In Representatives from 194 countries are negotiating international efforts to address climate change in Durban, South Africa. In 2010, negotiators agreed to key elements of the international response to global warming. They created a new framework for greater transparency and accountability of emissions reductions around the world as well as mechanisms to spur low-carbon energy deployment, reduce deforestation, and seek to protect the populations most vulnerable to climate change impacts. In Durban it is critical that Individual countries continue to implement actions at home to reduce their pollution, while implementing international tools to help meet these commitments and reduce pollution even further. NRDC staff are participating in the negotiations and will be blogging from Durban.
Posted May 24, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Greening China, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
In Durban, South Africa countries agreed to: launch the negotiations on a new legal agreement to be adopted in 2015, move forward implementation of the agreements reached in Cancun, finalize the negotiations on the second round of the Kyoto Protocol,...continued→
Posted May 22, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Health and the Environment, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
When countries meet in Rio+20 they have a choice – they can talk about the actions that should be taken to reduce global warming or they can outline new actions that they’ll personally implement. We are way past the point...continued→
Posted May 21, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
With the haze of the Durban climate negotiations finally lifting, the climate negotiations in Germany at the midway point, and one month before Rio+20 it is time to reflect on the path that lies ahead for the rest of this...continued→
Posted May 7, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
By a vote of 148-0 South Korean lawmakers have just approved a national emissions trading program to reduce the global warming pollution from its largest sectors by 2015. South Korea is the world’s 8th largest emitter of carbon pollution from...continued→
Posted April 20, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
The Mexican Senate passed the national climate law that recently passed the Mexican House. The bill now awaits the signature of President Felipe Calderón who is expected to sign the bill into law. This law sends a strong signal that...continued→
Posted April 13, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
In the lead-in to the Cancun Global Warming Negotiations, the Mexican government was debating a national climate law – the General Law on Climate Change. Unfortunately that measure wasn’t signed into law before Cancun, but Mexico has just moved a...continued→
Posted April 12, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
In 2011, new clean energy investments rose to a record $263 billion – a 6.5 percent increase from last year. The United States rose to the top in 2011 after having fallen behind China and Germany last year. But the...continued→
Posted April 3, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
(Former) President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night talking about global warming, his efforts to get world leaders to rally around finding a solution at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, and the...continued→
Posted April 2, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
If you are the leader of a small island state – like the Maldives – and every day you are faced with the threats posed by global warming what would you do? Well now you can see and hear first-hand...continued→
Posted March 12, 2012 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
This is a guest post from Harald Winkler, on staff at the Energy Research Center of the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is a leading researcher on climate change and energy policies in South Africa and in...continued→
