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Preface
About This Document
In June 2008, the RAND Corporation convened three workshops on policies for mitigating
climate change. ese workshops brought together representatives of government, industry,
advocacy groups, and the research community, who hold different perspectives on what the
goals of climate change mitigation policy should be and which strategies should be imple-
mented to achieve them. e workshop series was made possible by a generous grant from the
McCormick Foundation.
Addressing the interconnection of climate change mitigation policy with the key sectors
of energy and transportation will be a major challenge for the United States in the coming
years. e competing interests of these groups sometimes hamper progress on this front. Bring-
ing them together enabled them to share different perspectives and to identify some common
points of view on such issues as technological innovation; federal, state, and local roles; poten-
tial legislative and regulatory solutions; international cooperation; and public engagement.
ese RAND conference proceedings summarize key issues and discussion topics of the
three workshops. is document is not intended to be a transcript of the discussions, and, in
deference to our observation of the Chatham House rule,
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it does not quote any participants
by name or affiliation. Rather, it organizes the key themes of the workshops by topic—in par-
ticular, pointing out areas of agreement as well as disagreement.
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and energy policymaking processes and especially to those responsible for crafting U.S. cli-
mate policy. Readers interested in these topics may also wish to see two upcoming RAND
occasional papers:
U.S. Programs for International Energy Assistance and National Energy Objectivest , by
Michael Toman, Scott Hassell, Liisa Ecola, Tewodaj Mengistu, Endy Min, Aimee
Curtright, Noreen Clancy, and Eileen Hlavka
Evaluating Options for U.S. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Using Multiple Criteriat , by Nicho-
las Burger, Liisa Ecola, omas Light, and Michael Toman.
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Contents
Preface iii
Tables
vii
Summary
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Abbreviations
xv
CHAPTER ONE
Context and Approaches for Climate Policy 1
Introduction
1
Context for Making Climate Policy
2
Climate Change Is a Significant Problem Requiring Action on Many Fronts
2
Climate-Change Mitigation Is Intrinsically Linked to Other Important Public-Policy Issues
2
Policymakers and the Public Differ in eir Recognition of the Problem
3
Executive Leadership Is Needed to Make Progress on Climate Change
3
Policies to Confront Climate Change
3
Market-Based Approaches
4
Regulations
5
Technology Policies
6
Behavioral Change
7
Summary
8
CHAPTER TWO
Climate-Change Workshop 9
Overview
9
Climate-Change Science and Solutions
9
Role of Technologies and Policies
10
Importance of Market-Based Solutions
11
Cap and Trade Is Considered the Most Pragmatic Solution, but Many Details Remain
Unresolved
11
Economy-Wide Emissions Cap Would Have Benefits
12
Distributing Allowances and Allocating Potential Government Revenues from Allowance
Sales Are Contentious
12
Emissions Targets Must Be Credible to Induce Action
13
Additional Policies Must Complement a GHG Price
13
Role of States in Finding Solutions
13
Executive-Branch Leadership for Domestic and International Action
14
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CHAPTER THREE
Energy Workshop 15
Overview
15
Complexity of Energy Policy
15
Attraction of Technological Solutions
16
Energy Efficiency
16
Renewable Energy
17
Improving the Development and Deployment of Technologies
18
More Federal Research and Development Is Needed Despite Concerns at It May Be
Wasted
18
Financial Incentives Are Needed to Demonstrate and Deploy Innovative Technologies
18
Constraints Exist on Technology Deployment
19
CHAPTER FOUR
Transportation Workshop 21
Overview
21
Transportation’s Contribution to Climate Change
21
Market-Based Approaches in Transportation
22
Motor-Fuel Prices
23
Congestion Pricing
23
Land-Use Changes to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled
24
Fuel and Vehicle Technologies
26
Increasing Fuel Efficiency for Vehicles at Have Internal Combustion Engines
26
Emerging Fuels and Vehicle Technologies
28
Behavior and Technology in Other Countries
29
Reducing Emissions in the Freight Sector
29
APPENDIX
Workshop Participants 31
References
35
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Tables
A.1. Participants, Climate-Change Workshop, June 4, 2008 31
A.2. Participants, Energy Workshop, June 19, 2008
32
A.3. Participants, Transportation Workshop, June 5, 2008
33
[...]... lead to thousands of megawatts of new wind capacity, planning for new nuclear-power plants, the development of new natural-gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico, higher CAFE standards, a renewable-fuel standard of 36 billion gallons, and higher energy-efficiency standards for federal buildings 15 16 Integrating U.S Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops gas, and increased... 12 Integrating U.S Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops be simpler to implement than a cap -and- trade system do not acknowledge that the current tax code is already full of loopholes and that a carbon tax is unlikely to be any different In addition to these drawbacks of carbon taxes, it was noted that both major-party 2008 presidential candidates favored cap and. .. on climate-change mitigation will affect other policy areas, policymakers must understand these interconnections and consequences For example, it is very likely that some transportation policies could help reduce traffic in addition to mitigating greenhouse-gas emisix x Integrating U.S Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops sions However, in other cases, climate policy... along with advantages, drawbacks, and related issues In some cases, there was broad agreement; in others, there was significant 3 Although workshop participants did not assign policies to these four categories, we believe that they provide a useful framework for sorting out a wide range of policies that were discussed 4 Integrating U.S Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three... and, in some cases, it is hard to act on such information effectively For example, it can be difficult to know how much money one can save by improving home insulation A second problem is that the costs of energy-saving investments are often high and up-front, while the energy savings are some- 8 Integrating U.S Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops times small and. .. See, e.g., Wintour and Elliott (2008) 2 The scenario assumed that state renewable portfolio standards would be attained and that the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub L No 110-140) would be implemented Key provisions of this act that were included in the analysis were a renewable-fuel standard, higher CAFE standards, and more stringent appliance and lighting efficiency standards Climate-Change... approach that encompasses both energy and transportation policy solutions Otherwise, proposed climate change mitigation policies will engender dissent and risk failure In an effort to share different perspectives and identify common points of view that could lead to new climate policy solutions, RAND convened three workshops—one each on climatechange policy, energy, and transportation that brought together... rather than GHG tax when referring to this policy instrument 1 2 Integrating U.S Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops The remainder of this chapter focuses on the common themes from all three workshops, while the next three chapters delve into more specifics from the workshops on climate policy, energy, and transportation Since the three topics overlap, we have organized... coal, biomass, and CCS; cellulosic ethanol; and proliferation-resistant nuclear power and safe nuclear-waste disposal Others suggested that technology investments are needed across the board Among the broader classes of investment, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and transportation were discussed in greater depth and are described in the balance of this section and in the next chapter on transportation. .. hydropower, and biomass While participants discussed renewable energy broadly, most specific examples were from wind and solar Chapter Four briefly discusses biofuels 18 Integrating U.S Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies: Proceedings of Three Workshops of wind power: It produces no GHG emissions, it is commercially available today, it is commonly the most competitive source of renewable power, and, . environmental quality and regulation, energy
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