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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

Tags:
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

Tags:
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

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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