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Alternative Transportation Fuels and Vehicle Technologies

jdunton — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The global energy system is changing. New demand centers are emerging, and there are numerous challenges to expanding the transportation fuels infrastructure. It has become clear that without significant changes in policy or the introduction of new technologies, the world will continue on an unsustainable path with respect to how it produces, delivers, and uses its energy resources.

Declaration on U.S. Policy and the Global Challenge of Water

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The United States now has the opportunity to take a global leadership position on a critical resource—water—that will become even more critical in the future. The world over, water is intricately linked to the stability and security of communities and nations, human health, education, economic prosperity, humanitarian relief, and stewardship of the physical environment.

Global Water Futures

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

U.S. policies on the range of pressing international water-related issues—humanitarian relief, human health, economic development, environmental stewardship, and stability and security—are fragmented, underresourced, and insufficiently coordinated. In particular, both the U.S.

Water and Energy Futures in an Urbanized Asia

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Urbanization is taking the world by storm. In the last 107 years, the proportion of humanity living in cities has skyrocketed from 13 to 50 percent. This trend can be expected to continue. The United Nations predicts that 60 percent of the global population will live in cities by 2030.

Below the Surface

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

In the last few weeks, we have seen a torrent of articles and news reports on the subject.

Future Watch, May 2007: Navigating the Future: The People, the Plans, and the Policies Guiding Leading Organizations

Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400

As part of its mandate to address longer-term trends in the world, the CSIS Global Strategy Institute (GSI) dedicated its third anniversary conference to exploring various institutional strategies for …

Future Watch, October 2006: Flexicurity-Denmark-Style

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Denmark is an island in a sea of economic uncertainty. With an unemployment rate of only 4.4% compared to Europe [Euro area] at 7.8%, and with a quarterly GDP growth rate booming at 7.8% while the Euro average sits at 3.6%, Denmark’s economy is demonstrating remarkable vitality despite an aging population, high levels of social welfare, and the pressures of globalization.

Addressing Our Global Water Future

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

On September 28, 2005, after a year of extensive background research, two conferences hosted in February and March 2005, and collaboration with several experts, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Sandia National Laboratories released a White Paper outlining the major conclusions of the Global Water Futures project.