Matt Hoffman

 
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Matt works with David Wheeler on the Confronting Climate Change Initiative, assessing the sources, impacts, and policy implications of global warming.


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December 18, 2009

Intellectual Property Rights at Copenhagen and Beyond

By Matt Hoffman

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen continues, negotiators face a series of unresolved questions. What emissions targets should be agreed to? How much money should be provided to finance mitigation and adaptation in developing countries, and how should these financial flows be governed? Should intellectual property rights be reformed to facilitate the diffusion of low-carbon technologies? Read More…

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March 20, 2009

Why Marc Jacobsons Research Matters for the Clean Technology Fund

By Matt Hoffman

This post originally appeared on CARMA.org.

The airwaves have recently been filled with advertisements heralding a plethora of clean energy technologies. GE promoted its smart grid technologies in a Wizard of Oz-themed Super Bowl ad. Vestas, the largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, has branded itself No. 1 in Modern Energy. Various groups have designed commercials touting the potential of “clean coal,” including a GE ad featuring models-turned-miners (tagline: “Harnessing the power of coal is looking more beautiful every day.”). And environmental groups have struck back against the branding of coal as “clean” with satirical advertisements (tagline: “Clean coal harnesses the awesome power of the word ‘clean!’”. In this maelstrom of marketing, who can say which clean energy technology is best?

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February 23, 2009

What Activists at the Capitol Power Plant Can Learn from CARMA

By Matt Hoffman

Capitol Power PlantOn March 2, thousands of people are expected to engage in mass civil disobedience at the coal-fired Capitol Power Plant in Washington, DC. The protest, which is expected to include NASA climate scientist Jim Hanson, author Wendell Barry, and environmentalist Bill McKibben is timed to coincide with the final day of PowerShift09, a four-day “National Youth Summit” that aims to bring 10,000 students to Washington to lobby for action on climate change.

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