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3. Excerpt from Barack Obama`s Speech on Energy, April 22, 2009, Newton Iowa.
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4. he Kyoto Protocol is the main international agreement that government eforts
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When the Kyoto Protocol entered into force
on February 16, 2005, there were 128 nations that had ratiied the agreement. As
of June 2013, there were 191 nations that have ratiied the Kyoto Protocol.
5. Stern, Nicholas. 2006. he Stern Review: Report on the Economics of Climate Change .
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London: Cabinet Oice, HM Treasury. See executive summary pages i-vi for more
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13. According to the Stern Review. Stern, Nicholas. 2006. he Stern Review: Report on
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16. IEA. 2010. World Energy Outlook 2010 . Paris: International Energy Agency.
17. Ibid.
18. Victor, David G. 2008. “Sources of Alternative Energy and Energy Market
Innovations.” In he Global Politics of Energy , edited by K. M. Campbell and J. Price,
pp. 135-147. Washington: he Aspen Institute.
19. In the words of the Stern Review.
20. Cost of fossil fuels will rise according to the IEA; IIEA. 2008. World Energy Outlook
2007 , Paris: International Energy Agency. Regarding wind power and other renew-
able sources, this relects conclusions found in the following studies: Celik, A. N.,