A U.S. Program for Controlling Climate Change and Expanding Job Opportunities

Effect of Climate Change Dimensions on Agricultural Entrepreneurial Opportunities Recognition

Climate change is one of the most important challenges of the current century, affecting agriculture more than other ones, an entrepreneur farmer perceives environmental challenges and changes as an opportunity. In this regard, this study aims to analyze the effects of climate change dimensions on Entrepreneurial Opportunities Recognition(EOR) intheagricultural sector of Kermanshah Province, Ir...

US Climate Change Policy Efforts

for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra), focuses on future international policies in the area of climate change. Carried out by a consortium of universities, think tanks and non-governmental organisations in Europe, India and the US, the main aim of the programme is directed towards the use of economic incentives and instruments in the implementation of climate policies, and towards the d...

Frustrated by lack of job opportunities in Canada, MD moves to US space-medicine program.

A Canadian physician-engineer who had difficulty finding suitable work in Canada is now employed by an American company that is helping develop the medical systems that will serve astronauts. Dr. Douglas Hamilton thinks research in space medicine will have applications on earth.

Climate Change and US Electric Power

There has been intense recent interest in the vulnerability of the US electric power sector to the potentially adverse impacts of global warming. In this paper I use a three-phased approach to investigate the consequences of climate-driven temperature increases on electricity supply and demand within US states. Reduced-form long-run responses of electricity demand to temperature are estimated b...

Coping with climate change risks and opportunities for insurers