Posted by Jake Schmidt in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
Andy Revkin has a DotEarth post on: Can U.S., China Team Up on Climate, Energy? Well he didn't exactly ask it directly of me, but I'll take the liberty of responding. The answer is YES and also that THEY MUST....continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Greening China , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Reflecting back on the last two weeks of the Poland climate talks, it is hard not to think how much we need "leaders to lead" us to ambitious solutions to global warming, while creating millions of green jobs and helping...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
Mexican Environment Minister Juan Rafael Elvira announced his country's plan to cut global warming pollution 50 percent below 2002 levels in 2050 (as the Associated Press is reporting) at the negotiations in Poland. But more importantly, the Mexican plan includes...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
As I briefly discussed on Earthbeat, on Monday Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed a national climate change plan, which included a pledge to cut Brazil's deforestation rate in half from today's levels by 2018 -- from approximately 4,633 to...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
UPDATED 12/19/08: I had some subsequent conversations with key negotiators, other NGOs, other key policymakers which helped to clarify some of the positions. As always these negotiations move fast and in real-time so I hope you bear with me on any...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
Well the formal statements of the US delegation at this meeting are being unhelpful as usual. So much for that "caretaker" role that they professed to take at this meeting. In particular, some of the statements that I've caught on...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Greening China , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The first week of the Poland Climate Negotiations has ended and progress is slow. This isn't a surprising outcome at this stage in negotiations. Without the new US leadership in place and with many of the key pieces of the post-2012...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I spoke yesterday from Poland on the radio program Earthbeat about some of the happenings in Poland these first days of the climate negotiations. It is too early in the negotiations for any news on details of the negotiations, but...continued→
Posted by Jake Schmidt in Greening China , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
We'll I'm in Poznan, Poland for two weeks for the next round of international climate negotiations. This session is an important "check point" as it is mid-way between the agreement in Bali (December 2007) and when the final agreement is...continued→
