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- South Korea Firmed Up Its Global Warming Commitment (November 19, 2009)
- Subtle but Important Shifts in Global Warming Positions Just Announced by US & China (November 17, 2009)
- Obama’s First Trip to China: What to Expect on Global Warming (November 16, 2009)
- Key World Leaders Agree to Two-Step Process for Finalizing International Agreement (November 15, 2009)
- Building for Success on International Global Warming in Copenhagen (November 6, 2009)
- U.S. Climate Bill Unlocks Path to Preventing Dangerous Global Warming (October 28, 2009)
- India Signals they Will be a Dealmaker in Copenhagen & They Will Take Action (October 10, 2009)
- Look Under the Hood of the Climate Negotiations (Getting the Copenhagen Agreement Running) (October 9, 2009)
- Indonesia Announces Goals to Curb It’s Deforestation Global Warming Emissions (October 7, 2009)
- Benefits of Addressing Global Warming Outweigh the Costs: Says International Energy Agency (October 6, 2009)
- It’s the Little Things…Global Warming Negotiations with 21 (or so) Negotiation Days Left (October 4, 2009)
- Opening our Books & Defending Them: US Proposes Provisions for Countries to Stand Behind Their Global Warming Commitments (October 2, 2009)
- Shifting into High Gear: Wrapping up Climate Week, G20 Outcome & on to Bangkok (September 28, 2009)
- LIVE CHAT: "Climate Week" and the G20 10am EDT Friday 9/25 (September 25, 2009)
- Seizing the Opportunity: Reflections from the UN Climate Summit (September 24, 2009)
- China Signals New Efforts to Address their Global Warming Pollution (September 22, 2009)
- Important Week for Global Warming…Some Rays of Hope for Global Efforts (September 21, 2009)
- SOS for Tropical Deforestation…Frogs & NRDC’s Leaders (September 18, 2009)
- Obama Administration Comes out in Support of Key International Provisions in Climate Bill (September 11, 2009)
- South Korea Outlines a Range of Global Warming Reduction Targets that They’ll Adopt - Updated (August 5, 2009)
- UPDATED -- Making heads or tails of the G8 and the Major Economies Forum in Italy (July 8, 2009)
- “Two Degrees” of Separation: Obama Needs to Outline his Yardstick on Global Warming (June 29, 2009)
- US is Starting to Make a Down Payment on Funding International Climate Change Efforts (June 19, 2009)
- Onward & Upward on Global Warming Negotiations towards Copenhagen (June 12, 2009)
- Transparency in International Global Warming Negotiations…the doors are open (June 10, 2009)
- LIVE CHAT: International Climate Talks from Bonn (June 9, 2009)
- Day 17 in the Sprint to Copenhagen…Global Warming Negotiations in Germany (June 8, 2009)
- Coming Global Warming Limits in China…some news with hints (June 8, 2009)
- “Binding” Up an Agreement in Copenhagen – some heated exchanges from Bonn (June 7, 2009)
- Texting Copenhagen: Draft Negotiating Text Proposed for Copenhagen Agreement (Part 3) (June 3, 2009)
- Texting Copenhagen: Draft Negotiating Text Proposed for Copenhagen Agreement (Part 2) (June 1, 2009)
- Time to Solve the Loss of the World’s Tropical Forests…some tools to get us there (June 1, 2009)
- Texting Copenhagen: Draft Negotiating Text Proposed for Copenhagen Agreement (Part 1) (May 28, 2009)
- Putting the US in a Strong Position to Secure an International Climate Agreement: Waxman-Markey Bill (May 20, 2009)
- Faithfully Securing our Future: New Coalition Pushes for Global Warming Action and Adaptation Support (May 6, 2009)
- Some Small Steps in the Right Direction on Global Warming by the Major Economies (April 28, 2009)
- Major Economies Meet on Global Warming – What should they decide? (April 24, 2009)
- The Work Ahead towards the Copenhagen Agreement: Round One (April 8, 2009)
- Aviation Industry Proposing Solutions to Solving their Global Warming Pollution? (April 7, 2009)
- We Need to Come Together on the Solutions…Progressing to Copenhagen Global Warming Negotiations (April 6, 2009)
- Providing the Tools to Get a Strong International Climate Agreement: the Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft (April 3, 2009)
- Todd Stern’s First Official Foray into the Climate Negotiations (March 30, 2009)
- Beginning the March to Copenhagen: Climate Negotiations Getting Serious (March 29, 2009)
- Obama’s Speech: Implications for International Climate Change (February 24, 2009)
- US & China to Hold High-Level Dialogue on Global Warming (February 23, 2009)
- Tar Sands and Solving Global Warming – Compatible with Strong Commitments? (February 18, 2009)
- Reengaging China on Climate Change - Some Recommendations (February 18, 2009)
- Clearing Some Confusion on Tropical Deforestation: Is the future that bad? (February 11, 2009)
- Leadership Needed to Address Deforestation Emissions (February 9, 2009)
- EU Outlines Perspective for the Copenhagen Agreement (January 28, 2009)
- US Climate Change Envoy in Place and Ready to Negotiate (January 26, 2009)
- Changing of the Guard: Obama's Inauguration Creates New Opportunity on International Global Warming (January 20, 2009)
- Developing Country Action on Global Warming: Speech of South African Minister at NRDC event (January 13, 2009)
- China and US Agreeing to a Sectoral Approach to Global Warming? (January 9, 2009)
- My Resolution to Help “Green the Planet” this Year: Get an International Climate Agreement (January 6, 2009)
- Momentum from Poland Climate Negotiations? (December 14, 2008)
- Mexico Announces Limits on Global Warming Pollution (December 14, 2008)
- Brazilian Climate Change Plan...Pledge to Significant Cuts in Deforestation (December 12, 2008)
- One Step Forward on Deforestation in Poland...But More Should Have Been Achieved (December 10, 2008)
- Evolving from "Offsets" to Sectoral Approaches for Developing Countries (December 9, 2008)
- Slow Progress in Poland Climate Negotiations…but Some Key Issues Emerging (December 7, 2008)
- Poland Climate Talks, Brazilian Target to Cut Deforestation, and EU Climate Package…I talk on Earthbeat (December 3, 2008)
- Poland Climate Negotiations: What to expect (December 1, 2008)
- Detailed Actions to Restore America’s Global Leadership on Global Warming (November 25, 2008)
- President-elect Obama Signals He Will Restore American Leadership on Global Warming (November 18, 2008)
- Bad global warming deal proposed by Canada (November 7, 2008)
- Input from Around the World to President-elect Obama on Global Warming (November 6, 2008)
- Restoring America's Leadership in International Global Warming Negotiations (November 4, 2008)
- Changing Climate in China? (November 2, 2008)
- Waiting for the Airlines to Land their CO2 Emissions (October 27, 2008)
- European Union Proposal for Addressing Global Deforestation (October 20, 2008)
- Deforestation Costs to the World...Wow, Big $$$ (October 16, 2008)
- Indonesia Moves to Certify All Wood as Sustainably Derived? (October 15, 2008)
- Will Europe Address Illegal Logging Imports? (October 8, 2008)
- My Comment on Dot Earth Post on IUCN President’s Call-Out of Developing Countries (October 6, 2008)
- Illegal (B)Logging and Climate Change (October 6, 2008)
- Race is on to Halt Brazilian Forest Loss by 2015 (September 27, 2008)
- “Nobel Prizers” on Deforestation (September 23, 2008)
- Beginning of International Climate School (August 26, 2008)
- Progress and Differences on Incentives for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (August 24, 2008)
- Starting to Read from the Same Book on Sectoral Approaches for Developing Countries (August 22, 2008)
- South Korea will announce its emissions reduction target for 2020 next year (August 22, 2008)
- International Climate Negotiations: Next Stop Ghana (August 15, 2008)
- South Africa Stakes Out Its Efforts to Address Global Warming (July 28, 2008)
- Yup, Just as I Predicted…No G8 Leadership! (July 8, 2008)
- A “Successful” G8 on Climate? (July 7, 2008)

- Jake Schmidt
- International Climate Policy Director
- Washington, DC
- I'm the international climate policy director at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). I recently joined...
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