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This portal was funded by the United Nations Foundation to outline the pros and cons of the major approaches to solving climate change and fostering a clean 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.

Renewable energy technologies

• 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

Alternative fuels

• Biofuel
• Algae biofuel
• Corn ethanol
• Methanol fuel
• Cellulosic ethanol

Clean transportation approaches

• Electric vehicles
• Hybrid vehicles
• Hydrogen vehicles
  
• Natural gas vehicles

Market and regulatory approaches

• Carbon emissions trading
• Cap-and-trade versus carbon tax
• Vehicle fuel economy standards
• Pickens US energy plan
• US Renewable Electricity Standard
• Underground nuclear waste storage
• Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies

Geoengineering approaches

• Geoengineering
  
• Carbon capture and storage
• 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?