766

World Resources Institute
China's Emissions Conundrum (March 9, 2007)

National Commission on Energy Policy
Allocating Allowances in a Greenhouse Gas Trading System

Clean Edge
CLEAN ENERGY TRENDS 2007 (March 2007)

March 6, 2007

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: “State, Regional, and Local Perspectives on Global Warming” Thursday, March 1, 2007
View Archive Webcast

Majority Statements
Barbara Boxer
Joseph I. Lieberman
Frank R. Lautenberg
Amy Klobuchar

Minority Statements
James M. Inhofe

Witnesses

Opening Remarks

Panel 1
Jon Corzine
Governor - State of New Jersey

Panel 2
Fabian Núñez
Assembly Speaker - California State Assembly
Don Perata
President pro Tempore - California State Senate
Dennis Adkins
Representative - State of Oklahoma, Chairman House Committee on Energy and Technology
Ted Harvey
Senator - Colorado State Senate
Greg Nickels
Mayor City of Seattle
Frank Cownie
Mayor City of Des Moines
Richard P. Homrighausen
Mayor City of Dover, Ohio

World Resources Institute
February 2007 Monthly Update: Polar Warming and its Global Consequences

China's National Bureau of Statistics
Statistical Communiqué on the 2006 National Economic and Social Development (02.28)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Press Release
The UK Manifesto on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

March 1, 2007

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Examining the Peak Demand Impacts of Energy Efficiency: A Review of Program Experience and Industry Practices
Executive Summary

GAO
Advanced Energy Technologies: Key Challenges to Their Development and Deployment, GAO-07-550T, February 28, 2007

House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
"A Review of the Administration's Energy Proposals for the Transportation Sector" (February 28, 2007)
Connect to the Archived Video Webcast of this Hearing (100 kbps) (Windows Media Player Required)

Witnesses
The Honorable Nicole Nason - Administrator National Highway traffic Safety Administration

The Honorable Edward P. Lazear - Chairman Council of Economic Advisers

Dingell/Boucher Solicit Recommendations On Climate Change in Preparation of Upcoming Legislation
Letter to energy industry groups
Letter to environmental community

Speech by Mr Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment, at the Royal Society event on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report, London - 1 March 2007

February 28, 2007

Committee on Ways and Means
First in a Series of Hearings on Energy and Tax Policy
Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation) and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, released today “Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable, ” the final report of the Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Executive Summary ||| Full Report

February 27, 2007

Five Western States Establish New Regional Initiative
Press Release
Map of Regional Initiatives
Map of States with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets

Operation of the UK National Emission Reduction Plan (NERP)
Defra launched a consultation on establishing the operation of the UK National Emission Reduction Plan (NERP) under the Large Combustion Plants Directive (LCPD) on 27 February 2007.

February 26, 2007

Grist
Elements of an effective response to global warming Posted by Andrew Dessler (22 Feb 2007)

Global Roundtable on Climate Change (GROCC)
The Path to Climate Sustainability: A Joint Statement by the Global Roundtable on Climate Change (February 20, 2007)

National Research Council
Long-Term Flow Variability in Colorado River Evaluated
Report Brief

What the Latest Global Warming Science Means
Date: February 20, 2007
Author(s): Jonathan Pershing, World Resources Institute
Length: 00:27:59
The UN's recent science summary from the 4th Assessment Report is getting a lot of attention. Looking for a balanced discussion? Experts from WRI and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) look at both sides. Podcast

National Research Council
Conducting Effective Global Change Assessments ||| Report Brief

ClimateScience.gov
Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.2 (North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle): 
Comments on the Public Review Draft, along with the authors' responses (posted 23 February 200)

Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4 ( Trends in emissions of ozone-depleting substances, ozone layer recovery, and implications for ultraviolet radiation exposure ): Final prospectus posted (also available as PDF file) (posted 9 February 2007).  Also available: Comments on draft prospectus -- and authors' responses  (posted 23 February 2007)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
National Inventory Submissions 2006

University of Alaska's Institute of Social and Economic Research
Climate Change On Public 2007 AFE Panel: The Effects of Infrastructure Replacement Costs

CRS Report
Global Climate Change and Wildlife  (February 6, 2007)
Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol and International Actions (January 24, 2007)
Climate Change: Action by States to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions  (January 18, 2007)

Addressing the Risks of Climate Change: The Environmental Effectiveness and Economic Efficiency of Emissions Caps and Tradable Permits, Compared to Carbon Taxes

World Bank
The Impact of Sea Level Rise on Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis (February 9, 2007)

Environmental Protection Agency
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2005

European Environment Agency (EEA)
Climate Change and Water Adaptation Issues (February 13, 2007)
Full Text

European Commission's Joint Research Center
Marine and Coastal Dimension of Climate Change in Europe--A Report to European Water Directors (2006)

Electric Power Research Institute
Electricity Technology in a Carbon-Constrained Future (February 2007)

February 16, 2007

European Commission- Joint Research Centre - Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Marine and Coastal Dimension of Climate Change in Europe - A report to the European Water Directors

February 15, 2007

American Consumer Institute
Addressing the Risks of Climate Change: The Environmental Effectiveness and Economic Efficiency of Emissions Caps and Tradable Permits, Compared to Carbon Taxes

New Jersey Governor - John Corzine
Executive Order - Feb-13-07 Governor Corzine Calls for Sweeping Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in New Jersey

Indonesia to host United Nations Climate Change Conference
14 February 2007, Bonn -- The Bureau decided to accept the offer by the Government of Indonesia to host the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) and the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 3) in Nusa Dua, Bali, 3 to 14 December 2007.

Congressional Research Service Report
Global Climate Change and Wildlife (February 06, 2007)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)
Speech by Rt Hon David Miliband MP to the GLOBE forum "Let’s make 2007 a landmark year for climate change", (14 February 2007)

February 14, 2007

Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)

View Archive Webcast

Witnesses

Panel 1
Sir Nicholas Stern - Head of the Government Economic Service, Adviser to Her Majesty's Government on the Economics of Climate Change
Henry Jacoby, Ph.D. , Massachusetts Institute of Techology
Gary Yohe, Ph.D., Wesleyan University

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Hearing on the U.S. Climate Action Partnership Report (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)

View Archive Webcast

Majority Statements
Barbara Boxer

Minority Statements
James M. Inhofe

Witnesses

Opening Remarks
Chad Holliday - Chairman and CEO - Dupont
Fred L. Smith Jr. - President - Competitive Enterprise Institute
Jonathon Lash - President - World Resources Institute
Kevin Book - Senior Analyst/Vice President - Friedman Billings Ramsey & Company, Inc
Peter Darbee- Chairman, CEO, and President - PG&E Corporation
Harold G. Hamm - Chairman and CEO - Continental Resources, Inc.
Steve Elbert - Vice Chair - BP America

Review of Policy Research
Political Science and Prediction: What's Next for U.S. Climate Change Policy?" (January 2007)

Abstract ||| Full Text Requires Subscription

February 13, 2007

Union of Concerned Scientists
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco's Tactics to "Manufacture Uncertainty" on Climate Change (January 2007)

Appendix C: Key Internal Documents
Part 1 (hi-resolution PDF)
Part 2 (hi-resolution PDF)
Part 3 (hi-resolution PDF)

Congressional Research Service Report
CLIMATE CHANGE: FEDERAL LAWS AND POLICIES RELATED TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS (February 13, 2007)

February 12, 2007

Environmental Integrity Project
Refineries: Top Ten Sources of Carcinogens

Press Release on the Refinery Rankings | "Numbers at a Glance" Report
"Refined Hazard: Carcinogenic Air Pollution from America's Oil Refineries"
Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C

A statement from Suzie Canales, Director of Citizens for Environmental Justice in Corpus Christi, Texas

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Transportation Biofuels Conference (Feb. 1, 2007)
Biofuels Final Agenda (37.0 KBs)
Submitting Instructions (34.5 KBs)
Biofuels Question 1 (28.0 KBs)
Biofuels Question 2 (29.0 KBs)
Biofuels Question 3 (27.5 KBs)
Biofuels Question 4 (27.0 KBs)
Biofuels Question 5 (27.0 KBs)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in small island developing States

February 8, 2007

International Emissions Trading Association
Issues Paper - PM Task Group on Emissions Trading (Australia)

February 7, 2007

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection
Hearing on "Global Warming and Wildlife"
Witnesses

Opening Remarks

Panel 1
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy - Director - The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment

Dr. Roger Mann - Director for Research and Advisory Services - Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences

David Stalling - Western Field Coordinator - Trout Unlimited

Dr. Lee Foote - Associate Professor - University of Alberta, Canada

Dr. Brendan Kelly - Dean of Arts and Sciences, Vice Provost for Research & Associate Professor of Marine Biology - University of Alaska Southeast

European Union
Questions and answers on the EU strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from cars

February 5, 2007

UNEP
The GEO Year Book 2007 (Table of Contents)

House of Representatives: Committee on Science and Technology
The State of Climate Change Science 2007 Scheduled for February 8, 2007

February 2, 2007

INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
Summary for Policymakers
Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2, 2007)

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Senate Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Proposals in the 110th Congress (February 1, 2007)

California Climate Action Registry and California Air Resources Board and International Emissions Trading Association
Navigating the New Carbon World (March 20-21, 2007) Conference

California Air Resources Board
International Symposium on Near-Term Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation in California March 5-7, 2007
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Progressive Policy Institute
The Global Climate Change Marketplace: Moving Forward Without the United States (February 1, 2007)

Congressional Research Service Reports
CLIMATE CHANGE: ACTION BY STATES TO ADDRESS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (January 18, 2007)

CLIMATE CHANGE: FEDERAL EXPENDITURES (January 22, 2007)

CLIMATE CHANGE: GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION BILLS IN THE 110TH CONGRESS (January 31, 2007)

Climate Change: Design Approaches for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program (January 16, 2007)

February 1, 2007
American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
Tackling Climate Change in the U.S. Potential U.S. Carbon Emissions Reductions from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency by 2030 (January 2007)

U.S. PIRG – The Federation of State PIRGs
A Blueprint for Action: Policy Options to Reduce Illinois’s Contribution to Global Warming (January 31, 2007)

Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change
Declaration

January 31, 2007

Ceres/Calvert
Climate Risk Disclosure by the S&P 500 (January 2007)

Environmental Defense and Western Resource Advocates
"Climate Alert: Cleaner Energy for the Southwest" (January 30, 2007)

NOAA
NOAA CLIMATE SCIENTISTS AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS LATEST U.N. CLIMATE PANEL REPORT (February 2, 2007)

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Committee Holds Hearing on Political Influence on Government Climate Change Scientists (January 30, 2007)
# Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement
# Hearing Notice and Witness List
# Atmosphere of Pressure: Political Interference in Federal Climate Science
# Witness Testimony: Francesca T. Grifo, Ph.D., Union of Concerned Scientists
# Witness Testimony: Rick Piltz, Government Accountability Project
# Witness Testimony: Dr. Drew T. Shindell
# Witness Testimony: Roger A. Pielke, Jr., University of Colorado, Boulder
# Memo to Committee Members Regarding CEQ Documents
# Letter to CEQ Chairman James Connaughton

The Union of Concerned Scientists
Atmosphere of Pressure (January 31, 2007)
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Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Boxer: "Addressing Global Warming Is Our Duty and Our Challenge"
STATEMENT OF US SENATOR BARBARA BOXER CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS HEARING ON SENATORS’ PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL WARMING JANUARY 30, 2007

January 30, 2007

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
The full Committee on Environment and Public Works will conduct a hearing entitled, "Senators' Perspectives on Global Warming." The purpose of the hearing is to hear from each Senator about his or her views on global warming, and what the Senator believes the nation's response should be to the issue. Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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Majority Statements
Barbara Boxer
Benjamin L. Cardin
Sheldon Whitehouse

Minority Statements
James Inhofe

ACNielson
Global Warming: A Self-Inflicted, Very Serious Problem, According to More Than Half The World's Online Population (January 29, 2007) (press release of survey)

January 25, 2007

Pending Legislation

Pew Center for Climate Change
Senate Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Proposals in the 110th Congress (chart)

German Aerospace Center's Department of Systems Analysis and Technology Assessment and Greenpeace International and the European Renewable Energy Council
Energy Revolution: A Blueprint for Solving Global Warming (January 24, 2007)

United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Hearing: EIA Analysis of Draft Global Warming Legislation, January 24, 2007: "The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on analysis recently completed by the Energy Information Administration, Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System."
Witnesses
Dr. Howard Gruenspecht - Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Mr. Jason Grumet -
Mr. Dan Lashoff - Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Anne Smith
Jeffry Sterba - Mr.

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Global Warming: A Divide on Causes and Solutions - Public Views Unchanged by Unusual Weather, January 24, 2007

Bingaman-Specter Discussion Draft on Global Warming Legislation
Related Files:
# Discussion Draft
# Discussion Draft Supporting Information
# GDP Impacts
# EIA Analysis
# CBO Report

Congressional Research Service Report
Climate Change: Design Approaches for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program (January 16, 2007)

January 23, 2007

Upcoming Meetings of Interest

United Nations - Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
Workshop on Climate Change and Sustainable Development (7-8 April 2006)
Final programme with presentations for download
Climate change mitigation and sustainable development (background paper)
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development (background paper)

MEETING OF THE CBD GROUP OF TECHNICAL EXPERTS ON AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATE OF ORI-
GIN/SOURCE/LEGAL PROVENANCE: 22-25 January 2007. Lima, Peru.

SECOND MEETING OF THE PROVISIONAL AD HOC TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP FOR THE GLOBAL MONITORING PLAN
FOR POPS (GMP-TWG): 29 January-2 February 2007. Geneva, Switzerland.

EXPLORATORY DIALOGUE ON PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT THROUGH TRADE: 31 January-1 February
2007. Geneva, Switzerland.

United States Climate Action Partnership
A Call for Action (January 22, 2007)

January 22, 2007

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Lessons from the Pioneers: Tackling Global Warming at the Local Level (January 2007)

Nature
Climate change: Lessons from a distant monsoon
Jonathan T. Overpeck and Julia E. Cole doi:10.1038/445270a
Editor's Summary (Requires Subscription)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Fourth Assessment Report - Climate Change 2007 (to be released February 2, 2007)

Virginia - State Advisory Board on Air Pollution
Report from the Greenhouse Gas Working Group - (01/07)
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Options
Executive Summary
References

January 18, 2007

National Research Council
Earth Science and Applications from Space:National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (January 15, 2007)

January 16, 2007

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Green Power Marketing in the United States: A Status Report (9th Edition), Lori Bird and Blair Swezey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November 2006.

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Future abrupt reductions in the summer Arctic sea ice
Marika M. Holland,1 Cecilia M. Bitz,2 and Bruno Tremblay3,4
Received 30 August 2006; revised 12 October 2006; accepted 19 October 2006; published 12 December 2006.
VOL. 33, L23503, doi:10.1029/2006GL028024, 2006

Congressional Legislation - Introduced

S. 6: A bill to enhance the security of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming, and for other purposes. (GovTrack.US)

S.6 (THOMAS)

January 11, 2007

Worldwatch Institute
State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future (January 10, 2007) (Press Release)
Full Text of Report – purchase for $18.95

Energy Information Administration
Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade
System

January 10, 2007

European Commission
Energy for a Changing World – Press Release

An Energy Policy for Europe - Layman’s Summary

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION
An Energy Policy for Europe

EU energy policy data

World Wildlife Foundation
2006 Was The 6th Warmest Year On Record

January 8, 2007

Reports
Science Magazine
CO2-Forced Climate and Vegetation Instability During Late Paleozoic Deglaciation
Isabel P. Montañez, Neil J. Tabor, Deb Niemeier, William A. DiMichele, Tracy D. Frank, Christopher R. Fielding, John L. Isbell, Lauren P. Birgenheier, and Michael C. Rygel Science 5 January 2007: 87-91.
The covariance of atmospheric CO2 levels, surface temperatures, and global ice volume indicates that greenhouse gases controlled climate about 300 million years ago.

Reports
OUR CHANGING PLANET The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2007
A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and The Subcommittee on Global Change Research A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1 (Coastal elevation and sensitivity to sea level rise). Final prospectus posted (27 December 2006)

Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.5 (Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States). Public review draft [PDF] released. The 45-day public review period extends from 18 December 2006 through 1 February 2007.

2006

International Conference
United Nations Climate Change Conference - Nairobi, 6 - 17 November 2006

Federal Government

Congressional Hearings
Subcommittee on Energy
Department of Energy's Plan for Climate Change Technology Programs Hearing Charter (September 20, 2006)
Appendix I - Boehlert-Biggert Letter to Sec. Bodman
Appendix I - Sec. Bodman's response to Boehlert-Biggert Letter
Appendix II – Budgets
Appendix III - Commenters

Opening Statement Chairman Biggert | Closing Statement Chairman Biggert

Witness Testimony
Mr. Stephen D. Eule
Ms. Judi Greenwald
Mr. Chris Mottershead
Dr. Martin Hoffert
Dr. Daniel M. Kammen (submitted for the record)

Webcast
Archived Webcast
Press Releases - Climate Change Plan Lacks Sufficient Focus On Technology Deployment, Witnesses Say - (September 20, 2006)

Senate Energy and Natural Resources
April 4 Climate Conference Information
Joint Statement on Climate Conference
Index
Executive Summaries of Participants
Question One (zip file)
Question Two (zip file)
Question Three
Question Four
Additional Comments
Post-Deadline Submissions

03/31/2006 - Panel Two
03/31/2006 - Panel One
03/31/2006 - Conference Format
03/29/2006 - Executive Summaries of Participants
03/31/2006 - Panel Three
03/31/2006 - Panel Four

Congressional Budget Office
Evaluating the role of prices in research and development in reducing carbon dioxide emissions

Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration (USEPA)
Energy and Economic Impacts of H.R.5049, the Keep America Competitive Global Warming Policy

Energy Information Administration
Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2005 (November 2006)

EPA
2005 Annual Report - ENERGY STAR and Other Climate Protection Partnerships
2005 ENERGY STAR Overview of Achievements

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NASA-NOAA ozone layer measurements

Product 2.4 Trends in Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances, Ozone Layer Recovery, and Implications for Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and Climate Change

The U.S. Geological Survey
Synthesis and Assessment Products

International Governments and Organizations

Canada/Office of the Auditor General of Canada
2006 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development

Statistics Canada
Canadian Human Activity and the Environment 2006

European Commission
EU Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2006 – 2007

Building a Global Carbon Market—Report Pursuant to Article 30 of Directive 2003/87/EC

Italy
Legambiente
Do Some Like it Hot? Italy Amidst a Changing Climate (Available in Italian only)

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Over-Allocation or Abatement? A Preliminary Analysis of the EU ETS Based on the 2005 Emissions Data (November 2006)

European Environment Agency
Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2006

Japan
The Japanese Environment Ministry
FY 2005 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Japan (Provisional Data) (Japanese only)

United Kingdom
HM Treasury (U.K)
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
Press notice (October 30, 2006)
Sir Nicholas Stern´s presentation
Speaking notes
Full report
Comments on the Stern Review by leading economists
Background to the Review
Supporting commissioned research

United Nations
U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
Greenhouse Gas Data 2006
Press Release
View Webcast
Presentation
GHG Data 2006 booklet
Changes in GHG emissions from 1990 to 2004 for Annex I Parties
Report on the African Regional Workshop on Adaptation was released by the Secretariat of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
U.N. Climate Change Conference in Nairobi (COP-12 and MOP-2)

UNEP
Migratory Species and Climate Change: Impacts of a Changing Environment on Wild Animals

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Agroforestry Center
Harvesting Rainfall a Key Climate Adaptation Opportunity for Africa

Working Group on Climate
Africa – Up in smoke? The second report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development

Nongovernment Organizations

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Achieving Sustainable Production of Agricultural Biomass for Biorefinery Feedstock

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Pollution Probe
The Guide to Climate Change for Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises

The Conference Board
Carbon Footprint' Gaining Business Attention: Carbon Footprint a Growing Management Concern Authors: Meredith Armstrong Whiting, Charles J. Bennett, Ph.D.
Publication Date: October 2006 Report Number: A-0213-06-EA. This report is available only to members.

Conference Board of Canada
Carbon Disclosure Project (October 2006)
CDP4 FT 500 Report

Decision Research and Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at Columbia University
Alaskan Opinions on Global Warming

Defenders of Wildlife
Refuges at Risk, The Threat of Global Warming

Earth Policy Institute
Global Warming Forcing U.S. Coastal Population to Move Inland: An Estimated 250,000 Katrina Evacuees Are Now Climate Refugees

Friends of the Earth
Climate Change — The Costs of Inaction

The Heat is On: More Companies Coming Clean on Climate Change

Full Report
+ Climate Risk Reporting in SEC Filings of Publicly-traded Property & Casualty Insurers

The Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure
Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure: A statement of investor expectations for comprehensive corporate disclosure

Using the Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure

Grace Energy Initiative
False Promises: Debunking Nuclear Industry Propaganda

Environmental Defence and the Canadian Environmental Law Association
Greenhouse Gas Emitters Exposed - Canadians can rank greenhouse gas-emitting facilities by province, company, facility and postal code

International Emissions Trading Association and the World Bank
State of the Carbon Market 2006

Carbon Finance - The World Bank/IETA - State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006 Update Q3

International Energy Agency
Impact of Climate Change Policy Uncertainty in Power Investment - (October 2006)

National Wildlife Federation
Fueling the Fire: Global Warming, Fossil Fuels and the Fish and Wildlife of the American West

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change - Full Report

Executive Summary

Synthesis Report
The Case Studies section features an in-depth look at the strategy-making process of these six companies:
Cinergy (now Duke Energy)
Swiss Re
DuPont
Alcoa
The Shell Group
Whirlpool Corporation

Agricultural and Forestlands: U.S. Carbon Policy Strategies
Agriculture's Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (September 21, 2006)

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
Global Reporting Initiative's G3 reporting guidelines

Science
An Ambitious, Centrist Approach to Global Warming Legislation (requires subscription)

Union of Concerned Scientists
Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast

U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Feeling the Heat: Global Warming and Rising Temperatures in the United States
HTML | PDF Version

World Bank
At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction and Environment in the Tropical Forests

The World Bank/IETA
State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006 Update Q3

State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2006: A Focus on Africa

World Wildlife Fund
Living Planet Report 2006