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1、DateIssueBrief#ISSUEBRIEFClimateChange:Top10PreceptsforU.S.ForeignPolicyU.S.GlobalLeadership:AnInitiativeoftheClimatePolicyProgramatRFFDanielBodanskyJanuary2009IssueBrief#09-01ResourcesfortheFutureTheClimatePolicyProgramatResourcesfortheFuture(RFF)providesaframeworkforpolicy
2、makersandstakeholderstobetterunderstandandaddressoneofthemostcomplexenvironmentalissuesofourtime:climatechange.Theprogramhastwocoreobjectives:todevelopdomesticpoliciesthatarepoliticallyandeconomicallyviableandtoarticulateanewarchitectureforaglobalclimatepolicyregime.Programs
3、cholarsworktobothsupportcurrentpolicyeffortsaswellasfosteringtheevolutionofthesepoliciesovertime.U.S.GlobalLeadershipisoneoffourinitiativesoftheClimateProgram.ItsobjectiveistoengagewithpolicymakerstodevelopintegratedU.S.foreignclimatepolicyoptionsandtoconductin-depthresearch
4、onspecificforeignpolicyissuestosupportdevelopmentoftheseoptions.TheClimatePolicyProgramatRFFisfundedbycontributionsfromfoundations,governments,corporations,andindividuals.Currentsupportersinclude:theDorisDukeCharitableFoundation,SmithRichardsonFoundation,DavidandLucillePacka
5、rdFoundation,SimonsFoundation,FoundationforStrategicEnvironmentalResearch(MISTRA),G.UngerVetlesenFoundation,AlcoaFoundation,U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency,CenterforEnvironmentalMarketsatGoldman,Sachs&Co.,AmericanHondaMotorCompany,Inc.,Cargill,Inc.,DukeEnergy,SaltRiverProj
6、ect,ExxonMobilCorporation,HoneywellInternational,Inc.,Novelis,Inc.,andPacificorp.Formoreinformation,contactRayKopp,seniorfellowanddirectoroftheClimatePolicyProgram,atkopp@rff.org.PAGE2BODANKSY
7、RESOURCESFORTHEFUTUREClimateChange:Top10PreceptsforU.S.ForeignPolicy*DanielBodansk
8、yIntroductionClimatechangepresentsbothachallengeandanopportunityforU.S.foreignpolicy.Becausethebenefitsoftakingactiondependonreciprocaleffortsbyothers,internationalcooperationisessential.Resolvingtheproblemwillrequireaglobaleffortofunprecedentedscale,involvingfundamentalchan
9、gesinthewaysthatcountriesproduceenergy,transportpeopleandproducts,growfood,