Recommended Readings: Climate Change and Economic Progress
The following Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) papers and reports provide concepts, methods, results, and insights on the links between comprehensive climate action planning and sustainable economic development, as well as procedures for multi objective climate change policy development. Additional instructional materials and reports are available on request.
Macroeconomic Impacts of Climate Mitigation
- Climate Change Policies: Designing for Win-Win Results Presentation (Webinar Slides)
- A Meta-Analysis of the Economic Impacts of Climate Change Policy in the United States
- Summary of Key Factors Contributing to Macroeconomic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Options
- Climate Change Policy as Economic Stimulus: Evidence and Opportunities from the States
- Economic Stimulus, Recovery, and Climate Mitigation: Policy and Program Opportunities from the States
- US Progress on Climate Change Policy Unexpectedly Strong
- Developing and Assessing Economic, Energy, and Climate Security and Investment Options for the U.S. – 2012 International Energy Workshop Paper
- Impacts of Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy Options on the U.S. Economy
- The West Coast Clean Economy: Opportunities for Investment & Accelerated Job Creation (Executive Summary)
- The West Coast Clean Economy: Opportunities for Investment & Accelerated Job Creation (Full Report)
- Analysis of Economic Impacts of Pricing Carbon in Washington, DC (2017) (Webinar Slides)
- Minnesota Climate Strategies and Economic Opportunities Project Economic Impact Analysis Component (Webinar Slides)
- Macroeconomic Analysis of Pennsylvania’s 2015 Climate Action Plan (Webinar Slides)
- Macroeconomic Analysis of Pennsylvania’s 2015 Climate Action Plan Update (Full report)
- Economic Benefits of Planning and Analysis for Low Emissions Development Strategies, a LEDS LAC presentation (Webinar Slides)
- The Macroeconomic Impact of the Michigan Climate Action Council Climate Action Plan on the State’s Economy
- Macroeconomic Analysis: Michigan Climate Action Plan Final Report Summary
- Michigan Climate Action Plan Macroeconomic Impact Study F&Qs
- The Economic Impact of the Florida Energy and Climate Change Acton Plan on the State Economy
- Macroeconomic Analysis: Florida Energy and Climate Change Action Plan Final Report Summary
- Regional macroeconomic assessment of the Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan
- Special Report: Climate and Economic Development Project of Southern California
- Special Report: Enhancements to The Empower Maryland And Maryland Renewable Portfolio Standard Clean Energy Programs
Comprehensive Climate Action Planning
- Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Policy in the United States that Fully Integrates Levels of Government and Economic Sectors
- The New Climate World: Achieving Economic Efficiency in A Federal System for Greenhouse Gas Control Through State Planning Combined with Federal Programs
- Comprehensive Climate Action and Economic Planning
- Federal Climate Change Legislation as If the States Matter
- The Implications of the New “Old” Federalism in Climate Change Legislation: How to Function in a Global Marketplace When States Take the Lead
- Federal Lessons and Opportunities from State Climate Actions, NCSL Climate Policy Briefing
- Role of Energy Efficiency in Local, State and National Climate/Energy Policy, NCSL Climate Policy Briefing
- The Evolution of State Climate Change Policy in the United States: Lessons Learned and New Directions
- Maryland Climate Action Plan Summary
- Florida Energy and Climate Action Plan Summary
- Michigan Climate Action Plan Summary
- Arkansas Climate Action Plan Summary
- U.S. State Catalog of GHG Reduction Policy Options