Policy, Economics and Law
Reducing Carbon Emissions Could Help, Not Harm, U.S. Economy
A national policy to cut carbon emissions by as much as 40 percent over the next 20 years could still result in increased economic growth, according to an interactive website reviewing 25 of the leading economic models being used to predict the economic impacts of reducing emissions.
From Barriers to Opportunities: Renewable Energy Issues in Law and Policy
05.15.07 A report on the work of the Renewable Energy and International Law Project (REIL), 2006–2007. Leslie Parker, REIL; Jennifer Ronk, REIL; Bradford Gentry [profile], Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; Martijn Wilder, Baker & McKenzie; James Cameron, Climate Change Capital, editors.
Podcast: Green to Gold
In Green to Gold, Dan Esty, director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, discusses how smart companies are incorporating environmental concerns into their business strategies. Leading companies worldwide have discovered that thinking green can generate value for their brands and do wonders for the bottom line.
Interactive Map: Climate Change and GDP
12.06.06 Professor Robert Mendelsohn's study, "Dynamic Forecasts of the Sectoral Impacts of Climate Change," utilizes results from climate impact analyses to project how future climate scenarios will affect each country in the world. The study has looked at the impacts on agriculture, coasts, energy,...The Cultural Cognition of Risk
10.03.06 Dan M. Kahan, Deputy Dean and Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Yale Law School Risk Assessment Lecture: a luncheon presentation of the Yale Interdisciplinary Risk Assessment Forum. LEPH Winslow Auditorium 60 College Street Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m. at LEPH 126 Yale...
Sentinels
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship - The ubiquitous construction in the capital city is representative of the country’s rapid economic progress marked by a 9% annual increase in GDP. Air pollution is also a trademark of Beijing, which ranks second only to Mexico City as the world’s most polluted. During...Critic of U.N. Environmental Program Offers Plan for Its Reform
06.20.06 In 2002, Klaus Toepfer, then executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said, “The state of the environment tells us whether our policies and programs are effective.” The state of the world’s environment, by most measures, is in decline – climate change is...Yale Program to Give Developing World Access to Global Scientific Research
06.20.06 Paul-Bendiks Walberg has had the “brain-drain migration” on his mind. This phenomenon – when the best and brightest of a nation or region are compelled to travel abroad for education, research and job opportunities, never to return home– is a direct result of what scientists around the...New Index Grades Countries on Current Environmental Performance
06.20.06 When his Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) took the world by storm last year, Daniel Esty, J.D. ’86, wasted little time in preparing for an encore. A year later, in January 2006, he used the same springboard that launched the ESI – the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland –...
Global Environmental Governance
06.14.06 James Gustave Speth and Peter M. Haas “A compact, elegant account of global environmental politics, diplomacy, and institutions and their intellectual foundations.” -- J.R.McNeil Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environmental and International Affairs, School of Foreign Service,...
Punctuated Equilibrium and the Dynamics of U.S. Environmental Policy
06.13.06 Although many environmental policy issues remain deadlocked for decades with little movement, sometimes breakthroughs occur abruptly. Why do deadlocks persist? Why do major policy shifts occur infrequently? Is it possible to judge when policies are ripe for change? This book presents new...Course Descriptions - Economics and Environmental Policy
06.06.06 Undergraduate Courses Economics F&ES 117a/ECON 117a, Microeconomics with Environmental Applications. The most important areas of introductory microeconomics. Emphasis on topics most relevant to the study of the environment, including externalities, regulation, public goods, and...
Silence is Golden, Leaden, and Copper
05.18.06 A Yale F&ES Report Robert Repetto Professor in the Practice of Economics and Sustainable Development Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 78 pages, 2004 Order a print copy
The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery in the U.S. and Canada
05.18.06 A Yale F&ES Discussion Paper Robert Repetto Professor in the Practice of Economics and Sustainable Development Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 22 pages, 2001 Order a print copy
Can the Anchor Hold?
05.18.06 Maria Ivanova Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies This new report assesses the performance of UNEP as the mandated anchor insitution for the global environment. Focusing on strenghthening the global environmental governance system, it...
Gaining Ground Information Database
05.18.06 A Report on a New Internet Research Library of Innovative Land Use Laws, Regulations, and Practices John R. Nolon, Jessica A. Bacher, and Susan Moritz, Editors Land Use Law Center, Pace University School of Law 105 pages, 2004 Order a print copy
Breaking Ground: Planning and Building in Priority Growth Districts
05.18.06 Jeremy Stone, editor; Joshua Rinesmith and Sue Huot, assistant editors; John R.Nolon, senior editor; Jessica A. Bacher, project coordinator; Land Use Law Center, Pace University School of Law 148 pages, 2005 Order a print copy
Center for Environmental Law and Policy
05.16.06 The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy seeks to advance fresh thinking and analytically rigorous approaches to environmental decisionmaking – across disciplines, across sectors, and across boundaries. Center Web site
Global Environmental Governance
05.16.06 Daniel C. Esty and Maria H. Ivanova, editors Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy Order a print copyPolicy, Economics and Law
05.15.06 Natural resource and environmental policy should be based on our accumulated knowledge of social and environmental processes. The policy faculty teaches students that the key to environmental policy is the appropriate integration of the insights of many disciplines. Three overarching themes are...
Red, White, Blue and Green
05.16.04 James R. Lyons, Heather S. Kaplan, Fred Strebeigh, Kathleen E. Campbell, Editors Order a print copy
Developing Sustainable Management Policy for the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming
05.16.00 Timothy W. Clark, Denise Casey, and Anders Halverson, Editors Order a print copyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowship Information Session
11.02.07 | Kathy Douglas
Information Session on Science & Technology Policy Fellowships at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Lunch will be provided. Sage 24.4:30pm: First Lecture of the Carbon Finance Speaker Series at Yale
09.11.07 | Judith Wu
LOCATION: Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue *Free and Open to the Public *Reception to Follow *Please join us this Thursday at 4:30pm for the first presentation of the exciting Carbon Finance Speaker Series at Yale, hosted by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY). As...
Greening Pakistan's Cities
09.03.07 | Saleem Ali
Nostalgically, most Pakistanis salute President Ayub Khan for his vision in establishing the capital city of Islamabad. Apart from its abysmal airport, which pales in comparison to Lahore and Karachi’s lavish terminals, Islamabad is often mentioned by expatriate Pakistanis to foreigners with a...
