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John Kerry Gives Impassioned Speech at COP22
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John Kerry Gives Impassioned Speech at COP22

Thomas Schueneman November 16, 2016

“I’m not a Cassandra, but I am a realist. Time is not on our side.”  – John Kerry at COP22 Secretary of State John Kerry pulled no punches in a speech at the COP22 climate talks, now in their second week in Marrakesh, Morocco. A stalwart champion of climate change action throughout his career, Kerry made […]Read More

President-Elect Trump, the U.S., Climate Change and Sustainable Development
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President-Elect Trump, the U.S., Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Andrew Burger November 10, 2016

Environmental, climate change and renewable energy industry participants and proponents are gearing up for four long, lean years in the wake of Donald Trump's surprise U.S. election victory. They're not abandoning all hope, however; and Trump could pull an even greater surprise if he does an about-face and embraces Obama's legacy of helping build U.S. renewable energy and clean tech industries that are bringing back middle-class U.S. jobs and spurring investment, innovation and entrepreneurship in ways that benefit US and global society in multiple ways.Read More

Guarded Optimism – Can We Avoid a Climate Dystopia?
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Guarded Optimism – Can We Avoid a Climate Dystopia?

Thomas Schueneman November 4, 2016

It is official as of today, November 4, 2016: The Paris Agreement, adopted last December by 195 nations, comes into force. The process displays a political will rarely seen within the global community. Throughout the decades-long effort leading up to the Paris Agreement, fractious disunity, distrust, and disappointment has been the general order. What happened leading […]Read More

The Art of the Possible: Paris Agreement Comes Into Force
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The Art of the Possible: Paris Agreement Comes Into Force

Thomas Schueneman October 6, 2016

The mood in Paris last December was unmistakable, the optimism palpable. After decades of gridlock and disappointment, the negotiation at the COP21 climate conference held to its promise of progress. As Andrew Deutz, Director of International Government Relations for the Nature Conservancy told me, what was different about COP21 from past negotiations was this time […]Read More

The Road to Marrakesh: Bonn Climate Talks Begin, After Paris a “New Era of Collaboration”
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The Road to Marrakesh: Bonn Climate Talks Begin, After Paris

Thomas Schueneman May 16, 2016

At the start of climate change talks this week in Bonn at UN headquarters for the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), outgoing secretary general Christiana Figueres called the historic Paris Agreement the beginning of a “new era of collaboration” for climate negotiations. The 10-day conference in Bonn is the first UN climate meeting since COP 21 in Paris […]Read More

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