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Benchmarking – Chapter 5.4

5.4 References

DATA SOURCE REFERENCE INDICATOR
     
BEYOND GREY PINSTRIPES The Aspen Institute. (2009). Beyond Grey Pinstripes

2009–10. New
York, New York, 2009. Accessed from http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/index.cfm

 Sustainability MBA programs
     
BP BP. (2009). “BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2009. Accessed
March 29, 2010, from http://www.bp.com/statisticalreview		  
     
CANADIAN COUNCIL ON LEARNING Canadian Council on Learning (2009). Post-Secondary Education
in Canada 2008-2009. Table 5.5 “Gross domestic expenditures on
research and development as a percentage of gross domestic product
for selected OECD countries, 2001–2005” Chapter 5, p. 91. Accessed

March 29, 2010, from http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/PSE/2009/

PSE2008_English_Chapter5.pdf

  
     
CLEANTECH GROUP Cleantech. (2009). IPOs, Venture Capital, Companies Seeking Funds 2001-2009. Accessed November 6, 2009. Cleantech IPO; Cleantech venture capital
     
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2009. CO2 emissions from electricity generation, Net Energy Generation. Accessed December 2009 from http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/

graphic_data_electricity.html

 Low-carbon electricity
     
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY TRACKER (DEUTSCHE BANK) Deutsche Bank. (2009). “Global Climate Change Policy Tracker” in An Investor’s Assessment Detailed Analysis of Targets by Region and Country. Low-carbon growth plan; GHG targets & accountability; carbon price coverage and accountability
     
HSBC GLOBAL RESEARCH (2009). “Climate Change Global” in A Climate for Recovery – The colour of stimulus goes green. Accessed from http://www.globaldashboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/HSBC_Green_New_Deal.pdf Low-carbon stimulus spending
     
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY

AGENCY (IEA)

 IEAOECD RD&D Database. Group 1: Energy Efficiency, Total C02 Capture And Storage, Group III: Renewable Energy Sources, Group

IV: Nuclear Fission And Fusion, Group V: Hydrogen And Fuel Cells, Group VI: Other Power And Storage Techs. Accessed November 6, 2009, from http://www.iea.org/stats/rd.asp

 Government expenditure on low-carbon energy R&D; Energy sector business expenditure on R&D
     
NEW ENERGY FINANCE (2009). “Global Carbon Quarterly, Q3” Carbon price coverage and stringency
     
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) OECD ANBERD Database, STAN R&D Expenditure in Industry (ISIC
Rev 3). Ed 2009. Accessed November 2009, from http://www.oecd.org/

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OECD Patent Database, Patents by country and technology fields
(EPO, PCT, USPTO, Triadic Patent Families), June 2009. Accessed
November 2009, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.

aspx?DatasetCode=PATS_IPC

 Low-carbon patents; Energy sector business expenditure on R&D
     
PETERS & HERTWICH Peters, Glen P., & Hertwich, Edgar G. (2008). CO2 Embodied in International Trade with Implications for Global Climate Policy. In Environmental Science & Technology 42(5): 1402–1407. Embodied carbon emission in exports
     
REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE (RGGI) (2009). Market Monitor Report for Auction 6. New York, New York. Carbon price and stringency
     
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO) UNESCO UIS Database- Education. Table 16: Graduates by broad field of education in post-secondary education, Per Student Tertiary Spending. Accessed November & December 2009 from http://stats. uis.unesco.org/

unesco/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx?IF_ ActivePath=P,50&IF_Language=eng

 Low-carbon graduates; Spending on post-secondary education
     
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK

CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)

 National greenhouse gas inventory data for the period 1990-2007.
Table 4. Total aggregate anthropogenic emissions of CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs and SF6 excluding emissions/removals from land use, land-use change and forestry, 1990, 2000, 2005. 2007. Accessed
March 2010 from http://maindb.unfccc.int/

library/view_pdf.pl?url=http://unfccc.int/

resource/docs/2009/sbi/eng/12.pdf

 Carbon productivity
     
WORLD BANK (WB) World Development Indicators. GDP (current US$), Population, total 1990-2008. Accessed October 2009, from http://go.worldbank. org/4C55Z0H7Z0 Carbon productivity; Low-carbon patents; Energy sector business expenditure on R&D; Government expenditure on low-carbon energy R&D; Sustainability MBA programs; Spending on post-secondary education; Cleantech venture capital
     
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report, 2009-2010 (Results based on CEO survey conducted by WEF) Low-carbon energy patents