Publications

Resources for the Future and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies convened a one and one-half day workshop on domestic and international climate policy May 11?12, 2005, in Tokyo, Japan. The first day included 49 participants hearing presentat

In light of the recent argument that rapid economic growth in Russia over the next decade might result in emissions higher than the Kyoto target, thereby putting much needed growth at risk, this paper revisits the discussion on the costs and benefits of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Russia. The paper suggests that evens under a very...

-Executive Summary -Comparison of Options Available to Japan for Acquiring Emission Certificates 1.Current situation in Japan 2.Options -pros and cons 3.Conclusion -Comparative evaluation of options -Background Paper 1: Current Japanese Climate Policy from the Perspective of Using the Kyoto Mechanisms 1.Introduction 2.Climate policy development in...

Vehicle fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel have been introduced in many countries and are generally considered to be a road user fee intended to fund roadway projects and services (Jones and Nix 1995 and Brown 2001, cited in Litman 2003). However, given the fact that fuel consumption is causing environmental degradation, it can be justified to use...

Attempts to change travel behaviour through psychological strategies, instead of regulatory measures or economic incentives, began to be introduced in the 1990s. This policy option focuses on these new programmes and defines "travel awareness initiatives for wise use of automobiles" as programmes which aim to change travel behaviour through...

Road pricing means that motorists pay directly for driving on a particular roadway. Road pricing can be applied at various levels, such as a bridge or a tunnel, a roadway section, roadways in a corridor, all roads in an area (such as a central business district), or roadways at regional centres. Road pricing schemes targeting roads in an area take...