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Obama Administration Comes out in Support of Key International Provisions in Climate Bill

September 11, 2009

Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming

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adaptation, cleanenergy, climatechangenegotiations, copenhagen, copenhagencountdown, deforestation, developingcountries, globalwarming, UNFCCC, waxmanmarkey

Todd Stern the Special Envoy for Climate Change, just testified before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on: The Road to Copenhagen and International Climate Agreement. His testimony (available here) and response to several questions for...continued

US is Starting to Make a Down Payment on Funding International Climate Change Efforts

June 19, 2009

Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming

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adaptation, cleanenergy, climatechangenegotiations, copenhagen, copenhagencountdown, deforestation, developingcountries, globalwarming, UNFCCC, waxmanmarkey

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

Texting Copenhagen: Draft Negotiating Text Proposed for Copenhagen Agreement (Part 3)

June 3, 2009

Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming

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adaptation, climatechangenegotiations, copenhagen, copenhagencountdown, deforestation, developingcountries, globalwarming, obama, UNFCCC

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

Faithfully Securing our Future: New Coalition Pushes for Global Warming Action and Adaptation Support

May 6, 2009

Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
adaptation, climatechangenegotiations, copenhagen, copenhagencountdown, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, UNFCCC, waxmanmarkey

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

Jake Schmidt
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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