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Obama Orders New Efficiency for Big Trucks
February 18, 2014
President Obama on Tuesday ordered the development of tough new fuel standards for the nation’s fleet of heavy-duty trucks as part of what aides say will be an increasingly muscular and unilateral campaign to tackle climate change through the use of the president’s executive power. read more
Davos 2014: Achim Steiner insider diary
January 25, 2014
Achim Steiner, executive director of UNEP, sees much progress, but Davos is but one moment on the long road to change. After three days in Davos, solving the world’s problems in 90 minute sessions through facilitated discussions leading to the ‘one big idea’ begins to challenge common sense. read more
World Bank Group President: This Is the Year of Climate Action
January 23, 2014
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Jim Yong Kim called for a price on carbon, requiring companies to disclose their climate risk exposure, and greater investment in green bonds in the fight against climate change. The forum starts off a busy year for climate action as leaders in government, business, and finance aim for an international climate agreement in 2015. “Now is the time to act for future generations before it is too late,” Kim said. read more
Climate change leads agenda at Davos economic talks
January 21, 2014
When corporate leaders and politicians gather today for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, climate change will dominate their agenda in an unprecedented way. read more
The Montreal Protocol, a Little Treaty That Could
December 9, 2013
Here is a remarkable fact about global warming: It might be twice as bad right now were it not for a treaty negotiated by a conservative American president, for an entirely different purpose, based on motives no one has ever quite understood. read more
Dems to EPA: Act Now on Potent Greenhouse Gas
December 4, 2013
A group of House and Senate Democrats is pressing EPA for quick action to curb use of potent greenhouse gases used in air conditioners, refrigerators, and other equipment. read more
India protests U.S.-led push to curb HFCs with Montreal Protocol
November 21, 2013
The Indian environment minister today threw cold water on U.S. efforts to curb heat-trapping gases used in air conditioners and refrigerators. Speaking to ministers and diplomats gathered here for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change talks, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said… read more
Countries Inch Forward on Proposal to Limit HFCs
November 1, 2013
The road to a phaseout in the production and use of a rapidly growing and extremely powerful global warming pollutant proved bumpier than expected when diplomats gathered in Bangkok last week for the latest round of ozone treaty talks. read more
Climat : les HFC dans le collimateur du protocole de Montréal
October 27, 2013
Lors de la 25ème réunion des Parties au Protocole de Montréal, qui s’est tenue à Bangkok du 21 au 25 octobre, des progrès ont été enregistrés afin de mettre un terme à la diffusion des HFC, dont le pouvoir de réchauffement global est jusqu’à 14.000 fois plus actif que le CO2. read more
U.N. global warming report puts humans on the hot seat
September 27, 2013
Global warming is “unequivocal” and it is “extremely likely” that humans are the primary contributors to this warming, according to a report released Friday morning in Stockholm by the U.N.-created Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s top climate research group. read more
