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Climate Policy and the Audacity of Hope

Legal Planet

New California legislation will require corporations to disclose their carbon emissions. Rooftop solar costs in 2020 were a third of what they had been in 2010. In 2020, the cost of single-axis utility scale solar was only a fifth of what it was in 2010. In short, we’re seeing something like a slimmed-down Green New Deal.

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IPCC Climate Report: Six Key Findings for Water

Circle of Blue

Between 2010 and 2020, the death rate from floods, storms, and droughts in high vulnerability areas was 15 times higher than in low vulnerability areas. There is still time to reduce carbon emissions — though scaling up a low-carbon economy requires marshalling political will, public support, technical expertise, and financing.

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Climate Change and Nigeria

Legal Planet

In terms of the economy, Nigeria experienced a surge of growth at the beginning of this century, averaging over 8% from 1999 to 2010. Probably the more serious barrier to adaptation is that Nigeria has what is politely referred to as a governance problem. Sluggish economic growth is one reason why Nigeria may have trouble adapting.

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The Social Cost of George W. Bush

Legal Planet

Carbon emissions stayed about constant under Bush, with an average around 5.6 The earliest government estimate of the social cost of carbon was for 2010: $21/ton with a 3% discount rate and $35 at a 2.5% Given the roughness of this entire exercise, I’ll just use the average of the 2010 figures, $28 per ton.

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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

In its early years, between 2005 and 2010, the RFS helped launch the massive scaleup of corn ethanol that established 10 percent ethanol as the de facto standard for US gasoline. After 2010, bio-based diesel fuels (biodiesel and renewable diesel) have been the main beneficiary of the RFS.

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A Few Thoughts About Economic Growth as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

Environmental and Urban Economics

Another quote from JC; "But reducing carbon is thus, logically, just one item on the list of answers to "What can we do to raise GDP in 2100?," Asked that way, you can see that "lower carbon emissions" is about #100 on the list, even admitting the 5-10% of GDP thumb-on-the-scale estimates. My Thoughts; 1.

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Future costs of emissions three times higher than assumed finds study

A Greener Life

The US puts a dollar figure on the damage caused by carbon emissions, but new research finds it’s too low, meaning the benefits of reducing emissions are being underestimated. It’s designed to weigh the benefits of reducing warming against the costs of cutting emissions. Establishing the true cost of carbon emissions.