Resources for the Future Podcast
By Resources for the Future
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Podcast Description
This podcast showcases highlights and insights from the latest research of RFF academics. Guests include RFF scholars, key policymakers and other thought leaders.
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How Does Regulation Affect Employment?: An Interview with Richard Morgenstern | How Does Regulation Affect Employment?: An Interview with Richard Morgenstern | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Compliance Flexibility Under The Clean Air Act | Compliance Flexibility Under The Clean Air Act | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U.S. Policy Options For Adapting To Climate Change | U.S. Policy Options For Adapting To Climate Change | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reforming U.S. Climate Change Adaptation Policy | Reforming U.S. Climate Change Adaptation Policy | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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America’s Nuclear Future, Q “&”A with RFF President Phil Sharp | America’s Nuclear Future, Q “&”A with RFF President Phil Sharp | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deepwater Drilling: Recommendations for a Safer Future | Deepwater Drilling: Recommendations for a Safer Future | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean Energy Standard in the United States | Anthony Paul, fellow in RFF's Center for Climate and Electricity Policy, talks about the costs and benefits of a Clean Energy Standard (CES) policy in the United States. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Porter Hypothesis After 20 Years: How Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation and Competitiveness? | In a seminal article written 20 years ago, Michael Porter put forth his hypothesis, that environmental regulations can encourage innovation, increase efficiency, and enhance business performance. At a recent speech at RFF, Porter reasserted his belief that companies can incorporate innovative approaches to improve their environmental footprint while creating shared value and increasing their competitiveness. | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Evaluating Recent Changes to Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards | How do current and future CAFE standards compare to other nations' fuel economy standards? What challenges will automakers face in meeting the new standards? What is the cost of higher CAFE standards, and how does it compare to the cost of alternative policies to reduce gasoline consumption? | 11/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keeping the C in the CRP: How Well Does the Conservation Reserve Program Work? | Encompassing over 30 million acres, the U.S. Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the largest land preservation program in the United States. As it generates conservation payments for more than 400,000 farms, the CRP also prompts many questions about the design and efficacy of environmental policy. How have changes in the way information is gathered and provided affected CRP operations? What do we know about the environmental impacts of the CRP? And how are conservation payments likely to fare in future farm spending debates? | 10/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options Part 3 of 3 | Resources for the Future (RFF) and the National Energy Policy Institute undertook a two-year program of research, aiming to inform this decisionmaking process by providing a rigorous, comprehensive, and consistent analysis of various major energy policy options. The study, entitled Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options, focuses on several key metrics that chart the effectiveness of alternative policies – specifically, in reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions – and assesses the economic costs they impose on society. | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options Part 2 of 3 | Resources for the Future (RFF) and the National Energy Policy Institute undertook a two-year program of research, aiming to inform this decisionmaking process by providing a rigorous, comprehensive, and consistent analysis of various major energy policy options. The study, entitled Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options, focuses on several key metrics that chart the effectiveness of alternative policies – specifically, in reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions – and assesses the economic costs they impose on society. | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options Part 1 of 3 | Resources for the Future (RFF) and the National Energy Policy Institute undertook a two-year program of research, aiming to inform this decisionmaking process by providing a rigorous, comprehensive, and consistent analysis of various major energy policy options. The study, entitled Toward a New National Energy Policy: Assessing the Options, focuses on several key metrics that chart the effectiveness of alternative policies – specifically, in reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions – and assesses the economic costs they impose on society. | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adapting to Climate Change: The Public Policy Response | This workshop is the culmination of a two-year study to identify federal policy recommendations for the nation in adapting to a changing climate. Together with scholars drawn from across the U.S., we offer recommendations to address effects of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, marine ecosystems, fresh water resources, agriculture, human health and built infrastructure. Our recommendations include guidance for reforming regulation, managing for extremes, and establishing information services. | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Policy Leadership Forum: The Payoff of Energy Efficiency | Many studies have identified efficiency measures from buildings as a potential "win-win" strategy that can reduce carbon emissions and energy use at a net cost-savings. TIAA-CREF manages one of the nation's largest real estate portfolios. CEO Roger Ferguson discussed the company's commitment to energy conservation, as well as other socially responsible investing practices. | 6/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Coming Clean: An Economic Perspective on Water Quality Policy | U.S. water quality regulation has been in the news lately, from the New York Times' "Toxic Waters" articles last fall and winter to recent coverage of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It has been 38 years since the passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and 33 years since the creation of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Have these two keystones of U.S. water quality regulation lived up to their promise of reducing our exposure to dangerous water contaminants? Do the benefits of environmental regulations under the CWA and SDWA exceed their costs? How should economists and policymakers think about the risks from emerging contaminants, nonpoint source pollution, water infrastructure deterioration, and other current issues in water quality? Do the CWA and SDWA give regulators the tools and policy instruments they need to accomplish the statutes' goals? | 6/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Policy Leadership Forum with John W. Rowe of the Exelon Corporation: The Road to a Low-Carbon Energy Future | Mr. Rowe discussed U.S. legislative and regulatory actions to address climate change, and why we must focus on economic approaches that will provide the country with cleaner, more secure energy while minimizing the costs to consumers and putting more people to work. As the electricity industry’s longest-serving chief executive, Rowe was among the first CEOs in the industry to focus on climate change, first testifying before Congress on the potential effects of carbon emissions in 1992. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Drug Resistance: A Global Challenge to Disease Control and Eradication | Drugs to treat bacterial infections, malaria, and viruses are losing efficacy to pathogen resistance. The past decade has seen significant investment in new tools like drugs and vaccines but relatively little maintenance of existing tools to protect them. Resistance has emerged to artemisinins, the recommended first-line treatment against malaria in most parts of the world, and has also grown rapidly in the case of antibiotics. How can the world coordinate to address the threat of depleting drug effectiveness? Who bears the cost of decreasing drug effectiveness? And what will the world look like in 10 to 20 years with and without global efforts to contain resistance? | 5/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Natural Gas Revolution? Examining the Impact | The shifting outlook owes to substantial increases in estimated U.S. shale gas resources. Estimates of conventional natural gas resources have remained steady while estimates of shale gas resources more than doubled from 2007 to 2009. Moreover, the cost of producing shale gas has also dropped considerably. The recent gains in U.S. natural gas resources raises intriguing issues for energy markets and policy, among them: How will greater supplies affect natural gas prices, consumption, imports, and world markets? What will the impact be on the costs of efforts to control carbon dioxide emissions? Will there be significant disruptions of local environments from shale gas extraction? | 4/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nongovernment Organizations, Corporate Behavior and the Environment | Drawing on the work of a newly published book by RFF Press, this seminar brought together NGO, business, and academic perspectives to address the urgent need for objective study of NGO operations and effectiveness. Panelists highlighted organizational structure and key objectives at several major NGOs and outline strategies toward corporate engagement, particularly the decision of whether to play the role of “corporate partner” or “corporate critic” (good cop versus bad cop). Additionally, participant discussed what causes the relationships between companies and NGOs to either succeed or fail. The seminar concluded by setting the agenda for continued research into NGO operations and impact. | 3/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate Policy Under the Clean Air Act | While Congress continues working on new climate legislation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to identify a regulatory strategy under the existing Clean Air Act. EPA has finalized an “endangerment finding,” after determining that greenhouse gases (GHGs) are a threat to public health and welfare, and will soon issue regulations for vehicle emissions. Our panel focused on EPA regulation under its Clean Air Act authority. | 3/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing the Risk of Extreme Weather Events in a Changing Climate | At this seminar, discussions will focus on how climate change may enhance extreme events, how mitigation can help manage extreme events, how to ensure proper functioning of insurance markets in these situations, and the proper role of the federal government in addressing these risks. | 2/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seventh Annual Hans Landsberg Memorial Lecture with Rosina Bierbaum: The Changing Climate for Development | The Seventh Annual Hans Landsberg Memorial Lecture explored actions designed to reduce vulnerability, help nations cope with new risks, and lay the groundwork for a transition to low-carbon growth that imperative for both developed and developing countries. | 12/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Role of Prizes in Innovation and Entrepreneurship | What are the advantages of prizes as a means of encouraging new technology? Are there disadvantages? Should the role of prizes be increased? Our panel discussed these questions from the perspectives of prize competitors, sponsors, and academic researchers expert in the economics and policy of R and D. | 12/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Environmental Diplomacy Leading to Copenhagen - A Seminar and Book Launch on International Negotiations to Address Global Envir | With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on the horizon, predictions abound regarding the efficacies and inadequacies of international efforts to address climate change. From a diplomatic standpoint, what can we expect from the Copenhagen meeting, and how will we define success? | 11/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Challenges and Opportunities in Managing the World's Forests | Improving forest measurement and monitoring is a necessary step and one that complements numerous initiatives to help shape policy design by governments, philanthropic and other nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector. At this seminar, our panelists linked data to policy with several exapmples: challenges in measuring the state of forests and the need for new institutions to provide better forest data; development of a forest carbon index to inform understanding of forest carbon credits; the role of forest carbon management in alleviating poverty in developing countries; recent recommendations of the Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests | 11/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Economics of Pandemics | October's First Wednesday Seminar launched RFF's new Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy (CDDEP). Speakers covered emerging issues ranging from incentives for reporting disease outbreaks to the impacts of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. Video and speaker presentations available. | 10/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Senator Lamar Alexander: The Perils of Energy Sprawl | In remarks at an October 5th Policy Leadership Forum, Senator Lamar Alexander discussed the land use costs of renewable energy production and why he believes nuclear power should play a major role in America’s energy future. | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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EPRI’s 2009 Energy and Climate Change Analysis Update (Prism and MERGE) | A briefing on the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) recently updated Prism and MERGE analyses held at Resources for the Future. In 2007, EPRI published its first Prism and MERGE analyses, which laid out the U.S. electricity sector’s potential for reducing CO2 emissions and an economically optimum technology portfolio. The 2009 research updates those results based on more aggressive emissions targets, consideration of new technology options, recent advances in technology, and cost projections that account for effects of economic changes. These studies suggest that a full portfolio of electricity sector technologies could address the dual challenge of meeting demand growth and CO2 emissions constraints, while limiting increases in the cost of electricity. | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Day Two Lunch Speaker | Paul Portney of the University of Arizona discusses "Benefit-Cost Analysis and Common Sense: Friends or Foes?". | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 8 | This concluding session will invite former OIRA and government agency officials and leading scholars to reflect on the results of the conference, discuss the implications of the presentations, and identify the key issues to be addressed in the future. Jonathan Wiener, Duke University (Moderator) John Graham, Indiana University Michael Livermore, New York University Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future Rena Steinzor, University of Maryland Richard Zerbe, University of Washington | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 7 | Nonmarket benefits of regulatory policies, including reduced risks to human health and the environment, are often valued using stated or revealed preference methods. However, work by behavioral economists has challenged the assumptions that underlie these methods, suggesting that individual preferences often diverge from the standard tenets of rational choice. This panel will consider diverse perspectives on this problem. James Hammitt, Harvard University (Moderator) “The Implications of Behavioral Economics for Stated Preference Research” Alan Krupnick, Resources for the Future “How are Preferences Revealed?” David Laibson, Harvard University “Six Nagging Questions in Preference Elicitation” Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming “Whose Preferences Should We Use?” David Schkade, University of California, San Diego | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 6 | While Federal agencies have been required to consider the distributional impacts of their regulatory actions for many years, these effects are not subject to the same sort of rigorous assessment as economic efficiency. This session will discuss how to improve consideration of distributional impacts and equity. Kelly Maguire, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Moderator) “Six Pathways for Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy” Don Fullerton, University of Illinois “Incorporating Equity Metrics into Regulatory Review” Matthew Adler, University of Pennsylvania “Avoiding the Normatively Ideal with the Positively Good” Scott Farrow, University of Maryland, Baltimore County “Whose Injustice? Relevant Inequalities and How We Should Address Them” Wilhelmine Miller, George Washington University | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 5 | While benefit-cost analysis has long been the dominant method for assessing regulatory impacts, its focus on individual preferences and on monetary valuation of nonmarket benefits has been the subject of some debate. This panel will discuss the role of benefit-cost analysis as a positive or normative framework. It will also consider alternatives to benefit-cost analysis, including cost-effectiveness analysis and utilitarian decision analysis, as aids to decision-making. Joseph Cordes, George Washington University (Moderator) “Positive and Normative Justifications for Benefit-Cost Analysis” James Hammitt, Harvard University “Prospects for Utilitarian Decision Analysis” Jonathan Baron, University of Pennsylvania “Self-Selection in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis” David Meltzer, University of Chicago “What Does Benefit-Cost Analysis Tell Us? What are the Alternatives to BCA?” Maureen Cropper, Resources for the Future | 6/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Day One Lunch Speaker | Sally Katzen of Podesta Group discusses "Which Way the Political Winds Are Blowing". | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 4 | Better integration of science, economics, and decisionmaking has long been a significant concern in regulation. Most recently, the National Research Council report, Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment, made several recommendations for changing how these issues are addressed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These recommendations, as well as preceding proposals and newer ideas for fundamental change, have significant implications for how environmental and numerous other risks are assessed and regulated. Kara Morgan, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Moderator) “Assessing and Managing Risk: First Things First” Gail Charnley, HealthRisk Strategies “Integration of Risk Assessment and Risk Management: The Need for Caution” Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh “Solution-Focused Risk Assessment: Reversing the ‘Red Book’ Relationship” Adam Finkel, University of Pennsylvania “Risk Assessment and the Behavioral Science of Economics” Sandra Hoffmann, Resources for the Future | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 3 | Risks that are highly uncertain but potentially catastrophic, such as climate change, terrorism, or natural disasters, provide special challenges for regulators. Difficult issues include determining the effects of regulations on the likelihood of catastrophic outcomes, the ways in which government agencies should address the associated fear, the extent to which regulations should be precautionary, and the appropriate roles of the public and private sectors. Jennifer Baxter, Industrial Economics, Incorporated (Moderator) “The Five Neglects: Risks Gone Amiss” Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University “Duty to Inform When All Hell Could Break Loose” Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University “Considering Risk in Developing a Regulatory Response to Climate Change” Mort Webster, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “At War with the Weather and Other Extreme Events” Howard Kunreuther, University of Pennsylvania | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 2 | As nations work to improve the quality of their policies and legislation, there are substantial opportunities for mutual learning. This panel will explore the successes and failures of U.S., E.U., and other regulatory reform efforts, highlight opportunities to learn from other’s policy innovations, and examine options for increasing international cooperation in evaluating and improving the quality of each nation’s policies and laws. Dominic Mancini, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (Moderator) “Better Regulation in the EU: Learning by Doing” Marianne Klingbeil, European Commission “Transatlantic Regulatory Impact Assessment: Tomorrow's Dream or Realization” Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris “Fostering Quality Regulation for the 21st Century” Stephane Jacobzone, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development “Toward a Global Policy Laboratory” Jonathan Wiener, Duke University | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Ideas for Risk Regulation - Panel 1 | The advent of a new Administration provides an opportunity to reconsider the regulatory development process. This panel will focus on OIRA’s role in prompting and reviewing domestic regulations as well as its requirements for regulatory analysis, reflecting the views of those who have worked within OIRA, interacted with OIRA as agency representatives, and studied OIRA’s legal authority and effectiveness. Arthur Fraas, Resources for the Future (Moderator) “Analysis on the 17 Most Political Acres on Earth” Donald Arbuckle, University of Texas “OIRA: What's It Good For?” Donald Elliott, Yale University, Willkie, Farr, and Gallagher LLP “Using Regulatory Impact Analyses to Inform Regulatory Decisions” Richard Williams, George Mason University “Defragmenting the Regulatory Process” Stuart Shapiro, Rutgers University | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Visualizing Our Relationship with Natural Resources and the Environment | Moderator: Molly Macauley, Senior Fellow and Director, Academic Programs, Resources for the Future Panelists: Shalini Vajjhala, Fellow, Resources for the Future William Gail, Director within Startup Business Accelerator Group, Microsoft Bonnie Scranton, Information Designer | 6/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Directions for Managing Our Ecosystems: Science and the Federal Ecological Agenda | Speaker List: > Iris Goodman, Deputy National Program Director, Ecosystem Services Research Program, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > Jim Laity, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget > John Kostyack, Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation and Global Warming, National Wildlife Federation > Sally Collins, Director, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture | 5/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adapting to a Changing Climate: Reforming Institutions and Managing for Extremes | Moderator: Molly Macauley Panelists: - Alan Covich, Professor of Ecology, and former Director of the Institute of Ecology, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia - Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - James Neumann, Principal, Industrial Economics, Inc - Steven W. Running, University Regents Professor of Ecology, University of Montana, Missoula - James N. Sanchirico, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis; and University Fellow, Resources for the Future | 4/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reforming Regulatory Impact Analysis: A Briefing on a New Report - Panel 1 | Speaker List: - Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Winston Harrington, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Sally Katzen, Michigan University Law School - Ted Gayer, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reforming Regulatory Impact Analysis: A Briefing on a New Report - Panel 2 | Speaker List: - Richard Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law - Jeffrey Holmstead, Bracewell & Giuliani - Richard Revesz, New York University School of Law - Rena Steinzor, University of Maryland Law School | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reforming Regulation of Food Safety | Speaker List: - Molly Macauley, Senior Fellow, RFF (moderator) - Glenn Morris, Director, University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute; former Deputy Administrator for Public Health and Science, USDA Food Safety Inspection Service. - Lisa Shames, Director of Food and Agriculture Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office - Michael Taylor, Research Professor, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services; former Deputy Commissioner for Policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; former Administrator, USDA Food Safety Inspection Service - Richard Williams, Managing Director of the Regulatory Studies Program and Government Accountability Project, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; former Director of Social Sciences, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | 2/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Conversation with the Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr., U.S. Secretary of the Treasury | How Markets Can Help Address Climate Change and Other Major Environmental Problems: In remarks at an RFF Policy Leadership Forum January 12, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr., endorsed market mechanisms to deal with global climate change and suggested that the U.S. would benefit from a regulatory arrangement that uses price signals to limit carbon dioxide emissions. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - Henry Paulson, United States Treasury Secretary | 1/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Organizing Federal Government to Address Climate Change | Will wholesale government restructuring be needed to deal with the complex questions around climate change in the Obama Administration? A December 3 RFF roundtable addressed this topic in a discussion encompassing regulation, diplomacy and international engagement, science and information, and economic policy. Video and audio available. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Molly Macauley, Senior Fellow, RFF - John H. Gibbons, former Director, White House Office of Science and Technonlogy Policy - William Hooke, Director, Policy, American Meteorological Society - Dina Kruger, Director, Climate Change Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Nigel Purvis, Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future; and President, Climate Advisers - Michael Toman, Professorial Lecturer in International Economics at the Nitze School of International Studies, Johns Hopkins University | 12/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Energy Policy Challenges: Is the Past Prologue? - Panel 2 | From SFC to FutureGen: Technology Lessons Learned, Learnable, or Ignored: A distinguished group of academics and policymakers participated in an RFF symposium on the policy lessons from the energy crisis of the 1970s. Speaker List: - Robert Fri, Visiting Scholar and Former President, RFF - David Goldston, Former Chief of Staff, U.S. House Science Committee; columnist, Nature magazine | 10/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Energy Policy Challenges: Is the Past Prologue? - Panel 4 | The Elusive Search for Consensus: A distinguished group of academics and policymakers participated in an RFF symposium on the policy lessons from the energy crisis of the 1970s. Speaker List: - Milton Russell, Professor Emeritus, Economics Department, University of Tennessee | 10/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Energy Policy Challenges: Is the Past Prologue? - Panel 3 | Emergence of Security Concerns: A distinguished group of academics and policymakers participated in an RFF symposium on the policy lessons from the energy crisis of the 1970s. Speaker List: - John Deutch, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Joel Darmstadter, Senior Fellow, RFF | 10/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Energy Policy Challenges: Is the Past Prologue? - Panel 1 | The 1970s All Over Again? Or Truly a Paradigm Shift?: A distinguished group of academics and policymakers participated in an RFF symposium on the policy lessons from the energy crisis of the 1970s. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - William Hogan, Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy, Harvard University - John W. Anderson, Journalist-in-Residence, RFF | 10/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Electricity Restructuring: What’s Gone Right? What’s Gone Wrong? Why do we Care? | The Sloan Foundation president describes recent changes in the structure of the U.S. electricity market and discusses how its reorganization could affect utilities and consumers as well as environmental policies, especially climate change. Speaker List: Paul Joskow President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | 10/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Federal Policies to Reduce U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Emissions Targets, Regulatory Design, and Broader Policy Goals | Policymakers in the United States confront a number of important choices as they consider policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What are the broader objectives - beyond emissions reductions - that the United States may have for domestic climate policy? Speaker List: - Billy Pizer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Henry D. Jacoby, Professor of management, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, MIT Sloan School of Management - Leon Clarke, Senior Research Economist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and staff member, Joint Global Change Research Institute - Rich Richels, Senior Technical Executive for Climate Research, Electric Power Research Institute | 6/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Legislation and Regulation Aren't Enough: Challenges in Implementation of Environmental Protection Statutes | Legislation and regulation are but the first steps in protecting natural resources and the environment, and neither ensures compliance, enforcement, nor effective results. This panel convenes scholars who have been awarded RFF's Fellowships in Environmental Regulatory Implementation. Speaker List: - Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania; and founding director, Penn Program on Regulation - Doug Eisinger, director of Transportation Policy and Planning, Sonoma Technology Incorporated; and program manager, University of California-Davis/Caltrans Air Quality Project - Sarah Stafford, Verkuil Distinguished Associate Professor of Public Policy, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary | 5/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Curbing Electricity Demand: Who, How, and Why? | Our panelists will evaluate some of the many recommendations in Maryland's "Strategic Energy Plan" and offer general perspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of its provisions. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - Timothy J. Brennan, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Professor of Economics and Public Policy,University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Malcolm Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration - Benjamin F. Hobbs, Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University ; Member, California ISO Market Surveillance Committee - Karen Palmer, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future | 4/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of Climate Change: A Policy Review - Panel 2 | Global Adjustments, Adaptation, and Post-Kyoto Strategies: The Climate Policy Symposium brought RFF researchers to the public arena to discuss key issues affecting state, federal, and international greenhouse gad emissions decisions. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - Raymond Kopp, RFF Senior Fellow and Director of the Climate and Technology Policy Program - Joe Aldy, RFF Fellow - Shalini Vajjhala, RFF Fellow | 4/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Costs in a U.S. GHG Trading Program: Issues and Options for Managing Costs - Panel 1 | Issues and Options for Managing Costs: One of the most controversial issues in the debate over the design of a U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) trading program is how such a program will address concerns about potential costs and adverse impacts on the economy. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, of Resources for the Future - Billy Pizer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Brian Murray, Director for Economic Analysis, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University - Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Charles Rossman, Senior Research Economist, Southern Company - Nat Keohane, Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund | 3/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing Costs in a U.S. GHG Trading Program: The Potential Role of an Independent Board - Panel 2 | The Potential Role of an Independent Board One of the most controversial issues in the debate over the design of a U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) trading program is how such a program will address concerns about potential costs and adverse impacts on the economy. Speaker List: - Kyle Danish, Member, Van Ness Feldman - Gilbert Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University - Brian McLean, Director of the Office of Atmospheric Programs, Environmental Protection Agency - Larry Meyer, Vice Chairman and Director, Macroeconomic Advisers | 3/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wildfires: Private Landowners, Nature, and Public Policy | Our panelists will consider management of and responses to wildfires, from the perspectives of private landholders and federal, state, and local decisionmakers. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - Roger Sedjo, Senior Fellow, RFF - Ross Gorte, Specialist in Natural Resources Policy, Congressional Research Service - Arun S. Malik, Associate Professor of Economics, George Washington University - Robert H. Nelson, Professor of Environmental Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland | 3/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions: What are the Opportunities, at What Price, and Through What Policies? | RFF hosts a discussion on a major report by the Mckinsey & Company, which found greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced at costs less than originally thought. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - William Pizer, Senior Fellow and Research Director, Resources for the Future - Kenneth J. Ostrowski, Director, McKinsey & Company - Terry Dinan, Senior Advisor for Climate Policy, Congressional Budget Office - Richard Newell, Gendell Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University | 3/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of Climate Change: A Policy Review - Panel 1 | Panel One: Cost-Containment, Competitiveness, and California: The Climate Policy Symposium brought RFF researchers to the public arena to discuss key issues affecting state, federal, and international greenhouse gad emissions decisions. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - Raymond Kopp, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future and Director of the Climate and Technology Policy Program - Billy Pizer, RFF Senior Fellow and Director of Research - Richard Morgenstern, RFF Senior Fellow - Dallas Burtraw, RFF Senior Fellow | 3/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate Change: A Global Problem Requiring a Global Solution. Or, Maybe Not.... | Kathleen McGinty, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and former chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, discussed the ability of existing approaches- such as carbon taxes, cap and trade, and corn-based ethanol- to address climate change. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - Kathleen A. McGinty, Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection | 2/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Much to Stabilize our Climate?: A Review of Recent Estimates | Senior Fellow Billy Pizer and Rich Richels of the Electric Power Research Institute, discuss the results and implications of a recent study by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. Speaker List: - Molly Macauley, Senior Fellow, RFF - William A. Pizer, Senior Fellow, RFF - Rich Richels, Senior Technical Executive for Climate Research, Electric Power Research Institute | 1/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Assessing US Climate Policy Options Briefing | Resources for the Future Senior Fellows Raymond J. Kopp and William A. Pizer discuss their policy brief, Assessing US Climate Policy Options, which was conducted with 23 business leaders throughout the year. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Raymond J. Kopp, Senior Fellow, RFF - William A. Pizer, Senior Fellow, RFF | 11/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Policy Briefing on Strategies for Post-Kyoto Climate Policy | Increasing greenhouse gas emissions have triggered a global experiment with an uncertain outcome for the future of the planet. The Kyoto Protocol serves as an initial step through 2012 to mitigate threats posed by global climate change. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Robert N. Stavins, Director, Harvard University Environmental Economics Program; co-editor - Joseph E. Aldy, Fellow, RFF; co-editor - Robert N. Stavins, Director, Harvard University Environmental Economics Program; co-editor - Todd Stern, Vice Chair, Public Policy and Strategy Practice, WilmerHale; and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress - David W. Conover, Esq., founding principal, David Conover and Associates, and Counsel, National Commission on Energy Policy | 10/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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At the Intersection of Climate and Deforestation: Can We Solve Two Problems at Once? | our panalist addressed the opportunities for and challenges to designing and implementing a role for forests in addressing climate change. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Lawrence H. Linden, Advisory Director, The Goldman Sachs Group; and Chair, Board of Directors, Resources for the Future - Annie Petsonk, International Counsel, Environmental Defense - Kevin M. Conrad, Department of the Prime Minister, Special Envoy and Ambassador for Environment and Climate Change, Papua New Guinea; and Director, Coalition for Rainforest Nations - Raymond J. Kopp, Senior Fellow and Director, Climate and Technology Program, Resources for the Future - William Hohenstein, Director, Global Change Program Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture | 10/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reconsidering "Conservation Reconsidered": A 40-Year Legacy - Panel 1 | Innovations in Academic Thought: RFF honors John V. Krutilla, a pioneer in the field of resource economics, and discusses his continuing impact on the evolution of environmental public policy. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Paul Portney, Dean, Eller College of Management, The University of Arizona, and former RFF President - V. Kerry Smith, W. P. Carey Professor of Economics, Arizona State University, and RFF University Fellow - Charles J. Cicchetti, University of Southern California - Raymond J. Kopp, Senior Fellow, RFF - Juha Siikamäki, Fellow, RFF | 10/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reconsidering "Conservation Reconsidered": A 40-Year Legacy - Panel 2 | Revolutionizing Public Policy: RFF honors John V. Krutilla, a pioneer in the field of resource economics, and discusses his continuing impact on the evolution of environmental public policy. Speaker List: - Roger Sedjo, Senior Fellow, RFF - Richard Rice, Senior Director, Resource Economics, Conservation International - Ellen Hanak, Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California - Fred Norbury, Associate Deputy Chief, U.S. National Forest System | 10/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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U.S. Public on Addressing Climate Change: Regulate Industry, and Don't Hit Our Pocketbooks Too Hard | A new survey of American attitudes toward combating global warming was released by New Scientist magazine, with support from Stanford University and RFF. The poll finds that most Americans want the government to establish regulatory mandates - so long as they don't hit consumer pocketbooks too hard. Speaker List: - Jeremy Webb, Editor, New Scientist - Peter Aldhous, San Francisco Bureau Chief, New Scientist - Ray Kopp, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Jon Krosnick, Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Stanford University, and University Fellow, Resources for the Future | 6/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From the Corn Belt to the Gulf: Societal and Environmental Implications of Alternative Agricultural Futures | A briefing with the editors of a forthcoming book to be published by RFF Press. Speaker List: - Scott Faber, Director of Farm Policy, Environmental Defense - Donald Scavia, University of Michigan - Joan Iverson Nassauer, University of Michigan | 6/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nanotechnology and Nature: Can We Reduce Any Risks and Still Reap the Rewards? | The June First Wednesday Seminar explores perspectives on how to minimize the risks that new nanotechnologies may hold while still reaping the rewards of their development. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Terry Davies, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, and Senior Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies - Andrew Maynard, Science Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies - Celia Merzbacher, Assistant Director of Technology R&D, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy - Marti Otto, Environmental Engineer, Technology Assessment Branch, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, U.S. EPA - Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council | 6/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Resolving Natural Resource Conflicts: Perspectives on Participatory Management of Common Property Resources | The May 1st Wednesday Seminar explores perspectives on participatory management of common property resources. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Shalini Vajjhala, Fellow, RFF - Scott Bode, Natural Resources Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Gail Bingham, President, RESOLVE | 5/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Biomass Energy: Biorefineries | The April 1st Wednesday seminar addresses the potential of cellulosic biomass for producing energy and transport fuels. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, RFF - Roger Sedjo, Senior Fellow and Director, Forests Economics and Policy Program, Resources For the Future - Eric D. Larson, Research Engineer, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University - Barbara Wells, President and CEO, ArborGenLLC - Stephen S. Kelley, Professor and Department Head, Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University - Theodore H. Wegner, Assistant Director, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service - John C. Houghton, Office of Biological and Environmental Reserach, U.S. Department of Energy | 4/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Modeling Growth for the Nation's Capital: A Work in Transit - Panel 1 | This workshop introduces LUSTRE, an integrated model that simulates land use, transportation, and economic activity in the Washington, DC area. Speaker List: - Alan Krupnick, RFF Senior Fellow - Elena Safirova, RFF Fellow - Ken Small, University of California, Irvine - Tim Wheeler, Moderator, The Baltimore Sun - Winston Harrington, Presenter, RFF Senior Fellow - Sam Zimmerman-Bergman, Respondent, Reconnecting America - Stephen Fuller, Respondent, George Mason University | 3/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Modeling Growth for the Nation's Capital: A Work in Transit - Panel 2 | This workshop introduces LUSTRE, an integrated model that simulates land use, transportation, and economic activity in the Washington, DC area. Speaker List: - Harriet Tregoning, DC Department of Planning - Robert Thomson, Moderator, The Washington Post - Elena Safirova, RFF Fellow - Michael Replogle, Respondent, Environmental Defense - Robert T. Grow, Respondent, Greater Washington Board of Trade | 3/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of Coal | RFF hosts a seminar to release a major study from MIT. Speaker List: - John M. Deutch, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Ernest J. Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roads, Cars, and Dollars: Economic and Policy Issues in National Initiatives to Manage Traffic Congestion | The March 1st Wednesday Seminar panel discusses the state of research, policy, and politics surrounding congestion pricing in urban areas throughout the United States. Speaker List: - Molly K. Macauley, Senior Fellow and Director, Academic Programs, Resources for the Future - Winston Harrington, Senior Fellow, Resources For the Future - Mahlon "Lon" G. Anderson, Director, Public and Government Relations, AAA Atlantic - Robert Flanagan, Former Secretary of Transport, Maryland - Patrick DeCorla-Souza, Program Manager, Urban Partnership Program, Federal Highway Administration - Elena Safirova, Fellow, Resources For the Future | 3/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Consumer, Competitor, or Collaborator?: Assessing China's Economic, Energy, and Resource Environment | This RFF Council briefing assesses the state of progress of the world's largest nation and analyzes its impact on the global economy. Speaker List: - Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future - Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics - Kenneth G. Lieberthal, Professor of Political Science and Distinguished Fellow and Director for China at the William Davidson Institute - Dr. James P. Dorian, International Energy Economist Specializing in Eurasian Energy Issues - Jostein Nygard, Senior Environmental Specialist, East Asia & Pacific Environment Unit, World Bank - Alan J. Krupnick, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Ruth Greenspan Bell, Resident Scholar, Resources for the Future - Richard D. Morgenstern, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future - Lee Schipper, Director of Research, EMBARQ, World Resources Institute, Center for Sustainable Transport - Mark W. Rosegrant, Division Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute | 10/19/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future Of International Carbon Markets | The Future Of International Carbon Markets | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 79 Episodes |
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