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New Blog: Public Goods: The economics of climate, equity and shared prosperity
Liz Stanton, a senior economist at SEI-US, has started a blog on climate economics, covering public policy, recent research and more.
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Video:Cap and Trade: a Critical Look at Carbon Trading
December 15, 2009
The Waxman-Markey bill, better known as the cap-and-trade bill, have received both cheers and jeers on its proposal to create a cap-and-trade mechanism for carbon dioxide in the US.
At COP15, senior researcher Frank Ackerman joined Larry Lohmann from Corner House in a Democracy Now! tv debate on the pros and cons of the bill.
Watch it here!
Video: Frank Ackerman’s introduction to climate economics
April 2008
A video of Frank Ackerman’s introduction to climate economics, presented at Boston University on April 28, 2009.
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New Website www.RealClimateEconomics.org launched
April, 2009
SEI senior researcher Frank Ackerman initiated and produced the content for the first version of a new website launched by Economics for Equity and the Environment Network (E3), www.RealClimateEconomics.org, to demonstrate the weight of economic analysis in the peer reviewed literature that supports immediate, large-scale policy responses to the climate crisis.
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Testimony before the US Congress
April 22, 2009
Frank Ackerman testified before the US House of Representatives subcommittee on Energy and Environment on ‘The American Clean Air and Security Act of 2009’. Download testimony, read Ackerman's blog on the testimony (April, 23, 2009)
Testimony before the US Congress
February 12, 2009
Frank Ackerman testified before the US House of Representatives subcommittee on Energy and Environment on ‘The Climate Crisis: National Security, Public Health, and Economic Threats’. Download testimony
Testimony before US House Ways and Means Committee
Frank Ackerman testifed at the Sept. 18, 2008 hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, on the costs of inaction on climate change.