Cancun climate talks
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Scientists fight Inhofe attack on climate fund
Climate scientists are fighting back against assertions that the threats posed by climate change are too uncertain to justify any action.
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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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The path to the U.N. climate summit in Cancun and the chances of success
Representatives from 194 countries gather this week in Cancun, for the 16th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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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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The Climate Post: Scientific papers paint most accurate portrait of Earth’s future yet
Just in time for the ongoing talks in Cancun, Mexico, the U.K.'s Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research has rounded up a trove of cutting-edge scientific research that paints what may be the most accurate portrait of Earth's future to date. Plus, how to blame extreme weather on climate change (without having to apologize for doing so) and what Tea Partiers and environmentalists agree on.
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The Fantastic 4 of climate change nonsense
Experts at the World Bank think there are four things holding back action on climate change -- too bad they're wrong about almost all of them.
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Cancun: politics vs. science
All the Cancun climate talk discussions about numbers avoid the reality that we're already on the path to dangerous global warming.
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Leaked cables reveal Saudi minister of petroleum helped craft toothless Copenhagen climate accord
Trying to get Saudi Arabia to sign on to an international climate accord is like asking a drug dealer to start a rehabilitation clinic.