Tag: Brazil climate
The List: Who’s Willing to Act on Climate Change
Written by Chrissy Schwinn | February 10th, 2010
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Which web page is most watched by the international climate change community? A simple but growing list of country pledges to limit emissions, says Chrissy Schwinn.
Copenhagen 201: An Inside View on the Major Issues
Written by Dave Connell | December 7th, 2009
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As negotiators kick off two weeks of climate change talks in Copenhagen today, Duncan Marsh, director of international climate change policy for The Nature Conservancy, discusses in detail some of the key issues and news events that will surround the debate. For more on Copenhagen, be sure to check out our Copenhagen 101 feature. ***** [...]
Unpacking Brazil’s Copenhagen Commitments
Written by David Cleary | December 2nd, 2009
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In Brazil, we trust our politicians even less than you do north of the Rio Grande. With rather more reason: if there were an Olympics for stealing public money or deliberate deceit of the electorate, we could put out a gold medal team of politicos. When they speak, we don’t so much listen as look [...]
How to Achieve a Global Climate Change Agreement
Written by Jonathan Hoekstra | November 16th, 2009
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What will a successful global climate change agreement look like? That question is only more important to ask in the wake of this weekend’s agreement by President Obama to a plan that will ask world leaders to reach a political agreement at this December’s UN climate talks in Copenhagen, ahead of a more binding agreement [...]
Where Are We on the Road to Copenhagen?
Written by Chrissy Schwinn | November 9th, 2009
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It was a very busy week last week in the world of climate change, with lots of activity on both the domestic and international fronts. UN negotiators wrapped up talks in Barcelona, the last before the big event in December in Copenhagen. And climate and energy legislation moved in various ways in the U.S. Senate. [...]
Cool Green Morning: Friday, August 14
Written by Bob Lalasz | August 14th, 2009
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At least the Chevy Volt drives really well — that’s the best thing I can say about today’s top 5 green links. It’s been a long week — enjoy the weekend! Green Tech’s Martin LaMonica test-drives the Chevy Volt — you know, the 230 mpg plug-in electric Chevy Volt — and finds it handles and [...]
