The document proposes a Partnership for Climate Change Solutions to accelerate international agreements to reduce global climate change. It identifies gaps between university climate research programs and real-world action, and outlines potential partner organizations and next steps. These include validating needs, drafting a plan, recruiting a host organization, engaging partners, and identifying sponsors. The partnership would develop reports, advise stakeholders, convene meetings, conduct outreach, and leverage influencers to transfer approaches from research to implementation of climate solutions.

1. DRAFT
Partnership for
Climate Change Solutions
T. TODD ELVINS

2. Need for Larger-scale Solutions
Problem Solution
 GHG emissions are increasing  Regional cap & trade
 Energy demands are  Regional carbon tax
increasing per capita  Carbon sequestration
 Population is growing  Renewable energy research
 Myopia, lack of ambition  International agreements
|Problem| == 10n x |Solution|
ie. Need a solution = |Gulf war + Manhatten + Apollo|

3. Mission
Implement approaches from university programs that
accelerate aggressive international agreements to
reduce the causes of global climate disruption

4. Objectives
 Create a partnership of University climate
change programs
 Transfer approaches from the research
programs to action
 Cause to be implemented the approaches
that reduce international emissions

5. Implementing Approaches: Gap Analysis
Transfer to Action
Climate TOA & Pre- Burden Accept Multi- Buy and
Clubs, CCMT commit sharing future generatio hold
NOTES Institutio ments agreeme binding nal rights to
ns nts targets cooperati fossil
on fuels
Harvard Project meet with delegates at
on Climate COPs. Buy and hold
Agreements extraction rights
Yale Project on 2005 meeting in
Climate Change Aspen
MIT Joint educate next gen
Program on policy makers
Science & Policy
of Global Change
Stanford Program focused contact and
on Energy & consultation with
Sustainable various gov’ts
Development
Columbia Global coordinated compare
Network for mitigation plans, actions
Climate Solutions inform future int’l countries
(2010) climate negotiations can take
UCSD ILAR design and
implementation of
international law

6. Implementing Approaches: Gap Analysis (2)
Transfer to Action
Climate TOA & Pre- Burden Accept Multi- Buy and
Clubs, CCMT commit sharing future generatio hold
NOTES Institutio ments agreeme binding nal rights to
ns nts targets cooperati fossil
on fuels
Climate Policy Support nations in Policy
Initiative developing effective tools for
climate and energy innovati
policies on
Overseas inspire and inform
Development policy in developing
Institute countries
Center for Clean energy policy
American proposals in America
Progress
Climate Action Publish individual Low carbon
Tracker reduction targets policy pack
Global Leg. Org. coordinate a legislators
for a Balanced solution in prepared
Env (GLOBE) advance of Rio +20 to move
together
IPCC Assess CC & impact
Major Econ Low carbon 17 largest Deploy
Forum (MEF) technologies economies tech.

7. Next Steps
 Feasibility
 Validate unmet need
 Validate the mission and objectives
 Draft a plan
 Recruit a host or parent organization. UCSD ?
 Contact the partners. Build a board.
 Identify and recruit sponsors

8. Partnership for
Climate Change Solutions
T. TODD ELVINS

9. New Approaches
Consider CDM alternatives to
“emissions goals”
†
 Technology Oriented Agreements
(TOA) & Climate Change Mitigation
Technologies (CCMT) Source: oecd.org, 2010
 Pre-commitments, incentives, regime complex,
institutions*
 Clubs (ie L20 , Climate & Clean Air Coalition) and CADs*
‡
 Purchase and hold fossil fuel extraction rights
 Burden sharing agreements (MIT)
 Accept future binding targets∆
 Multigenerational cooperationΩ
† ‡
*Victor2011 Martin2005 ∆ Richels2009 Ω Bell2012
deConinck2007

10. Approaches: Non-university
 Climate Policy Initiative
 Overseas Development Institute
 Center for American Progress
 Climate Action Tracker
 Climate Analytics
 Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced
Environment (GLOBE)
 IPCC
 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF)

11. Approaches: Research & Development
 Yale Climate & Energy Institute
 Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
 MIT Joint Program on the Science & Policy of
Global Change
 Columbia Global Network for Climate Solutions
 Stanford Program on Energy and Sustainable
Development
 UCSD ILAR

12. Programs
 Develop reports on climate science, economics,
policy, and solutions
 Advise legislators, companies, and other
organizations
 Convene meetings to advance climate talks and join
together silo efforts
 Educate via conventional and social media
 Leverage the power of influencers