Useful Reports on Global Warming

• Alley, Richard, and others. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis: Summary for Policymakers. Geneva, Switzerland: Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, World Meteorological Organization. February 2007.
  http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/docs/WG1AR4_SPM_Approved_05Feb.pdf
  
• Bemis, Gerry. Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 to 2004 – Draft Staff Report. Sacramento, California: California Energy Commission, October 31, 2006. http://www.energy.ca.gov/2006publications/CEC-600-2006-013/CEC-600-2006-013-D.PDF
  
• Bushinsky, Joshua. State and Local Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Programs: California PUC Carbon Adder. Arlington, Virginia : Pew Center on Global Climate Change, undated. http://www.pewclimate.org/states.cfm?view=all
  
• California Climate Action Registry. Why Register GHG Emissions? Los Angeles, California: California Climate Action Registry, undated. http://www.climateregistry.org/HOWANDWHY/Why/
  
• California Climate Action Registry General Reporting Protocol. 2006. http://www.climateregistry.org/PROTOCOLS/
  
• California Climate Action Team. Report to Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature. Sacramento, California: California Environmental Protection Agency, 2006. http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/climate_action_team/reports/2006-04-03_FINAL_CAT_REPORT.PDF
  
• California Climate Change Center. Our Changing Climate: Assessing the Risks to California. Sacramento, California: California Environmental Protection Agency, 2006. http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/biennial_reports/2006report/index.html
  
• California Climate Change Center. Scenarios of Climate Change in California: An Overview. Sacramento, California, California Environmental Protection Agency, 2006. http://www.energy.ca.gov/2005publications/CEC-500-2005-186/CEC-500-2005-186-SF.PDF
  
• Easterbrook, Gregg. Case Closed: the Debate About Global Warming is Over. Washington DC, Brookings Institution, 2006. http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/easterbrook/20060517.htm
  
• Fialka, John. “California Plots Greenhouse-Gas Strategy,” Wall Street Journal, November 17. 2006. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116372773248425830-MX5nl4Cw4XrpfdEvulceCJXC1mo_20071117.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
  
• Fialka, John. “Politics & Economics: Carbon Curbs Gain Backers; Energy Groups Shift Stance, Possibly Giving Campaign New Fuel.” Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2007.
  
• Hanneman, Michael, and Alexander Farrell. Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California. Berkeley, California: California Climate Change Center at UC Berkeley, 2006. http://calclimate.berkeley.edu/managing_GHGs_in_CA.html
  
• Methane to Markets Partnership. The Significance of Methane and Activities to Reduce Methane Emissions. Washington DC, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2006. http://www.methanetomarkets.org/resources/factsheets/significance_eng.pdf
  
• Metz, Bert and others. Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage: Summary for Policymakers and Technical Summary. Geneva, Switzerland: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, World Meteorological Organization, 2005.
  http://arch.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/pages_media/SRCCS-final/ccsspm.pdf
  
• Miller, Michael. Global Climate Change. Palo Alto, California: Electric Power Research Institute, 2006. [Powerpoint presentation]. http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/CorporateDocuments/AssessmentBriefs/NARUC_Environment.pdf
• Patrick, Jason. “Bicoastal Carbon Trading: California and RGGI Markets Mapped Out.” Evolution Markets, October 11, 2006. http://www.evomarkets.com/assets/evobriefs/nw_1160589151.pdf
  
• Public Interest Energy Research Program, PIER. Emissions Markets: Characteristics and Evolution. Sacramento, California: California Energy Commission, March 2005. http://www.energy.ca.gov/pier/final_project_reports/CEC-500-2005-024.html
  
• Schneider, Stephen. Climate Policy. Palo Alto, California, Stanford University, undated. http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu/Climate/Climate_Policy/CliPolFrameset.html
  
• Stern, Nicholas. Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change. Government Economics Service, HM Treasury. Prepared for the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. London, United Kingdom. The Treasury, October 2006. Executive Summary: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/8AC/F7/Executive_Summary.pdf
  
• Thompson, Vivian. Early Observations on the European Union’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme: Insights for United States Policymakers. Arlington, Virginia: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, April 19, 2006. http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/Early_Observations_on_EUETS_Thomson.pdf
  
• Thorning, Margo. California Climate Change Policy: Is AB32 a Cost-Effective Approach? Washington DC: American Council for Capital Formation, June 15, 2006. http://www.calchamber.com/NR/rdonlyres/F7F36D4B-44DB-4545-AE54-59AB8FF72A7C/0/ACCPstudy.pdf
  
• United States Climate Change Technology Program Strategic Plan. Washington DC: Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology Integration. (joint cabinet-member project), September 2006.
  http://www.climatetechnology.gov/stratplan/final/index.htm
  
• United States Energy Information Agency. Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System. Washington DC, United States Department of Energy, January 2007. http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/bllmss/pdf/sroiaf(2007)01.pdf