May 2, 2013
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
It is critical that countries agree in 2015 to significantly reduce their climate pollution and secure a global agreement to address climate change. There are at least … Continue reading
March 25, 2013
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
This post was written by Harald Winkler of the Energy Research Center at the University of Cape Town.
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget … Continue reading
March 20, 2013
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Aviation is a major contributor to global warming with its pollution projected to grow significantly if left uncontrolled. With devastating droughts, floods, fires, and… Continue reading
January 29, 2013
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
The Senate today confirmed Senator John Kerry as the next Secretary of State. Senator Kerry understands that the impacts of climate change are severe and that taking ac… Continue reading
December 8, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Last year global emissions of carbon pollution rose to record levels, with declines in some key countries but with rising emissions elsewhere offsetting those declines…. Continue reading
July 9, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Stefan Lessard, founding member of Dave Matthews Band, recently wrote an editorial in the Richmond Times-Dispatch which condemned efforts to undermine a critical U.S. l… Continue reading
June 14, 2012
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Samantha Beckerman, Program Assistant, Global Strategy & Advocacy and Climate Programs, Washington, D.C.
This week marks the beginning of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development or the Rio+20 Earth Summit. On Monday nig… Continue reading
June 7, 2012
by Jake Schmidt
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Today, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted to allow illegal loggers to undercut the Lacey Act by allowing them to pillage the world’s forests. … Continue reading
May 24, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
In Durban, South Africa countries agreed to: launch the negotiations on a new legal agreement to be adopted in 2015, move forward implementation of the agreements reach… Continue reading
May 22, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
When countries meet in Rio+20 they have a choice – they can talk about the actions that should be taken to reduce global warming or they can outline new actions t… Continue reading
May 18, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Twenty clean energy entrepreneurs and nearly thirty civil society organizations leaders sent a letter to the World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick last week urging… Continue reading
May 9, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Three years ago, the Group of 20 countries pledged to phase out environmentally-harmful and ineffective subsidies. The leaders of these twenty influential countries hav… Continue reading
May 8, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
At a hearing today before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee leading individuals and groups came out strongly opposed to bills that would unde… Continue reading
April 24, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
One in five people in the world live without electricity – or around 1.3 billion people – and one billion more live only with access to unreliable electrici… Continue reading
April 2, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
If you are the leader of a small island state – like the Maldives – and every day you are faced with the threats posed by global warming what would you do? … Continue reading
March 12, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
This is a guest post from Harald Winkler, on staff at the Energy Research Center of the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is a leading researcher on cli… Continue reading
March 6, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
We are partnering with other organizations to launch a new competition – “Win a Date with History”. This is your chance to let world leader&rsqu… Continue reading
January 30, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
Twenty-two high level representatives have just released their report – Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing—which sets out specific … Continue reading
January 20, 2012
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
The global warming negotiations in Durban made important progress, but much more work lies ahead to address global warming. Countries have committed to action and are&n… Continue reading
November 28, 2011
by Jake Schmidt
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Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC
One year ago, countries rallied around the Cancun Agreements with multiple standing ovations and strong words of support. While these agreements are not sufficien… Continue reading