Reports

Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets (November 2001)
"This report...uses case studies of a variety of companies that have established climate-related targets for reducing their emissions and/or energy use to show how the adoption of such targets, along with concerted efforts to meet them, can help improve performance and bottom-line results. All of the profiled companies view their efforts to set and meet climate-related targets as a way to reduce production costs and enhance product sales today. The companies also report that, in working to achieve their targets, they are improving their prospects for success under future regulatory and market environments."
by Michael Margolick and Doug Russell
Pew Center on Global Climate Change

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Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (2000)
"The U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the Nation provides a detailed understanding of the consequences of climate change for the nation and examines mechanisms for adaptation." This Assessment was called for by a 1990 law, and has been conducted under the US Global Change Research Program in response to a request from the President's Science Advisor.

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