Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development
| Professor: David Vail (
) Librarian: Carr Ross ( ) Fall 2004 |
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The purpose of this guide is to identify library and Web resources that will help you with your clean energy technologies project. If you have questions feel free to contact Carr (x3545 or cross@bowdoin.edu) or call the Library Reference Desk at x3227.
Magazines, Newspapers and Journals
Search these library databases for articles on all topics: energy policies; emissions; new & existing technologies; funding; consumption. These databases will be especially good for costs and benefits of technologies. For databases without full text, check the Find Journals tool to see if the Bowdoin Library subscribes to the journal.
For current, up-to-date information:
- Academic Search Premier
-very useful, multi-subject periodical index
- Lexis/Nexis Academic
-worldwide newspapers and newswires
- Business Source Premier
-business magazines and journals
For a more scholarly, but less current, look at environmental and energy issues:
- Environmental Issues & Policy Index
-broad range of environmental topics, domestic and international
- CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
-working papers, policy briefs, conference proceedings, foundation-funded research
- EconLit
-indexing and abstracting of international economics journals, research papers, working papers
- PAIS International
-articles, books and government documents (including the U.N.) in economics, public policy, human rights, infrastructure, etc.
- Alternative Press Index
-API covers smaller presses not covered by other databases
Kyoto Protocol
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
-text of Kyoto Protocol, status of ratification, Kyoto mechanisims, national reports, and much more
Major Gateways/Portals
Energy Policies & Strategies
- European Union
- Activities of the European Union - Environment
-excellent portal to EU environmental policy, strategy, statistics, legal documention and related sites - Activities of the European Union - Energy
-like the previous item, a portal to all-things-energy - Environment 2010: Our Future, Our Choice
-EU environmental policy cornerstone document - EU environmental policies on Air
- European Framework Legislation on Renewable Energy Sources
- Activities of the European Union - Environment
- China
- Chinese Energy Policy Outlook: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
-from The 6th Asian Development Research Forum General Meeting,2004 Bangkok, Thailand - China Sustainable Energy Program
- "... supports China's policy efforts to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy;" a very good gateway to the National Energy Policy and related links. - China: Energy Policy and Natural Gas Use
-"A joint research report recently released between the Asia Research Centre (ARC) and the Energy Research Institute in Beijing examines how Chinese energy policy might be affected by the broader political, social and economic developments occurring in China today." - An Energy Overview of the People's Republic of China
-from the U.S. Dept. of Energy - Oil for the Lamps of China - Beijing's 21st-Century Search for Energy (2003)
-a study from the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
- Chinese Energy Policy Outlook: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Meeting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Commitments
- The European Environment Agency (EEA) collects environmental data for the European Union. There is a host of useful information at its Web site. Relevant selections follow. (You may have trouble opening some of the .pdf files at the EEA. If you do have trouble, save the file first to your computer, then open it.)
- Overview of Products
-starting page for all of the reports, indicators, maps & graphs, data, and economic instruments at the EEA site - Greenhouse Gas Emission Trends and Projections in Europe-2003
-actual and projected progress toward achieving targets under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol - EEA Signals 2004
-annual survey of environmental trends in EU; good overview, includes progress toward Kyoto (p. 17)
- Overview of Products
- The Energy Information Agency is the statistical agency of the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Like EEA above, it provides data, forecasts, and analyses. It will have data on China and the EU. Most data come either from the International Energy Annual, a massive collection that includes CO2 emissions, prices, consumption, reserves, production, etc. or the International Energy Outlook, an assessment of the outlook for energy markets
- Gateway for international data and analyses
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions - International & Domestic
-energy-related emissions data, forecasts and analyses - Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Use of Fossil Fuels
- World Development Indicators
-World Bank database contains figures on CO2 emissions for China and the EU
Energy Consumption and Reserves
- Energy Reserves (from International Energy Annual, 2002, U.S. Energy Information Agency)
-includes China and EU countries
- World Energy Consumption (from International Energy Annual, 2002, U.S. Energy Information Agency)
-China and EU countries
- Security of Energy Supply (from European Energy Agency)
- Energy - Yearly Statistics (from Statistical Office of the European Communities)
-includes energy consumption, production, efficiency, etc. for EU-25, EU-15 and individual countries
- European Union Analysis Brief
-from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, an overview of European Union's energy status
- China Country Analysis Brief
-from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, an overview of China's energy status
- World Development Indicators
-World Bank database contains figures on energy use, GDP per unit of energy use, and production for China and the EU
Technologies
- U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
-does an excellent job of describing technologies (biomass, wind, geothermal, etc.) and serving as a gateway to government sources (domestic & international), universities & research institutes, trade & nonprofit groups, international organizations, etc. for each technology
- Energy Efficiency Technologies (U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy)
-buildings, transportation, power, and industry
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
-R&D agency for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- European Renewable Energy Centres Agency
-brings together about 40 R&D groups in the EU
- Beijing Energy Efficiency Center
-"a non-profit, independent non-governmental energy conservation and promotion organization"
Subsidies, Government Support, and Funding for Renewable Energy
- Energy Subsidies in the European Union: A Brief Overiew (from European Environment Agency)
- China Sustainable Energy Program - Grants ("cancel" the pop-up window about installing a language pack)
-"supports China's policy efforts to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy"
- EU-China Energy and Environment Programme ("cancel" the pop-up window about installing a language pack)
-"established by a financing agreement between the European Commission and China's Ministry of Commerce"
- Beijing Energy Efficiency Center-Projects ("cancel" the pop-up window about installing a language pack)
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