Integrating U.S. climate, energy, and transportation policies proceedings of three workshops (RAND, 2009)
Workshops from June 2008 sponsored by Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program and the Transportation, Space, and Technology Program, both within Rand Infrastructure, safety, and Environment. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Cover; Preface; Contents; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 -- Context and Approaches for Climate Policy; Introduction; Context for Making Climate Policy; Policies to Confront Climate Change; Summary; Chapter 2 -- Climate-Change Workshop; Overview; Climate-Change Science and Solutions; Role of Technologies and Policies; Importance of Market-Based Solutions; Role of States in Finding Solutions; Executive-Branch Leadership for Domestic and International Action; Chapter 3 -- Energy Workshop; Overview; Complexity of Energy Policy; Attraction of Technological Solutions
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