We would expect a set of principles and policies adopted in 2021 to address climate change, COVID-19, the economy and discrimination with robust measures. It’s not that all governmental policies should be focused on these four major themes. Governance is complex and nuanced. But there should be acknowledgement of each of them and substantial sections devoted to conservative thinking around these very real concerns.
An interview with Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky, co-founder and CEO of Global Thermostat, ahead of the 2019 Transition Forum.
Yesterday (Monday, November 7, 2016), the 2016 climate summit (22nd Conference of the Parties–or COP22–to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) officially opened in Marrakesh at 10am Morocco time. With 197 Parties, the UNFCCC has near-universal membership of the world’s countries and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.
Both United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry (quoting President Obama), affirmed the viability of the Paris Agreement on climate change this morning. Sensing the urgency of acting on upcoming world disaster, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had convened a special “High-Level Event” today at the UN … [continued]
Originally published on FGI Publishing. By Dr. Timothy Cadman The good news about the Clean Development Mechanism was overshadowed by two early events as the Paris climate talks got under way. After the terrorist attacks, the French government banned the ‘Marche Climat’, which, it was predicted, would have over one … [continued]
Originally published on FGI Publishing. By Dr. Timothy Cadman Anatomy of the Negotiations As the citizens of France and the world mourned the loss of life in Paris in the wake of the November 13 attacks, it was troubling to note the apparent parallels between the inability of the global … [continued]
The world now has its first universally accepted plan to limit climate change. The new agreement will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from human activities in order to curtail dangerous atmospheric warming and related climate changes. *** See UPDATE at this link! *** BBC News reported at 3:40 am UTC Saturday … [continued]
From the original blog of Dr. Timothy Cadman, Research Fellow at Griffith University Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Coffs Harbour Area, Australia. … Sources have identified several key issues that have emerged in preliminary climate talks. Most governmental Parties to the Convention (155 so far) have now submitted their nationally determined contributions to reducing … [continued]
The Asia-Pacific Region continues to move toward renewable energy, with China leading the way and becoming a major global player. These are some of the conclusions from GlobalData’s Asia-Pacific Renewable Energy Policy Handbook 2015, which finds that many countries throughout the Asia-Pacific Region “have adopted policy instruments such as Feed-in Tariffs … [continued]
Late on Friday, July 24, Algerian diplomat Ahmed Djoghlaf and US envoy Daniel Reifsnyder, who co-chair the group that will finalize a universal UN climate change agreement in Paris at the end of the year, issued a long-awaited new version of the draft agreement. It comes closer to setting all … [continued]
