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Jul 11, 2012

SMART TRASH: Study on RFID tags and the recycling industry: Executive Summary of Final Report (D6) in English, with German and French translations

Executive Summary in English, with French, and German translations. The study aims to assess the environmental impact of the RFID tags themselves as well as the environmental advantages that the use of RFID can provide to product lifecycle management.
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The study aims to assess the environmental impact of the RFID tags themselves as well as the environmental advantages that the use of RFID can provide to product lifecycle management. The Final Report presents the findings of our research.
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Improving Decisions in a Complex and Changing World

This project conducted research to address climate change policy and decisionmaking under uncertain conditions.
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Research Capacity Building in Africa: Networks, Institutions and Local Ownership

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Coal Mine Drainage for Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Extraction: Proceedings and Recommendations from a Roundtable on Feasibility and Challenges

These proceedings recount discussions held during a December 14, 2011, roundtable conference on the feasibility and potential benefits of using coal mine water in hydraulic fracturing operations in the Marcellus Shale formation.
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Evidence for Climate Change Is Overwhelming

In case after case, the theory that best fits the data is the one that also leads inexorably to the conclusion that human influence is one of the most important forces currently changing the climate, writes Robert J. Lempert.
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Robust Climate Policies Under Uncertainty: A Comparison of Robust Decision-Making and Info-Gap Methods

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Investment Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty: Application to Climate Change

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Recommended Research Priorities for the Qatar Foundation's Environment and Energy Research Institute

The Qatar Foundation is establishing a national research institute to conduct energy, environment, and water research. This book recommends research priorities for the institute and reports on a survey of related research institutions in the region.
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Some Thoughts on the Role of Robust Control Theory in Climate-Related Decision Support: An Editorial Comment

Any successful response to climate change--both the challenges of limiting the magnitude of future climate change and adapting to its impacts--will clearly involve policies that evolve over time in response to new information and that are robust over a wide range of difficult-to-predict future conditions.
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Technology Interactions Among Low-Carbon Energy Technologies: What Can We Learn from a Large Number of Scenarios?

This paper uses a combinatorial approach in which scenarios are created for all combinations of the technology development assumptions that underlie a smaller, representative set of scenarios.

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