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Connect with RFF at COP 21

Connect with RFF at COP 21

Peter Nelson

Nov. 20, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Nov. 20, 2015

Question 6 for COP 21: Finance

Question 6 for COP 21: Finance

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Question 5 for COP 21: Markets

Question 5 for COP 21: Markets

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Question 4 for COP 21: Mitigation

Question 4 for COP 21: Mitigation

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Question 3 for COP 21: Compliance

Question 3 for COP 21: Compliance

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Question 2 for COP 21: Transparency

Question 2 for COP 21: Transparency

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Question 1 for COP 21: Long-term Goal

Question 1 for COP 21: Long-term Goal

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Questions for COP 21: Before Paris and After

Questions for COP 21: Before Paris and After

Brian Flannery, Raymond J. Kopp, and Clayton Munnings

Nov. 19, 2015

Paris Can be a Key Step

Paris Can be a Key Step

Robert Stavins

Nov. 18, 2015

Evaluating Long-Lived Policies When Our Desires Change

Evaluating Long-Lived Policies When Our Desires Change

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 16, 2015

Transparency, Policy Surveillance, and Levels of Effort: A Side Event at COP21 in Paris

Transparency, Policy Surveillance, and Levels of Effort: A Side Event at COP21 in Paris

Kristin Hayes

Nov. 16, 2015

How to Evaluate Policies that Change our Desires

How to Evaluate Policies that Change our Desires

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 13, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Nov. 12, 2015

EU Emissions Trading System Bolstered by Move to Allowance Auctions

EU Emissions Trading System Bolstered by Move to Allowance Auctions

Dallas Burtraw and Anna Malinovskaya

Nov. 9, 2015

Can We Measure—and Predict—Changing Environmental Desires?

Can We Measure—and Predict—Changing Environmental Desires?

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 4, 2015

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

This Week in the RFF Library Blog

Nov. 4, 2015

Who Holds On to Their Flood Insurance?

Who Holds On to Their Flood Insurance?

Carolyn Kousky

Nov. 3, 2015

Highlights from “The Real Outcomes of Federal Environmental Regulations: Lessons from the Performance Data”

Highlights from “The Real Outcomes of Federal Environmental Regulations: Lessons from the Performance Data”

Shannon Wulf Tregar

Nov. 2, 2015

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Do Our Social Institutions Affect Our Personalities?

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Oct. 30, 2015

Trade-Restrictions as a Tool of Climate Change Policy

Trade-Restrictions as a Tool of Climate Change Policy

Joel Darmstadter

Oct. 30, 2015

What Will New Regulations Mean for Heavy-Duty Truck Use and the Rebound Effect?

What Will New Regulations Mean for Heavy-Duty Truck Use and the Rebound Effect?

Benjamin Leard, Joshua Linn, Virginia McConnell, and William Raich

Oct. 29, 2015

What Changes Our Environmental Desires? The Impacts of Social Norms

What Changes Our Environmental Desires? The Impacts of Social Norms

James Boyd and Carolyn Kousky

Oct. 28, 2015

Thoughts on the Future of Environmental Regulation: Approaching Integration

Thoughts on the Future of Environmental Regulation: Approaching Integration

J. Clarence (Terry) Davies

Oct. 23, 2015