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Climate change is a Reality

View Points on Climate Change

Climate

Change

Private actors

Policy makers

Firms & Corporations

• prisoner’s dilemma, limited investment in sustainability• Huge implications for economic framework > cost-cuts required• Won’t get involved earlier but will bring technological innovation

View Points on Climate Change

Climate

Change

Political powers

Developed countries

Developing countries

• Differing views > Some say climate change is real, some say unreal

• Mixed responses > some ready to cut emissions & adopt green technologies, some not.

• Reluctant because adoption of green will be on the expense of progress & development

Regulations about Climate Change

Need for flexibility & adaptability in climate change regulations – a complex regime needed • Developing Common-sense

Regulatory Initiatives• Partnering With the Private Sector

Clean Air Act

“Best available control

technologies” (BACT)

Alternative Energy ResourcesTypes of

alternative energy

resources

Choice of Climate Change Regulations• Use of technology in finding cost effective and feasible alternative

energy solutions for domestic consumers, corporations, industries and consumers at large scale

• Urgent need of technological innovations by the collaboration of technology industries, business markets and policy makers

• Regulations in the favor of using green technologies and subsidies for transferring the processes to green solutions & alternative energy resources

• Need of efficient, feasible and reliable renewable energy resources – technology firms can help in finding solutions

• Environmental agencies can support governments in designing laws & regulations

References•Geels, F. W. (2011). The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms. Environmental innovation and societal transitions, 1(1), 24-40.

•Keohane, R. O., & Victor, D. G. (2011). The regime complex for climate change. Perspectives on politics, 9(01), 7-23.

•Panwar, N. L., Kaushik, S. C., & Kothari, S. (2011). Role of renewable energy sources in environmental protection: a review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15(3), 1513-1524.

•What EPA is Doing About Climate Change. (n.d.). Environmental Protection Authority.

Retrieved from: http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/EPAactivities.html