Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
In the midst of the fight of our lives (the House floor debate on the American Clean Energy and Security Act), a coalition of major U.S. groups called for the Obama Administration to outline its "yardstick" on global warming. What...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
This past Wednesday (June 17, 2009) the Appropriations Subcommittee of the House of Representatives that has jurisdiction over the international global warming pieces of President Obama's budget passed a bill that supported increasing US commitments to these needed efforts. ...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
Two weeks of negotiations on the new international agreement to address global warming pollution are just wrapping up here in Bonn, Germany. What has emerged this week clearly signals that the international negotiations need to move "onward" with progress...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
You might think that the international global warming negotiations are occurring in some backroom, filled with smoke, and outside the view of the world. That is after all, what some opponents to global warming solutions would have you believe....continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
This December, the nations of the world will meet in Copenhagen to forge a new climate accord that replaces the Kyoto Protocol. With those meetings just six months away, world leaders are gathering this week in Germany to make progress...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
I've been participating since last Monday in the global warming negotiations in Bonn, Germany. This is the second session of the year. There are 53 days of official negotiations before Copenhagen and this is day 17 (the first 10...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
News coming out of China provides some hints that they might adopt a domestic limit to reduce their global warming. As China Daily is reporting: " China will put in place carbon dioxide emissions targets for its economic and social...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
In the climate negotiations occurring in Bonn, Germany there is an emerging debate on the form of "commitment or action" developing countries will undertake (as the Economic Times in India points out). This has been a long running debate...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
I've discussed in part 1 -- shared vision and developed country emissions reduction commitments -- and part 2 -- developing country emissions reductions and the incentives to encourage them to go further -- key proposals that have now been...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
As I discussed in my previous post, the draft negotiating texts for the Copenhagen agreement are now out. With the release of these texts the world now begins the serious work to get an agreement in Copenhagen -- marking...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I've been spending a lot of my time recently trying to get a strong structure for addressing the loss of the world's tropical rainforests as a part of the US climate bill. This took two parallel tracks -- developing a...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
The draft negotiating texts for the Copenhagen agreement are now out. Just like in the US Congressional debate on climate legislation and other parliamentary debates around the world, you need to have a proposal on paper before you can...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
The Waxman-Markey "American Clean Energy and Security Act" (HR 2454) is now out (see here for the full bill and here for NRDC's top line summary of the entire bill). The House Energy and Commerce Committee is focused this week...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
A new coalition of U.S. Representatives, faith and military leaders unveiled a new push to secure strong global warming policy and ensure that the most vulnerable throughout the world are supported in efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
The first meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on Energy and Climate has just concluded. This forum is a critical channel to help secure a strong agreement in Copenhagen. This process provides a unique setting for the largest emitting...continued→
