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Ten States Formally Begin Carbon Trading

By Franz Litz on September 24, 2008

On Thursday, for the first time ever, the United States will see a price on carbon emerge from a mandatory emissions cap-and-trade program.

Bottom Line on International Trade

Compiled by Robert Heilmayr

August, 2008

By encouraging clean technology deployment and imposing new costs on commonly traded commodities, climate policy would have significant impacts on international trade flows. This document answers basic questions about climate policy and its implications for the international trade of goods.

Bottom Line on State and Federal Policy Roles

Compiled by John Larsen

August, 2008

As different statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies continue to emerge in the United States, more and more businesses are calling on the federal government to enact a single, uniform policy. The prospect of complementary policies between different levels of government—as well as the potential for conflicting and even duplicative regulations—could have significant implications for business. This installment of WRI’s “Bottom Line” series explores the fundamental debates about, and potential outcomes of, different degrees of state and federal policy action.

Hong Kong Adopts GHG Protocol for Building Sector

By Angel Hsu on August 6, 2008
Location: Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s government adopts guidelines for GHG accounting in its building sectors, and announces a “carbon audit” of 10 of its buildings.

MEDIA ADVISORY: When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Real Story on Fuel Economy in the U.S. and Other Countries

July 17, 2008

WHAT: Nobody wants to admit that the United States has only made slow progress when it comes to improving on-road fuel efficiency.

A New Climate for the Forest Products Industry

By Amanda Sauer on July 16, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

The forest products sector holds an enormous stake in the coming economy defined by resource constraints, climate change policies, and shifting consumer values.

Electricity Goverance Initiative Launched in Brazil

By Davida Wood on June 23, 2008
Location: Brazil

EGI offers a new hope for electricity in Brazil.

Can the World Bank Lead on Climate Change?

June 11, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.

As the finance ministers of the G8 countries begin their annual meetings this Friday in Osaka, Japan, they are expected to endorse two multibillion dollar funds to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

Can Capturing Carbon Become a Reality?

By Hiranya Fernando on June 6, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is both hailed as a “silver bullet” for the coal industry, and reviled as a pipe dream. The reality is that the U.S. needs CCS, and a comprehensive policy framework for rapid development and deployment.

Major Policy Intervention Required to Boost Carbon Capture Potential

June 4, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

A World Resources Institute (WRI) analysis of the complex challenges that investors would face when deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies shows that until government policies support large-scale demonstrations it is unlikely that CCS will be able to fulfill its potential in combating climate change.

Indian Industry Launches National GHG Inventory Program

By Neelam Singh on May 30, 2008
Location: Delhi, India

Continuing the positive trend in corporate greenhouse gas accounting, over 40 Indian companies launched the India GHG Inventory Program this week. The program is the latest national-level program for corporations to measure and manage their GHG emissions based on internationally recognized standards.

$1.5 Million Grant Supports Peterson Institute and WRI on International Trade and Climate Change

May 29, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

The Peterson Institute for International Economics has been awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) as part of the foundation’s $100 million Climate Change Initiative.This joint project, conducted with the World Resources Institute (WRI), will undertake a comprehensive analysis of the connections between international trade and climate change policies and make recommendations for how these policies can be mutually supportive.

Program Launched to Help Companies in India Deal with Global Warming

May 28, 2008
Location: Delhi, India

In the same month that a similar program was launched in Brazil, India kicked off a climate program here today with more than 40 member companies from a wide range of industries, including cement, pharmaceuticals, engineering, and many more.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Lunch Panel to Discuss Climate and Trade Links

May 19, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

WHAT: The World Resources Institute and the Peterson Institute for International Economics will hold a briefing to release Leveling the Carbon Playing Field, a timely book on the linkages between climate change and trade policy.

WRI Joins North America’s Largest Greenhouse Gas Reporting Partnership

May 14, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Climate Registry, which uses accounting methodologies created by the World Resources Institute, will name WRI one of its founding reporters next month.

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