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What are future economists learning about climate?
Yoram Bauman took a look at 16 of the most popular college economics textbooks and found mixed results.
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Figueres to youth activists: It’s not my planet, it’s yours
On Friday, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres held an informal meeting with youth activists from Tck Tck Tck’s Adopt a Negotiator program. In response to a question about what inspires her, Figueres gave an impassioned and eloquent response in which she concluded, "So what inspires me? It’s you."
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Forests poised for major progress in Cancun — if Hugo Chavez and U.S. don't get in the way
The Cancun climate summit may be turning into a surprising opportunity for progress towards saving the world’s forests and other ecosystems.
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Win a copy of the new book ‘Drowning in Oil’!
We're giving away five copies of Loren Steffy's new book Drowning in Oil. To nab one, all you have to do is answer this question ...
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Plugging the black hole afflicting the U.N. climate talks (and everything else)
After the stratospheric buildup and colossal letdown of last year’s major global climate talks in Copenhagen it can be tough to see the promise in this year’s Cancun round of talks. But despite the gloom of low expectations, climate advocates have found a few bright spots on which to center their hopes. One leading light […]
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Six Companies Earn Gigaton Awards for Climate Leadership
The Carbon War Room and the Gigaton Throwdown on Saturday announced the winners of the first annual Gigaton Prizes, a set of awards intended to inspire and challenge businesses to lead on climate change. The prizes were awarded to: NIKE for its energy savings program aimed at reducing its global greenhouse gas emissions; Reckitt Benckiser […]
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The United States Needs to Lead on Climate Finance
This piece was co-written by Sean Sarah, National Press Desk, Alliance for Climate Protection. Today, the Alliance for Climate Protection and the Center for American Progress released a report, based on analysis by Climate Advisers and Project Catalyst, that provides a blueprint for how the United States can show leadership on climate finance, despite current […]
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India proposes a system to monitor carbon pollution reductions
India recently proposed a new monitoring system for major emitters that aims to bridge some major differences between developing and developed countries. But a recent letter from the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh clarifies that India’s proposal would be contingent on two things.
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Our Orwellian Nightmare: Coal's Low Carbon Pitch
This week, I’m happy to introduce Justin Guay of the Sierra Club’s International Climate Program, who is in Cancun at the international climate negotiations, and who draws our attention in this post to a little-known problem that could spur coal development around the world: In Cancun all eyes are on climate finance and the role […]
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Blogging Begins from New Sierra Club Beyond Coal Director Mary Anne Hitt
Today I am officially turning over the blog reins to Mary Anne Hitt, the new Director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign. She will now be blogging weekly on important coal and clean energy issues – so I urge you to bookmark her blog. Her first post is up now. Mary Anne has been […]
