As we noted in a sister article on Friday (“Climate Change Issues May Decide 2016 US Election”), NextGen Climate has come out with a thought-provoking white paper called “The Economic Case For Clean Energy.” Its context mirrors and supports the gist of remarks by Tom Steyer, president and 2013 founder of … [continued]
Today, Tom Steyer, president and 2013 founder of the NextGen Climate group, challenged American politicians to step up to the plate when it comes to climate change. He called on 2016 US election candidates and current elected officials to address the subject directly and lay out plans to power the US … [continued]
A new venture out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has come up with a valuable yet low-cost way to help individuals, communities, business, and government coastal locations get climate-ready and storm-safe. It also enables real estate brokers, home inspection services, and financial institutions that underwrite or package mortgages to improve the quality … [continued]
At long last, Japan has entered its official Intended Nationally Determined Contribution into the pool of national climate pledges for the UN’s Paris COP21 talks in December. The Paris summit aims for a worldwide agreement to limit global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, … [continued]
International leaders, cabinet-level ministers, institutional stakeholders, nongovernmental organizations, business entities, and other representatives gathered this week at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting has played a key role in shaping discussions over financing for climate change mitigation and adaptation. (Video here.) The … [continued]
The first-ever pan-American action statement on climate change came out last Thursday, July 9, as the Climate Change Summit of the Americas in Toronto drew to a close. A recent poll shows that 84% of Canadians believe that prosperous countries like their own have an obligation to show international leadership in reducing … [continued]
Twenty subnational governments, representing over 220 million people and $8.3 trillion in GDP, have now officially committed to targeted reductions in carbon emissions through the Compact of States and Regions, a partnership of The Climate Group, CDP, R20, and nrg4SD supported by the United Nations, Climate-KIC, Center for the New Energy Economy, ICLEI, … [continued]
The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is one of the 44 countries that have submitted emissions pledges to the official United Nations INDC list. South Korea is one of the fastest growing emitters in the developed world and is in the top 10 (#7, in April) on the world list. … [continued]
As telegraphed by promises last fall and repeated as recently as yesterday by Yang Yanyi, Beijing’s ambassador to the EU, China has kept its word and submitted a United Nations climate INDC. This occurs as the UN high-level meeting in New York winds down and an EU–China summit opens in … [continued]
Last week’s progressive winning streak at the Supreme Court ended Monday as SCOTUS ruled on regulations about emissions of mercury and other toxic substances from power plants. The regs went into effect about two months ago. The high court sent the EPA rules back to a lower court (D.C. Circuit Court … [continued]
