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Executive Order Guts Clean Power Plan : Trump’s Imaginary War on Coal has just Begun
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Executive Order Guts Clean Power Plan : Trump’s Imaginary War

Thomas Schueneman March 28, 2017

This morning, under the cover of “energy independence,” U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for a rewrite of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The Plan is the cornerstone of U.S. commitment to curbing emissions under the Paris climate agreement, so the rewrite represents a significant rollback of U.S. global warming mitigation as a whole. Unlike […]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

EarthTalk: Can Trump Renege on the Paris Agreement?
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EarthTalk: Can Trump Renege on the Paris Agreement?

Thomas Schueneman May 20, 2016

EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Why does Donald Trump think we should renegotiate the Paris climate agreement? And will he be able to pull it off if he does get elected President – Betsy Edgewater, Dayton, OH In a May 2016 […]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

World Bank Group Climate Action Plan: Helping Set the Path Toward Transformation
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World Bank Group Climate Action Plan: Helping Set the Path

Thomas Schueneman April 21, 2016

Arguably one of the most important things to come out of the COP21 climate talks in Paris last December, aside from the Paris Agreement itself, is the signal sent solidifying the growing shift in the global consciousness. We seek a transformative path forward into the new century. But any desired transformational change requires both the vision for a […]Read More

Beyond Aspirational Consensus: Increasing Credibility of INDCs After Paris
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Beyond Aspirational Consensus: Increasing Credibility of INDCs After Paris

Thomas Schueneman February 1, 2016

G20 and other countries should increase the credibility of their pledges on greenhouse gas emissions – Making credible the ambition expressed in the Paris Agreement becomes the focus in the afterglow of the COP21 climate conference. As always, the devil is in the details. A report released today by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate […]Read More

COP21 Aftermath – How Climate Finance Can Support Development And Climate Objectives Through Renewable Microgrids
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COP21 Aftermath – How Climate Finance Can Support Development And

Guest Contributor January 13, 2016

By Arnaud Henin The Paris climate negotiations have exceeded most expectations, concluding in an ambitious global agreement on limiting carbon emissions to restrain the impacts climate change. The agreement has several important aspects including a commitment from developed countries to a significant sum of $100 billion per year to support the transition of developing countries […]Read More

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