Working Papers
Our working paper series includes technical and policy reports reflecting current research work in progress. We welcome your feedback on these papers.
WP-US-10-01: Road-testing of Selected
Offset Protocols and Standards; A Comparison of Offset Protocols:
Landfills, Manure, and Afforestation/Reforestation Version 2
Michael Lazarus, Carrie Lee, Gordon Smith;
Kimberly Todd, Melissa Weitz,
U.S. EPA, January 2010
Changes in Version 2.0:
In June 2009, the authors published the first version of their road test analysis. Since that time, several offset programs have updated their protocols and have provided feedback on version 1. This version incorporates these revised protocols (CAR’s forest project protocol and all of CCX’s project protocols), modifications to some of the sample projects, and clarifications based on reviewer comments.
WP-US-09-10: Financing the Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Measures in Developing Countries
Frank Ackerman,
September 2009
WP-US09-09: Linking Technology Development with
Emissions Commitments:
Exploring Metrics for Effort and Outcome
Michael Lazarus, Sivan Kartha,
October, 2009
(Original Report issued in April, 2007 for the
French Environment and Energy Management Agency, ADEME)
WP-US09-08: Climate and Development Economics: Balancing Science, Politics, and Equity
Elizabeth A. Stanton, Frank Ackerman, June 19, 2009
WP-US09-07: Greenhouse Gases and Human Well-Being: China in a Global Perspective
Elizabeth A. Stanton, March 31, 2009
WP-US09-06: Carbon Embedded in China’s Trade
Frank Ackerman, June 16, 2009
WP US09-04: Road-testing of Selected
Offset Protocols and Standards; A Comparison of Offset Protocols:
Landfills, Manure, and Afforestation/Reforestation Version 1
Michael Lazarus, Carrie Lee, Gordon Smith
Kimberly Todd, Melissa Weitz,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
June 2009
see updated Version 2: WP US10-01
WP-US09-03: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Developing Countries -
Promising Options in China, Mexico, India,
Brazil, South Africa, and South Korea
Peter Erickson, Charles Heaps, and Michael Lazarus,
June 9, 2009
WP-US09-02: Negishi Welfare Weights: The Mathematics of Global Inequality
Elizabeth A. Stanton, May 2009
WP-US09-01: Fat Tails, Exponents, and Extreme Uncertainty: Simulating Catastrophe in DICE
Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton, and Ramón Bueno, February 10, 2009; updated May 11, 2009
WP-US08-01: Inside the Integrated Assessment Models:
Four Issues in Climate Economics
Elizabeth A. Stanton, Frank Ackerman, Sivan Kartha,
2008
WP-US08-02: Did the Stern Review underestimate
U.S. and global climate damages?
Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton, Chris Hope, and Stephane Alberth,
October 2008
WP-US08-03: Calculations for the Greenhouse Development Rights Calculator
Eric Kemp-Benedict, Sept 2008
WP-US08-04: Elicitation Techniques for Bayesian Network Models
Eric Kemp-Benedict, June 2008