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This editorial by Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute argues that the perceived inevitability of increased fossil fuel consumption is a flawed assumption. By applying engineering-economic analysis, the authors suggest that a 'least-cost energy strategy' focusing on energy efficiency and renewables can reduce fossil fuel reliance to nearly zero within half a century, effectively mitigating the CO2 problem through economic rationality rather than solely through climatic cost-benefit analyses.

This document, a chapter from 'Natural Capitalism', argues for a fundamental shift in business and economic models to prioritize resource productivity and the preservation of natural and social capital. It critiques the polarized nature of environmental debates and proposes a 'whole-system' approach that integrates diverse worldviews to ensure long-term economic and ecological viability.

A guide to the data pages of the Technology Evaluation Database (TED), detailing the interface for entering and managing quantitative technology data, including energy, costs, and environmental impacts.

This guide from the Stockholm Environment Institute outlines a three-step strategic framework for cities to transition from fossil fuel dependency to sustainable energy, highlighting specific low-cost interventions applicable to South African cities.

This policy brief presents a simulation model of the Colombian vehicle fleet from 2025 to 2050, analyzing the transition of compressed natural gas (GNV) in the transport sector. The analysis finds that without explicit exit policies, GNV consumption will persist at significant levels despite a general trend toward electrification, particularly within the traditional bus segment.

This World Resources Institute fact sheet analyzes potential carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction strategies for the power sector in Arkansas, evaluating how existing infrastructure and clean energy policies could meet future EPA standards.

A World Resources Institute (WRI) fact sheet analyzing how Michigan can utilize existing state policies and infrastructure to reduce power sector CO2 emissions and meet future U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.

This guide, produced by the World Resources Institute (WRI), provides non-technical staff at small and medium-sized office-based organizations with practical steps to measure and reduce CO2 emissions, drawing on WRI's own reduction commitments and the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.

This executive summary describes an analysis by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and Standard & Poor’s regarding the potential regulatory exposure of chemical manufacturing subsectors to EPA regulations based on CO2 emissions.

A case study by EMBARQ/WRI and local partners analyzing the impact of different transport master plan scenarios on air pollutants and CO2 emissions in Hanoi, Vietnam.

This research paper introduces the 'Forest Footprint for Cities' methodology, designed to quantify the impact of urban consumption on tropical and subtropical deforestation and the resulting CO2 emissions occurring outside city boundaries.

This report examines the potential and challenges of implementing carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a means to continue using coal for power generation while mitigating climate change impacts, specifically focusing on the technological, policy, legal, and investment hurdles of large-scale deployment.

This fact sheet by the World Resources Institute outlines how Pennsylvania can meet its Clean Power Plan (CPP) emission standards by expanding existing energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, optimizing the operation of natural gas and coal plants, and potentially adopting a market-based carbon pricing program.

This guide by the World Resources Institute, developed with Johnson Controls, provides urban leaders with a framework and eight specific action categories to increase building efficiency. It outlines the economic, social, and environmental benefits of reducing the energy and resource footprint of the built environment, while offering a strategic approach to overcoming the "efficiency gap" through integrated policy planning and stakeholder engagement.

This fact sheet by the World Resources Institute (WRI) analyzes how Tennessee can utilize existing infrastructure and clean energy measures to reduce power plant CO2 emissions to meet or exceed EPA standards.

A research paper by the World Resources Institute highlighting the lack of transparency regarding individual company commitments and performance data within the ACEA Agreement, which aims to reduce vehicle CO2 emissions in the European Union.

This World Resources Institute fact sheet analyzes how Colorado can utilize existing policies and infrastructure to reduce power plant CO2 emissions by 2020, finding that a 29 percent reduction below 2011 levels is possible.

A fact sheet from the World Resources Institute detailing global CO2 emissions growth between 2000 and 2005, highlighting disparities in growth rates across different sectors and between developed and developing countries.

A 2009 fact sheet by the World Resources Institute, Southface, and the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) outlining the potential economic and environmental benefits of implementing a national energy efficiency resource standard (EERS) in South Carolina.