Press releases
- Faster Action Climate Change Mitigation Measures Can Prevent 0.5C of Global Warming and Help Avoid the 2C Danger Limit (12 January 2012)
- EPA Approves Alternatives for Super-Greenhouse HFC Refrigerants (16 December 2011)
- UNEP tells Durban Negotiators Fast Action on Black Carbon and other Air Pollutants Can Cut Rate of Global Warming in Half (9 December 2011)
- Fast Cuts to non-CO2 Climate Pollutants Provides Near-Term Health and Climate Benefits (25 November 2011)
- Island Effort to Slow Sea Level Rise Blocked at Bali Montreal Protocol Meeting (25 November 2011)
- Weather Disasters increasing from Climate Change, says UN Report (18 November 2011)
- European Parliament Urges Fast Cuts in Black Carbon and Ground-Level Ozone to Reduce Threats from Dangerous Glacial Dams in Himalayas (10 October 2011)
- Island Nation's Climate Strategy Advances at Montreal Protocol Meeting; Goal is Protecting Most Vulnerable Countries (8 August 2011)
- Accelerating Impacts from Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Threaten Human Rights (13 July 2011)
- Black Carbon Emissions are 3-5 Times More Damaging Than Previously Thought; Project Surya Finds Climate Model Simulations Underestimated Impact of Black Carbon (14 June 2011)
- New Climate Report "Sounds Alarm" for Fast Action in US (14 May 2011)
- Vulnerable Island Nation Calls for Fast Climate Cuts under Ozone Treaty (11 May 2011)
- Dramatic Sea Level Rise Expected From Faster Melting of Arctic Snow and Ice; Alarming State of Glaciers Prompts Workshop and Report Commissioned by Vatican (6 May 2011)
- BBC World Highlights Ozone Treaty's Potential to Help or Hurt Climate System (6 May 2011)
- Cutting Black Carbon Pollution Provides Fast Climate Mitigation, Prevents Millions of Premature Deaths (21 April 2011)
- US, China, and Others Launch Coordinated Study of Soot's Impact on Arctic Melting (20 April 2011)
- Cutting Black Carbon Provides Fast Benefits for Climate, Health (25 March 2011). EPA's draft report here.
- EPA Set to Ban Powerful GHGs From Auto Air Conditioning (23 March 2011). Original petition and EPA's responses here.
- Big, Fast, Cheap Climate Opportunity Within Reach (18 March 2011)
- Video and Summary of Testimony Delivered by Durwood Zaelke to Members of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) (17 March 2011)
- Cutting Local Air Pollutants Reduces Warming, Saves Millions of Lives and Improves Crop Yields (21 February 2011)
- 'Super' Greenhouse Gases Targeted by India and US Task Force (21 February 2011)
- Runaway Warming Ahead, According to Ancient Climate Records (14 January 2011)
Published Articles
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- Our Planet, published by UNEP (full version)
- "At the Crossroads" by Mario Molina, A.R. Ravishankara, and Durwood Zaelke
- "An Equitable Arrangement" by Romina Picolotti
- "An Unprecedented Opportunity" by Veerabhadran Ramanathan and Nithya Ramanathan
- "Choosing the Best AC and Refrigeration Equipment to Protect Ozone and Climate" by Steve Andersen and Kristen Taddonio in UNEP OzonAction's 2011 Special Issue: Tipping the Balance (full version)
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"The Montreal Protocol Can Deliver Fast Action on Climate" in UNEP OzonAction's 2010 Special Issue: Out of the Maze: Montreal Protocol, Climate Benefits and the Green Economy (full version)
- State of the World 2009: Black Carbon
- State of the World 2009: Technology Transfer for Climate Change
- UNEP OzonAction: Special HCFC Phaseout Issue
- “How to Tackle Greenhouse Gases” a letter from IGSD President to The Washington Post
- MEA Bulletin guest article: Start then Strengthen: The Importance of Immediate Action for Climate Mitigation, by K. Madhava Sarma & Durwood Zaelke
- Black Carbon a Major Contributor to Climate Change: a letter to the International Herald Tribune
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