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At COP 21, Climate Change Is the Biggest Challenge—and Opportunity—We Face
In spite of the recent attacks in Paris, the United Nations climate talks have resumed this week, sadly shadowed by a tone of grief and tragedy. The Paris negotiations are, by any calculation, a...
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The Philippines Aims to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 70 Percent by 2030
The Philippines is the fifth most vulnerable country to climate and disaster risks (having dropped from first place in 2013), yet it is responsible for only 0.25 percent of global carbon emissions....
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An American in Paris: The United States Finally Shows Leadership in the...
Many of us still remember the images from the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009, which was launched as “Hopenhagen” with great expectations and concluded in the “Flopenhagen” fiasco: the disappointment...
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China Plans to Play Vital Role at Paris Climate Talks
Paris is, again, attracting the world’s attention. But this time, it’s not because of terrorist-triggered tragedy, but because of hope—a hope to set the planet’s path for the future and to save...
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Tilting the emissions scale: How Brazil’s INDC for emissions reduction may...
Despite an 18 percent reduction in deforestation, Brazil was unable to significantly reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions in 2014. A forward-thinking plan for cutting emissions from the...
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Paris Climate Negotiators Need to Unleash the Greatest Mitigation Resource:...
As the United Nations climate talks continue in Paris, identifying and developing financing resources to support the proposed efforts to mitigate climate change remains at the core of the process. By...
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Financing Cities in a Changing Climate
“The battle for sustainability will be won and lost in cities.” —Ban Ki-Moon Cities have a large and increasingly important role to play in the fight against global climate change. Currently, cities...
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Five Minutes at the COP21: Climate and Cities with Boping Chen
Join us as we sit with Boping Chen from World Future Council to discuss the importance of cities in the latest climate negotiations. Boping explains what is different about this year's UNFCCC...
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The Emissions Gap
Despite 23 years of negotiations since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. But last week, in an impressive display of international unity, delegates from 195...
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It’s Time to Go Back to School—Is It Also Time to Go Electric?
Opportunities to Advance Electric School Bus Technology Some 50 million children in communities across the United States are heading back to school over the next couple of weeks. About half of these...
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