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Climate change and clean energy portal
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This portal is part of a project coordinated with the United Nations Foundation's The People Speak Global Debates to outline the pros and cons of the major approaches to solving climate change and fostering a renewable energy economy. The articles below serve to inform the public and decision-makers about the comparative benefits and costs of each approach, helping to instruct policy and funding priorities.Renewable energy technologies
- Hydroelectric dams
- Geothermal energy
- Nuclear energy
- Solar energy
- Tidal energy
- Wave power
- Wind energy
Future hydrocarbons
- "Clean coal"
- Natural gas
- Oil sands
- US offshore oil drilling
- Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alternative fuels
Clean transportation approaches
Market and regulatory approaches
- Carbon emissions trading
- Cap-and-trade versus carbon tax
- Vehicle fuel economy standards
- Pickens US energy plan
- US Renewable Electricity Standard
Geoengineering approaches
- Geoengineering
- Carbon capture and storage
- Iron fertilization of algae blooms
- Solar shading
- Reforestation as a solution to global warming
International treaties
- Kyoto Protocol
- "Developed countries have a higher obligation to combat climate change"
- The UN should prioritize poverty over climate change
Climate change itself
Articles under development
- Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy
- Concentrated solar photovoltaic energy
- Concentrated solar thermal energy
- Underground nuclear waste storage
- Micro hydro power
- Oil drilling in the Arctic
- Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
- Ban on Antarctic exploitation
- Clean diesel
- Climate change mitigation vs adaptation
- Conservation concessions
- Desert solar energy
- Carbon offsets
- Renewable energy on public lands
- Natural gas fracking
- Ban on Antarctic exploitation
- Carbon offsets
- EU Emissions Trading System
- Government incentives for petrol-free vehicles
- Liquified natural gas (LNG)
- Solar shading with airborne particles
- Space-based solar power
- Thorium based nuclear energy
- Solar energy on public lands
- Ecotax