Global Warming
Global climate change is an increasingly urgent issue for state policy makers. Since 1998, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change has been advancing the climate change debate through analysis, public education and, more recently, a new cooperative approach with business.
Working with its Business Environmental Leadership Council—a group of 41 corporations, may of which are Fortune 500 companies—the Center commissions scientific and policy studies by leading experts. It then uses this base of applied knowledge to educate and mobilize opinion leaders about the urgency of the problem; promote emission-reduction plans at the international, national and state levels; and encourage better international climate change agreements.
The Pew Center on the States works to promote climate change policy options at the state level, co-releasing with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change issue briefs highlighting the scientific basis for and impact of climate change; the technological solutions available; the role of business; and the array of diverse international, state and local actions currently under way.
The Center retains Doug Foy, a nationally recognized environmental leader and former Secretary of Commonwealth Development for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, as a policy advisor to guide explorations of innovative transportation and housing policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Reports
Regional Impacts of Climate Change
December 04, 2007 - This Pew Center on Global Climate Change report examines key impacts of climate change that are likely to affect different areas of the United States. The report assesses particular climate vulnerabilities in the Midwest, West, Gulf Coast, and Chesapeake Bay regions.
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Climate Change 101: Local Action
October 09, 2007 - Report on how local governments are addressing climate change with their own solutions.
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Climate Change 101: State Action
October 08, 2007 - Report highlights states' efforts as they respond to the challenges of implementing solutions to climate change.
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Climate Change 101: International Action
October 05, 2007 - Report on response of the world's major economies to the problem of climate change.
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Climate Change 101: Business Solutions
October 04, 2007 - Report on the new risks and opportunities presented to businesses by climate change.
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Climate Change 101: Technological Solutions
October 03, 2007 - Report on technological solutions for mitigating effects of climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate Change 101: Science and Impacts
October 02, 2007 - Overview of the most up-to-date scientific evidence on climate change.
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Climate Change 101: Overview
October 01, 2007 - An overview of the report on the understanding of and response to global climate change.
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Climate Change 101, Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change
September 17, 2007 - In an effort to inform the climate change dialogue, the Pew Center on the States and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change developed a series of brief reports titled Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change. These reports provide a reliable and understandable introduction to climate change. They cover climate science and impacts, technological solutions, business solutions, international action, recent action in the U.S. states and action taken by local governments. The overview serves as a summary and introduction to the series.
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Building Solutions to Climate Change
November 01, 2006 - This brief describes how the built environment can make an important contribution to climate change mitigation while providing more livable spaces. It concludes that with current technologies and the expansion of a few key policies, significant reductions in greenhouse gases can be realized in the near term. Furthermore, combining technology research and development with clear and sustained climate and energy policies would drive more dramatic reductions over time.
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Race to the Top: The Expanding Role of U.S. State Renewable Portfolio Standards
June 01, 2006 - This Pew Center on Global Climate Change report, authored by Barry Rabe of the University of Michigan, builds on earlier analyses by the Center of the state role in climate policy development. The proliferation of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) at the state level provides real-world models of whether a federal RPS may be a feasible option to increase the nation’s use of renewable energy sources as part of a larger energy and climate change policy.
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Agenda for Climate Action
February 08, 2006 - The Pew Center on Global Climate Change released the first comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The Agenda for Climate Action identifies both broad and specific policies, combining recommendations on economy-wide mandatory emissions cuts, technology development, scientific research, energy supply, and adaptation with critical steps that can be taken in key sectors.
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