Bonn climate talks
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Ricardo Lara grew up in L.A.’s dumping grounds. Now he’s cleaning them up.
Yes, polar bears are important, but ...
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Miles away from the U.N. climate talks, local movements demonstrate what’s really at stake
Activists accuse the conference of 'greenwashing' environmental injustices just outside its doors.
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Fiji leads U.N. climate talks that warming kept it from hosting
Though COP23 is in Germany, the island chain -- one of the countries with the most at stake -- is leading its agenda.
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Uncharted Territory
The shipping industry needs to deliver cleaner cargo ships, or we’re all sunk.
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Guess who’s headed to the U.N. climate talks in Germany? Big polluters.
The fossil fuel industry will get a seat in negotiations intended to cut back on their activities.
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The Climate Post: Beating a dead climate horse
Read about the shape of the 2010 wind market, world pessimism about the U.S., activists turning to issues besides the climate bill, and more.
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A climate 'Plan B' for team Obama
Congress has failed to act on climate once again, but here are several ways President Obama can use his executive powers to combat climate change.
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Bonn to Cancun … negotiators agree to continue efforts on international global warming
The first global warming negotiations post Copenhagen have just wrapped up here in Bonn (as I discussed here). It was a 3 day session and was mostly focused on establishing the process and expectations for negotiations this year. While there was some complaining about the Copenhagen Accord from some quarters, the complaining was timid compared […]
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Bonn 3: Chairman raises stakes
I spend 2 weeks a year in Bonn – but I’ve never been here in August until this year. Bonn is the seat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and today starts the third major negotiating session here this year as countries try to build a new global climate framework by December. […]