From Debatepedia

This portal is part of a project coordinated with the United Nations Foundation's The People Speak Global Debates to outline the pros and cons of the major approaches to solving climate change and fostering a renewable energy economy. The articles below serve to inform the public and decision-makers about the comparative benefits and costs of each approach, helping to instruct policy and funding priorities.

Clean energy approaches

• Hydroelectric dams
• Geothermal energy
• Nuclear energy
• Solar energy
  
• Tidal energy
• Wave power
• Wind energy

Future hydrocarbons

• "Clean coal"
• Natural gas
• Oil sands
• US offshore oil drilling
• Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Clean transportation approaches

• Biofuel
  
• Algae biofuel
• Corn ethanol
• Methanol fuel
• Electric vehicles
• Hybrid vehicles
• Hydrogen vehicles
• Natural gas vehicles

Market and regulatory approaches

• Carbon emissions trading
• Carbon tax
  
• Vehicle fuel economy standards
• Pickens US energy plan
• Renewable Electricity Standards

Geoengineering approaches

• Iron fertilization of algae blooms
• Solar shading
• Reforestation as a solution to global warming

International treaties

• Kyoto Protocol
• Developed countries have a higher obligation to combat climate change
• The UN should prioritize poverty over climate change

Climate change itself

• Is climate change chiefly human-caused?

Articles under development

• Geoengineering
• Carbon capture and sequestration
• Feed-in tariffs for renewable energy
• Cellulosic ethanol
• Geoengineering
• Concentrated solar photovoltaic energy
• Concentrated solar thermal energy
• Underground nuclear waste storage
• Micro hydro power
• Oil drilling in the Arctic
• Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies
• Ban on Antarctic exploitation
• Clean diesel
• Climate change mitigation vs adaptation
• Conservation concessions
• Desert solar energy
• Carbon offsets
• Renewable energy on public lands
• Natural gas fracking
• Ban on Antarctic exploitation
• Carbon offsets
• EU Emissions Trading System
• Government incentives for petrol-free vehicles
• Liquified natural gas (LNG)
• Solar shading with airborne particles
• Space-based solar power
• Thorium based nuclear energy
• Solar energy on public lands
• Ecotax

See also

• Category:Global warming
• Category:Renewable fuels
• Category:Energy