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EMBARQ - the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport - today receives the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership from Harvard University for its work in establishing Mexico City’s Metrobus, a sustainable transit project in one of the world’s most populated and congested cities.

Climate change is a global issue that requires action from all countries. As the U.S. Congress develops a domestic climate and energy package, the United States seeks assurance that other countries will also act and a means to track the progress of commitments by verifying that actions have been implemented.

S.1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA) also known as the Kerry Boxer bill , provides a number of important provisions that will ensure that offsets used in the U.S. cap-and-trade program represent real, additional, measurable and verified greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions.

New analysis compares emissions reductions in the current Kerry-Boxer and Waxman-Markey bills.

Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), is testifying today before the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee regarding action of other countries to address climate change and the implications of their action for the United States.

Some important messages from his testimony:

The [Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act of 2009][act-link] (CEJAPA) provides a number of provisions that facilitate the demonstration and deployment of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies. This document provides a brief overview of the most important of these. Coal use is responsible for over 40 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions[^1], and significant, deliberate action will be required to reduce these emissions. The CEJAPA lays a foundation for moving CCS technology to scale by reducing costs and providing funding for demonstrations.

Today, each Chinese citizen produces only one fifth the GHG emissions of an average American consumer, and China still has many unmet energy needs.

As December’s climate change talks approach, a new WRI report discusses the successes and challenges to effective regulation in China.

Cap-and-trade programs are designed to increase the economic efficiency of emissions reductions and lower costs beyond command-and-control approaches alone. Cap-and-trade programs often incorporate features that add flexibility and/or increase price certainty to help address cost concerns. This fact sheet describes several common examples of cost containment mechanisms.

This issue brief evaluates five approaches to account for state-achieved reductions and address the state-to-state “leakage” problem under a federal cap-and-trade program.

This report discusses the successes and challenges to effective regulation in China. It also addresses U.S. competitiveness concerns in relation to the introduction of U.S. cap-and-trade policies, and specific opportunities for enhanced climate change cooperation between the two countries.

WHAT:

The World Resources Institute (WRI), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and clean technology companies will host a Senate briefing for lawmakers, staff, and journalists Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Companies representing the emerging clean energy industry in the Southeast United States will share their perspectives on jobs and economic growth in clean energy. They will also express how energy and climate legislation affects small and medium-sized businesses and how such policy action can support a competitive Southeast economy.

Solar photovoltaic systems generate electricity using technologies that capture the energy in sunlight.

Wind energy systems generate electricity by using turbines to capture the wind’s energy. Many locations in the United States have good wind resources.

WRI’s EMBARQ Wins Harvard University Award for Mexico City Bus Project

Countdown to Copenhagen: Reviewing and Verifying International Climate Action

Ensuring Greenhouse Gas Offset Quality in the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Emission Reductions Under Congress' Cap & Trade Proposals

WRI President Jonathan Lash Tesitifies Before Senate on U.S. Action to Address Climate Change

Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Getting to Yes on Climate Change

Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage and S. 1733, The Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act of 2009

Comparison of Chinese and U.S. Energy Statistics

China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge

Bottom Line on Cost Containment

Keeping the Lights on in the State Laboratory

China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge

MEDIA ADVISORY: Southeast Companies to Highlight Business Case for Congressional Clean Energy and Climate Action

United States Solar Radiation Map

United States Wind Resource Map

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