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Does Climate Change Threaten Ohio?
 
(December 2008)

Ohio Environment Report v5(1): Does Climate Change Threaten Ohio?
This brief report examines some of the evidence on the economic implications of climate change for Ohio. Despite some alarmist literature, there is little evidence that climate change will have major impacts on Ohio's economy.  The most important impacts of climate change on Ohioans will result from policy proposals currently before Congress.  Ohioans need to get engaged in climate policy in order to have an impact on this debate.

Forest Economics and Global Climate Change Page (http://aede.osu.edu/people/sohngen.1/forests/ccforest.htm)

Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application.  US Climate Change Science Program
(http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-1/default.php)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(http://www.ipcc.ch/

Pew Center on Climate Change Policy Pages
http://www.pewclimate.org/policy_center/

Resources For the Future – US Climate Policy Page
http://www.weathervane.rff.org/solutions_and_actions/united_states.cfm

World Resources Institute Climate Page
http://www.wri.org/climate#

Environmental Defense Climate Page
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=65

 

 

PAST ENVIRONMENT TOPIC
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Ohio Environment Report v4(3): International Climate Change Policy Update
The topic of climate change got a lot of press in 2007.  Early in the year it was the release of the three reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change combined with the Oscar Al Gore won for his movie.  By fall, the former Vice President and the members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts.  In December, the world turned its attention to Bali, where negotiators from nearly all countries of the world discussed efforts to combat climate change and/or to adapt to its impacts. If the science of climate change generates some debate (and despite general agreement on some issues – the scientists really do debate lots of issues), the policy discussions create heated conversations, sometimes acrimonious press statements, and emotional displays of bliss or gloom. The recent United Nations meetings in Bali are a perfect example of the stakes of climate change policy for Ohio, the U.S., and the world.

Other past Topics

 

 

Policy/Other Research

Short Term Energy Outlook (Energy Information Administration)

Long Term Energy Outlook (Energy Information Administration)

Environmental Performance of Car Companies (2007)

World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report (2007)

US EPA Fuel Efficiency Trends, 1975 - 2006 (2006)

Report on the Characteristics of New Housing (U.S. Census Bureau, 06-2006)

Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (2006)

Top Greenhouse Gas Companies of the Past Decade (2006)

OECD Environmental Report Card For the U.S. (2006)

2006 Yale Environmental Performance Index (2006)

2006 SustainLane City Environmental Rankings (Columbus #50; Cleveland #28) (2006)

2006 Yale Environmental Performance Index (2006)

Ranking of OECD Countries on Environmental Indicators (2005)

State Energy Efficiency Index (Alliance to Save Energy): Compare State policies on Energy Efficiency (2005)

Balancing Act: A Triple Bottom Line Analysis of the Australian Economy (CSIRO) (2005)

American Enterprise Institute: Index of Leading Environmental Indicators 2005 (2005)

American Rivers: America's Most Endangered Rivers (2005)

Credibility of Corporate Environmental Research (2005)

2005 Environmental Sustainability Index: Benchmarking National Environmental Stewardship (2005)

Healing our Waters: An Agenda For Great Lakes Restoration (2004)

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NASA Common Sense Climate Index for Columbus, Ohio

Natural Resources Defense Council Website of the Week

United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre;David Suzuki Foundation

Environmental Economics blog

Nextbillion.net

EnviroLink

Ecosystem Marketplace

Ecosystem Valuation Website

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Released for Public Comment

Foundation For Research on Economics and the Environment

National Library For the Environment

Ohio Watershed Network

Resources For the Future

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Natural Resources Defense Council

Environmental Law Institute

Cato Environment and Climate

EarthNews Radio (ENN) - 90 second features

World Water Crises.

25x25 biofuels initiative

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