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Climate Change Negotiations Part Way through the Week in Tianjin

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Jake Schmidt | 0 Comments

Countries meeting here in Tianjin, China are trying to make final progress before the world comes together in Cancun. As I outlined there are some essential elements that need to be agreed in Cancun to prove to the world that this process can deliver real action, to begin to implement key elements of the international response to climate change, and…

Key Steps on Global Warming Need to be Agreed in Mexico at COP16 Later This Year

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Jake Schmidt | 0 Comments

This December, 194 countries will be in Cancun, Mexico to continue negotiations on international efforts to address climate change. My colleagues and I are in Mexico City this week for a series of discussions with key government officials, NGOs, businesses, and members of the media so we’ve been reflecting on Cancun. The Cancun climate negotiation session (COP16) must serve three…

Energy Ministers meet in US to Discuss Clean Energy: Who will be in the clean energy race?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Jake Schmidt | 0 Comments

The race for the clean energy future comes to Washington, DC today—only symbolically if the US doesn’t seize the moment. Energy ministers from 20 countries that account for over 80% of the world’s global warming pollution are in the US to discuss how to speed up the deployment of clean energy throughout the world, as a part of the Clean…

G20 Leaders to Meet and Discuss Global Warming…but only a little bit

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Jake Schmidt | 0 Comments

On June 26-27, Leaders from the 20 largest economies will meet in Toronto, Canada as a part of the Group of 20 Summit. These countries represent 85% of the world’s global warming pollution and 83% of the world’s economic output. So with the Heads of Government of these powerhouse countries meeting, will climate change be on the agenda and will…

The Choice to Move Forward on International Efforts to Address Global Warming

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Jake Schmidt | 0 Comments

Every day a huge amount of oil is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico in the US. This is symbolic of the energy choices that we have made to date. And it shows the dramatic implications of that energy choice. But those energy choices are also having devastating impacts which are less visual but more damaging. Rampant global warming is…

Indonesia Takes Concrete Steps to Address Deforestation as a Part of Agreement with Norway

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Jake Schmidt | 4 Comments

Indonesia and Norway inked a deal last week to take concrete actions to reduce Indonesia’s deforestation emissions. Indonesia is the world’s 3rd largest emitter of global warming pollution (when deforestation emissions are included) so this is a very important effort. The deal between Indonesia and Norway was reached in the lead-in to the Oslo forest conference where over 50 countries…

Tools for Supporting International Action on Global Warming: American Power Act

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Jake Schmidt | 0 Comments

The draft of the American Power Act is now out (see NRDC’s first read summary of the entire bill). The core global warming pollution limits in the bill, covering all major pollution sources, are a solid foundation for Senate legislation to put a final bill on President Obama’s desk this year. So how does this legislative proposal address the critical…