Summer Reading Groupings From CCL's Research Department

By Jerry Hinkle and Rick Knight, CCL's Research Coordinators

Given Citizen' Climate University is on summer break for the week ahead and some CCL volunteers may have more time on their hands during social distancing, the CCL Research Department has put together several “curricula” of existing resources you can use to become more expert on topics related to CCL's climate solutions advocacy.

Each of these five curricula are estimated to take around three hours, including time not just to read the resources, but to explore and internalize each of them as well. For example, we don’t expect it will take you 10 minutes to read a laser talk. But, after also checking out a few of the references for yourself, and perhaps rehearsing it out loud in a conversation you could imagine yourself in, 10 minutes will have passed before you know it.

Have fun exploring and leave any comments you have in the Ask Us Anything Forum!

• Laser Talk: Carbon Pricing around the World (10 min)
• Laser Talk: China and India (10 min) 
• Laser Talk: Canada's Carbon Taxes (10 min)
• Paper: State and Trends of Carbon Pricing, pp. 8-46, 51 (2 hr 10 min)
• Web page: Carbon Pricing Dashboard (20 minutes)

2. Carbon Dividends and How They Work

• Web page: Dividend Delivery Study Summary and FAQ (35 min)
• CCU: Carbon Dividend Distribution (32 min)
• CCU: Dividend Delivery Details (52 min)
• Laser talk: Low Income Households (10 min)
• Laser talk: Administrative Cost (10 min)
• Laser talk: Satisfying the PAYGO Law (10 min)
• Laser Talk: Household Energy Costs (10 min)
• h. Web tool: Personal Carbon Dividend Calculator (20 min)

• Laser Talk: EPA Regulations and Climate (10 min)
• Laser Talk: Regulatory Pause (10 min)
• CCL Resource: Handling Challenging Questions (scroll down to “Clean Air Act / Regulatory Pause Concerns”) (20 min)
• Paper: Clean Air Act Issues in the 116^th Congress , pp. 1-15, 19 (1 hr 20 min) 
• Paper: Interactions Between a Federal Carbon Tax and Other Climate Policies, pp. 25-39 (1 hr)

4. Why This is a Good Deal for the Economy

• Op-Ed - Economists Statement on CF&D (15 min) 
• Laser Talk – Economic Impacts of Pricing Carbon (10 min)
• Blog - This Climate Solution is Good for the Economy and Society (30 min)
• Blog + Videos - Dr. Noah Kaufman Testifies Before Congress on Carbon Pricing (35 min) 
• Paper (9 pages) - Noah Kaufman Written Testimony E&C Comm 12-03-19 (30 min)
• Video - The Economic Case for HR 763 is Stronger Than Ever! (first 30 min)
• Blog - Carbon Taxes vs Regulation: More Effective, Efficient and Fair (30 min)

5. Border Carbon Adjustments 

• CCU: International Trade Law and Border Carbon Adjustments  (42 min)
• Laser Talk: Carbon Border Fee Adjustment (10 min)
• CCL Conference Video: Policy Details and Messaging Practice For the Energy Innovation Act, segment from 31:10 to 34:41 (3 min)
• Paper: Changing Climate for Carbon Taxes: Who's afraid of the WTO? (1hr 30 min)
• Paper: A Guide for the Concerned: Guidance on the elaboration and implementation of border carbon adjustment (35 min)