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		R41049 - Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Looking to 2020 10-Sep-2010; Larry Parker; 23 p. Abstract: The European Union’s (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a cornerstone of the EU’s efforts to meet its obligation under the Kyoto Protocol. It covers more than 10,000 energy intensive facilities across the 27 EU Member countries; covered entities emit about 45% of the EU’s carbon dioxide emiss.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change, International
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		R40001 - A U.S.-centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations 14-Apr-2010; Jane A. Leggett; 14 p. Abstract: Under the 2007 “Bali Action Plan,” countries around the globe sought to reach a “Copenhagen agreement” in December 2009 on effective, feasible, and fair actions beyond 2012 to address risks of climate change driven by human-related emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). The Copenhagen conference wa.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change, International
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		RL31286 - Debt-for-Nature Initiatives and the Tropical Forest Conservation Act: Status and Implementation 30-Mar-2010; Pervaze A. Sheikh; 22 p. Update: Previous releases: October 22, 2007 October 11, 2006 September 29, 2004 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: In the late 1980s, extensive foreign debt and degraded natural resources in developing nations led to the creation of debt-for-nature initiatives that reduced debt obligations, allowed for debt repayments in local currency as opposed to hard currency, and generated funds for the environment. Thes.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Biodiversity, Natural Resources, International
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		RL34234 - Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power 5-Mar-2010; Mary Beth Nikitin, Anthony Andrews and Mark Holt; 45 p. Update: Previous releases: July 1, 2009 September 3, 2008 March 7, 2008 January 30, 2008 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: After several decades of widespread stagnation, nuclear power is attracting renewed interest. New license applications for 30 reactors have been announced in the United States, and another 160 are under construction or planned globally. In the United States, interest appears driven, in part, by t.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Risk & Reform, International
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		RS21157 - International Species Conservation Funds 5-Mar-2010; Pervaze A. Sheikh and M. Lynne Corn; 7 p. Update: Previous Releases: March 6, 2007 October 10, 2006 June 1, 2006 February 22, 2006 March 15, 2005 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: International species conservation is addressed by several funds, including those under the Multinational Species Conservation Fund and the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund. These funds are implemented by relatively small programs within the Fish and Wildlife Service, yet generate eno.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Biodiversity, International, Legislative
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		RS20840 - Agriculture in the WTO: Limits on Domestic Support 16-Jun-2010; Randy Schnepf; 11 p. Update: Previous releases: March 13, 2001 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Most of the provisions of the current farm bill, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-246), do not expire until 2012. However, hearings on the 2012 farm bill have already begun. Congress is in the process of reviewing farm income and commodity price support proposals that migh.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Agriculture, International, Economics & Trade
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		R41287 - China and the United States—A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies 14-Jun-2010; Richard J. Campbell; 24 p. Abstract: China is the world’s most populous country with over 1.3 billion people. It has experienced tremendous economic growth over the last three decades with an annual average increase in gross domestic product of 9.8% during that period. This has led to an increasing demand for energy, spurring China .... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, International
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		RS21556 - Agricultural Biotechnology: The U.S.-EU Dispute 8-Apr-2010; Charles E. Hanrahan; 11 p. Update: Previous Releases: June 2, 2006 March 10, 2006 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: In May 2003, the United States, Canada, and Argentina initiated a dispute with the European Union concerning the EU’s de facto moratorium on biotechnology product approvals, in place since 1998. Although the EU effectively lifted the moratorium in May 2004 by approving a genetically engineered (G.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Economics & Trade, International, Agriculture
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		R40914 - Climate Change: EU and Proposed U.S. Approaches to Carbon Leakage and WTO Implications 12-Apr-2010; Larry Parker, Jeanne J. Grimmett; 71 p. Abstract: The United States has proposed, and the European Union (EU) developed, policies to mitigate the potential economic and environmental (i.e., “carbon leakage”) impacts of carbon policies on energy- or greenhouse gas-intensive, trade-exposed industries. While studies have found little effect of carb.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: International, Climate Change
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		R41165 - Global Environment Facility (GEF): An Overview 17-May-2010; Richard Lattanzio; 27 p. Update: Previous releases: April 7, 2010 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an independent and international financial mechanism (i.e., a grant and lending institution) that promotes cooperation and fosters actions to protect the global environment. Established in 1991, it unites 180 member governments and partners with internatio.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: International
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