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Deliberating emission reduction options

Abstract

For more than 20 years there has been a concerted international effort toward addressing climate change. International conventions, such as the United Nations Foreign Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC; ratified in 1994), have been established by committed nations seeking to address global climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gases emitted into the Earth's atmosphere (Global CCS Institute, 2011). Long recognised as the most crucial of the greenhouse gases to impact global warming, the majority of carbon dioxide's anthropogenic global emissions are directly related to fuel combustion of which both Australia and the Netherlands' energy production is significantly reliant. Both these nations will need to consider many opinions and make hard decisions if alternative energy options are to be implemented at the scale that is required to meet international emission targets. The decisions that are required not only need to consider the many options available but also their consequences. Along with politicians, policy developers and industry, the general public also need to be active participants in deciding which energy options, and their subsequent consequences, are acceptable for implementation at the national level. Access to balanced and factual information is essential in establishing informed opinions on the many policy options available.  More>>
Authors:
Dowd, A. M.; Rodriguez, M.; Jeanneret, T.; [1]  De Best-Waldhober, M.; Straver, K.; Mastop, J.; Paukovic, M. [2] 
  1. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO, 37 Graham Rd, Highett VIC 3190 (Australia)
  2. Energy research Centre of the Netherlands ECN, Policy Studies, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Publication Date:
Jun 15, 2012
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
EP-124974; ECN-O-12-037
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; EMISSION; NETHERLANDS; AUSTRALIA; PUBLIC OPINION; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC INFORMATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAPTURE; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; MITIGATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNET; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
OSTI ID:
22110164
Research Organizations:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation CSIRO, Highett, VIC (Australia); Energy research Centre of the Netherlands ECN, Policy Studies, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: NL13E0092
Availability:
Available at http://www.ecn.nl/publicaties/PdfFetch.aspx?nr=ECN-O--12-037 or at http://cdn.globalccsinstitute.com/sites/default/files/publications/53781/deliberating-emission-reduction-options.pdf
Submitting Site:
ECN
Size:
116 page(s)
Announcement Date:
Jul 08, 2013

Citation Formats

Dowd, A. M., Rodriguez, M., Jeanneret, T., De Best-Waldhober, M., Straver, K., Mastop, J., and Paukovic, M. Deliberating emission reduction options. Netherlands: N. p., 2012. Web.
Dowd, A. M., Rodriguez, M., Jeanneret, T., De Best-Waldhober, M., Straver, K., Mastop, J., & Paukovic, M. Deliberating emission reduction options. Netherlands.
Dowd, A. M., Rodriguez, M., Jeanneret, T., De Best-Waldhober, M., Straver, K., Mastop, J., and Paukovic, M. 2012. "Deliberating emission reduction options." Netherlands.
@misc{etde_22110164,
title = {Deliberating emission reduction options}
author = {Dowd, A. M., Rodriguez, M., Jeanneret, T., De Best-Waldhober, M., Straver, K., Mastop, J., and Paukovic, M.}
abstractNote = {For more than 20 years there has been a concerted international effort toward addressing climate change. International conventions, such as the United Nations Foreign Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC; ratified in 1994), have been established by committed nations seeking to address global climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gases emitted into the Earth's atmosphere (Global CCS Institute, 2011). Long recognised as the most crucial of the greenhouse gases to impact global warming, the majority of carbon dioxide's anthropogenic global emissions are directly related to fuel combustion of which both Australia and the Netherlands' energy production is significantly reliant. Both these nations will need to consider many opinions and make hard decisions if alternative energy options are to be implemented at the scale that is required to meet international emission targets. The decisions that are required not only need to consider the many options available but also their consequences. Along with politicians, policy developers and industry, the general public also need to be active participants in deciding which energy options, and their subsequent consequences, are acceptable for implementation at the national level. Access to balanced and factual information is essential in establishing informed opinions on the many policy options available. Past research has used several methods to measure public perceptions and opinions yet for complex issues, such as emission reduction, some of these methods have shown to be problematic. For example, semi structured interviews can provide data that is flexible and context rich yet is does also come with the limitations such as it seldom provides a practical assessment that can be utilised from researcher to researcher, across disciplines and public participation techniques. Surveys on the other hand usually address these limitations but surveys that do not encourage comparison of information or ask participants to evaluate and choose between several options tend to lead to pseudo-opinions, incorrect assumptions and isolated responses. In order to address these methodological issues, researchers in the Netherlands created an Information Choice Questionnaire (ICQ). The ICQ provides the respondent with: (1) the entire (complex) policy problem, (2) expert information that is independent and balanced, (3) in a way that is understandable for the general public, (4) is a comparative process, and (5) asks for an evaluation. The aim of this research was to develop an online decision guide to aid public awareness, knowledge, deliberation and choice around carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) compared with other greenhouse gas mitigation options. More specifically, the objectives were to: (a) compare the Australian survey results to Dutch respondents; and (b) examine the most effective way to make online information and opinion formation more interactive and engaging. The following research questions are addressed: (1) How do Australian opinions on energy options differ from the Dutch when measured using the ICQ? ; (2) Is it possible to enhance the quality of the original ICQ by making the questionnaire an interactive application?.}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {2012}
month = {Jun}
}