Posted by Jacob Scherr
Protecting and restoring the world's rainforests is critical to preserve biodiversity. Tropical forests are teeming with life - covering just about 6% of the earth's surface they are home to between half and three fourth of all plant and...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visits Delhi ahead of Prime Minister Singh's upcoming state visit to the U.S., and talks about increased cooperation between the US and India on climate change and clean energy. But he tells a meeting...
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We are less than a month away from the start of the Copenhagen Summit and the debate on climate change in India - and the media coverage - is intensifying. Nitin Desai — former UN official and member of Prime...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
Today is 350.org's International Day of Climate Action. It is inspiring to see such concern about the urgent need to address climate change being displayed through more than 5,000 actions in 181 countries throughout the world (check out the images of...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Over the last week or so, I have been blogging about the impacts of climate change on several of our BioGems. From the tundra of America's Arctic in Alaska to the tropics of Costa Rica, all of our BioGems are...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The Heart of the Boreal Forest is a breathtaking expanse of woodlands, marshes and over 1.5 million lakes straddling the border between the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, Canada. The forest is a haven for caribou, wolves and wolverines, great...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Costa Rica is home to an estimated 500,000 plant and animal species - about 4% of the Earth's total. Jaguars, ocelots and sloths inhabit its rainforests and rare turtles, dolphins, and sharks are found in the oceans to its east and west....
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
One of the planet's last truly wild frontiers, the America's Arctic BioGem is a landscape of dramatic mountain ranges, frozen tundra, and ice-sheets. It is home to remarkable species capable of enduring the harshest conditions, like the polar bear, caribou,...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
Recently there has been a lot of heartening news from India on climate change. See our earlier blogs on India's new solar power and energy efficiency policies (see here and here) and the dramatic shift in India's approach to the...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Eight years ago, I helped launch NRDC's BioGems Initiative to protect threatened special natural places throughout the Americas - ranging from the Alaska's Arctic to Chile's Patagonia. We have worked very hard to ensure that these treasured wildlands — and...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
At the United Nations Summit on Climate Change this morning, President Obama spoke about the importance of assisting developing countries on adaptation and technology. He also reiterated the need for developing countries with rapidly growing emissions to "commit to strong...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
If you read or heard about Secretary Clinton's visit to India earlier this week, you probably were convinced that there is a huge chasm between our nations in regard to climate change. For example, The Wall Street Journal gleefully reported, "India...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
Yesterday Hillary Clinton discussed her upcoming trip to India at the Council on Foreign Relations, noting that "external affairs minister Krishna Nai will lay out a broad-based agenda that calls for a whole of government approach to our bilateral relationship."...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
Yesterday, at a U.S.-India Business Council Summit in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the start of U.S.-India 3.0 - a new era of "dramatic expansion of our common agenda." Emphasizing that U.S. trade with India has doubled since...
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
Here is the latest from India on climate change and energy compiled by Bidisha Banerjee: President Obama has extended an invitation to newly-reelected Prime Minister Singh to visit Washington. And Secretary Clinton may visit India late next month. India is...
