WHAT THE PRESIDENT’S SCIENCE ADVISORS ADVISE

…six key components for consideration that we deem central to your climate change strategy and policy…

March 2013 (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology)

“…The first component aims to reduce the damage resulting from changes in climate (“adaptation”), while the last five aim to reduce the pace and magnitude of these changes (“mitigation”). Both approaches are essential parts of an integrated strategy for dealing with climate change. Mitigation is needed to avoid a degree of climate change that would be unmanageable despite efforts to adapt. Adaptation is needed because the climate is already changing and some further change is inevitable regardless of what is done to reduce its pace and magnitude…

“…(1) Focus on national preparedness for climate change…(2) Continue efforts to “decarbonize” the economy, with an initial focus on the electricity sector…”

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“…(3) Level the playing field for clean energy and energy efficiency technologies by removing regulatory obstacles, addressing market failures, adjusting tax policies, and providing time-limited subsidies for clean energy when appropriate…(4) Sustain research on next-generation clean-energy technologies, and remove obstacles for their eventual deployment…

“…(5) Take additional steps to establish U.S. leadership on climate change internationally…(6) Conduct an initial Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)…”

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