Do We Need a Climate Council?
On the forth day after Copenhagen a conclusion came to me… There is discussion of the successes of Copenhagen, the important first step, getting all the major emitters to the table, the rainforest...
View ArticleLearning to Love Multinationals
It’s all about leverage. Who has it? How do you apply it? In the fight against climate change multinational corporations (MNCs) are on the front lines, bringing both scale and scope to the battle....
View ArticleChina: Climate Spoiler in Copenhagen or Keen Strategist?
Just because you don’t agree to level the playing field on carbon emissions standards doesn’t mean you’re being irrational or not serious about climate change. One way to look at climate change...
View ArticleChina is leading in the winner-take-all low carbon economy
In recent weeks three events have occurred to support the theory that China wants to be economically and geopolitically dominant in the coming Low Carbon Economy. First, China does not want a flat...
View ArticleFor Want of a Price… a Kingdom was Lost
Much of the focus and cause of the non-result in the Copenhagen climate negotiations have on the “how” of climate change and opposed to the “what” in terms of targets. (We Have It Backwards – Dec 21,...
View ArticleWill Climate Agreements Follow the Path of the Evolution of Trade Agreements?
As trade agreements have evolved beyond the multilateral agreements envisioned when the WTO was formed in 1995 toward a wide variety of regional/local trade agreements, so too will, will climate...
View ArticleThe history of a stupid fight
David Roberts | Grist Ending the stupid technology innovation vs. deployment fight once and for all Human beings are pretty damn clever. We have adapted and invented our way out of some extremely grim...
View ArticleThe World’s Poorest Nations Say Yes to Emissions Cuts
A Ugandan family. Uganda is one of the 49 countries comprising The Group of Least Developed Countries, a key partner in the long-running United Nations climate talks. Credit: uusc4all/flickr. In what...
View ArticleUN Launches Big Data Climate Challenge
“Big Data Climate Challenge” launches, as part of Secretary-General’s 2014 Climate Summit Global Pulse is pleased to launch the Big Data Climate Challenge with the Secretary-General’s Climate Change...
View ArticleLandmark report weighs ‘Risky Business’ of climate inaction
A group of influential climate policy advocates has just published a landmark assessment of the economics of climate change risk to the United States. It’s the first detailed analysis of the range of...
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