| Civil Society Report on Climate Change |
| Authors: Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change, Paul Reiter, Indur M. Goklany, Douglas Southgate and Brent Sohngen, and Wolfgang Kasper. Publication Date: November 27, 2007. While global warming very likely is real and may well cause problems, the debate has become distorted by alarmists who claim that unless drastic and urgent action is taken, catastrophic climate change will decimate humanity. In response, some politicians and activists have called for dramatic reductions in emissions of these gases. Realising that such restrictions are not attractive to many poorer countries, the carrot of foreign aid is being offered and the threat of trade restrictions mooted. But are such policies the best way to address climate change? This report, commissioned by a coalition of 41 civil society organizations across the world, seeks to offer a balanced assessment of the problem of climate change and to evaluate various policies. |
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| Chinese Version - Civil Society Report on Climate Change |
| The report was translated by CSCCC member CIPA, and launched in cooperation with other partners at Renmin University, Beijing on June 9, 2008. |
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| Informe de la Sociedad Civil para el Cambio Climático |
| Fecha de Publicacion: Noviembre 27, 2007 Preparado por la Coalición de la Sociedad Civil para el Cambio Climático. |
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| Civil Society Report on Climate Change - Summary |
| Summary and Summary of Policy Recommendations |
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| Human Ecology and Human Behavior: Climate change and health in perspective: Climate change and health in perspective |
| Author: Paul Reiter Published in The Civil Society Report on Climate Change |
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| Death and Death Rates Due to Extreme Weather Events: Global and U.S. Trends, 1900–2006 |
| Author: Indur M. Goklany Published in the Civil Society Report on Climate Change |
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| Weathering Global Warming in Agriculture and Forestry: It can be done with free markets |
| Authors: Douglas Southgate and Brent Sohngen Published in The Civil Society Report on Climate Change |
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| The Political Economy of Global Warming, Rent Seeking, and Freedom |
| Author: Wolfgang Kasper Published in the Civil Society Report on Climate Change |
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| A North Carolina Citizen’s Guide to Global Warming |
| Author: Joel Schwartz Publication Date: July 2007 The state of North Carolina is headed toward imposing major new regulations and taxes on the consumption and production of energy. These restrictions include higher gasoline taxes; restrictions on the use of coal, oil and natural gas in electricity generation and mandatory use of wind and solar power; new land-use regulations that would restrict people’s lifestyle choices and use of their property; tax penalties for roomier and more powerful cars; and the diversion of state funds from road construction to mass transit. All of this is being considered in the name of fighting global warming. |
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| Developing Australia’s non-fossil fuel energy industry: Costs of measures targeting CO2 emissions |
| Author: Alan Moran Publication Date: June 2007 One matter of neglect in the Australian climate change debate is that no government agency has undertaken—or at least published—the aggregate costs of the measures presently in place. This report looks at the Australian costs incurred in defraying CO2 emissions. |
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| Independent Summary for Policymakers |
| Coordinator: Ross McKitrick, Ph.D. Authors: Joseph D’Aleo, M.Sc., Madhav Khandekar, Ph.D., William Kininmonth, M.Sc., M.Admin., Christopher Essex, Ph.D., Wibjörn Karlén, Ph.D., Olavi Kärner, Ph.D., Ian Clark, Ph.D., Tad Murty, Ph.D., and James J. O’Brien, Ph.D. Publication Date: February 01 2007 The Independent Summary for Policymakers is a detailed and thorough overview of the state of climate change science as laid out in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) draft report. This independent summary has been reviewed by more than 50 scientists around the world and their views on its balance and reliability are tabulated for readers. It carefully connects summary paragraphs to the chapters and sections of the IPCC report from which they are drawn, allowing readers to refer directly to what is in the IPCC Report. |
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| Comment on the Stern Review discussion paper |
| Author: Kendra Okonski Publication Date: March 2006 The following comments on the discussion paper “What is the Economics of Climate Change” are made in a personal capacity by Kendra Okonski of International Policy Network (an independent, not-for-profit public policy think tank based in London). Criticisms cover three key areas: mitigation versus adaptation, sustainable development, and emissions scenarios. |
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| Carrots, Sticks and Climate Change |
| Multiple authors Publication Date: December 6, 2005 Policymakers are being pressured to address the threat of climate change. Most of the focus so far has been on ‘sticks’, in the form of government restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions. This book argues that ‘carrots’ are a more humane and cost-effective way for policymakers to address climate-sensitive problems. Like it or not, we live in a world characterised by scarce resources. All decisions have costs and tradeoffs, and people make decisions about what costs to bear and which tradeoffs to make, and how, in response to incentives. It is here that social science – specifically, economics – can make an important contribution to the climate debate. Full report at http://www.sdnetwork.net/main/page.php?page_id=4&publication_id=3 |
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| The impacts of climate change: An appraisal for the future |
| Multiple authors Publication Date: November 9, 2004 The present and future impacts of climate change have sometimes been exaggerated to the public and invoked as a justification for policies to mitigate humanity’s influence on the earth’s climate. What is the historical and current scientific evidence for these impacts, and their causes? Are we experiencing these impacts now and if so, is it due to human-induced climate change? What does the future really hold for humanity and the planet? |
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| Climate Change and Sustainable Development: A Blueprint by the Sustainable Development Network |
| Author: Sustainable Development Network Publication Date: November 2004 Some claim that climate change will result in an increase in vector-borne disease, flooding, catastrophic weather events, loss of biodiversity, changes in agricultural production and other problems. Yet these are problems today and are either caused or are exacerbated by poverty. Tackling poverty is likely to be a better way of addressing these problems than attempting to control the climate. |
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| 气候变化和可持续发展 |
| ——来自于可持续发展网的蓝图 九鼎公共事务研究所 首都经济贸易大学中国可持续发展研究中心 联合印制 (Chinese version of Climate Change and Sustainable Development) |
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| Malaria and Climate Change Briefing Paper |
| Author: Sustainable Development Network Publication Date: October 17, 2002 In recent years there has been a great deal of scientific and public debate on climate change and global warming. It is a widely-held view that global warming and climate change will deleteriously affect infectious diseases such as malaria. This SDN briefing paper critically examines these claims. |
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| Climate Change Predictions: Bad Economics, Bad Science |
| Author: Martin Ǻgerup Publication Date: April 2004 |
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| Adapt or Die: The science, politics and economics of climate change |
| Editor: Kendra Okonski Multiple authors Publication Date: January 12, 2003 A heated global debate amongst governments, businesses, NGOs and pundits suggests that climate change will have dire consequences for humanity and the environment. ‘Climate control’ strategies are being pursued globally, nationally and locally in the name of preventing global warming. This book challenges the view that ‘climate control’ will benefit humanity or the environment, or prevent the negative effects of climate change. Full Report at: http://www.policynetwork.net/main/article.php?article_id=625 |
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| Submission on the National Interest Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol |
| Author: New Zealand Business Roundtable Publication Date: March 2002 This submission on the National Interest Analysis (NIA) of the proposal that the government should ratify the Kyoto Protocol is made by the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR), an organisation comprising primarily chief executives of major New Zealand business firms. The purpose of the organisation is to contribute to the development of sound public policies that reflect overall New Zealand interests. |
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CSCCC MEMBER LIBERTY INSTITUTE COMMENTS ON INDIA'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN
Press Release - 01/07/08
CSCCC WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS
The TaxPayer's Alliance (UK)
CIEN (Guatemala)
LFMI (Lithuania)
Below are various reports that have either been published by member organisations, or been supported by member organisations of the CSCCC.