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Climate Change Negotiations Part Way through the Week in Tianjin

Jake Schmidt October 8, 2010

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 […]Read More

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Key Steps on Global Warming Need to be Agreed in

Jake Schmidt September 14, 2010

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 […]Read More

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Energy Ministers meet in US to Discuss Clean Energy: Who

Jake Schmidt July 19, 2010

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 […]Read More

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

Jake Schmidt June 23, 2010

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 […]Read More

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The Choice to Move Forward on International Efforts to Address

Jake Schmidt June 15, 2010

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 […]Read More

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Indonesia Takes Concrete Steps to Address Deforestation as a Part

Jake Schmidt June 1, 2010

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 […]Read More

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Tools for Supporting International Action on Global Warming: American Power

Jake Schmidt May 13, 2010

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 […]Read More