Press Releases
- Wildfires Causing Melting in Low-Lying Himalyan Glaciers (17 July 2013)
- The US, China Agree to Further Climate Cuts (11 July 2013)
- Air Pollution Shortening Lives in China, Europe (10 July 2013)
- Phasing Down HFCs Under Montreal Protocol Can Cut Climate Pollution Twice Over (1 July 2013)
- Sea Change in Support for Reducing HFCs Under Montreal Protocol (28 June 2013)
- Fast Action to Cut HFCs Avoids Up to 0.5°C of Warming by End of Century (26 June 2013) (French) (Chinese)
- President Promotes Fast Action on HFCs and Methane (25 June 2013)
- US and China Agree to Use Montreal Protocol to Cut Super Greenhouse Gases (13 June 2013)
- Black Carbon Emissions Cut 90% In California (13 June 2013)
- Obama, Xi can secure climate victory this week (7 June 2013)
- Arctic Council Calls for HFC Phase Down Under Montreal Protocol (16 May 2013)
- Super Pollutants Emissions Reduction Act Introduced in Congress (9 May 2013)
- China and Montreal Protocol Team Up for Fast Climate Protection (25 April 2013)
- Reducing Air Pollution, Chemical Coolants Can Quickly Cut Sea Level Rise (15 April 2013)
- Air Pollution, Among Top Global Killers, Is Critical Climate Target (8 March 2013)
- Landmark Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Celebrates First Anniversary (19 February 2013)
- SAE International Re-Confirms R-1234yf “Safe and Acceptable” and Finds Daimler Claimes to the Contrary “Unrelatistic” (12 February 2013)
- Reducing Black Carbon, HFCs, Methane Key to Protecting Arctic in Near-Term, Say Arctic Ministers (6 February 2013)
- Switching Car Coolants Provides Fast Climate Benefits for US, World (6 February 2013)
- Comprehensive Four-Year Study Finds Black Carbon Second Biggest Climate Pollutant Behind Carbon Dioxide (15 January 2013)
- Growing Enthusiasm for Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutant for Fast Climate Mitigation (6 December 2012)
- Permafrost Thawing to Cause Additional Global Warming (27 November 2012)
- Alarming Growth of Climate Emissions Says UNEP, But No Reason to Write Off 2°C Target Yet (21 November 2012)
- A 4°C World Will Be Devastating But Can Be Avoided (19 November 2012)
- South Africa, other climate vulneralbe countries support fast action to reduce HFCs under Montreal Protocol (16 November 2012)
- Global Leaders Call for Action on Super Greenhouse Gas as Ozone Treaty Celebrates 25th Anniversary (12 November 2012)
- Floridian Scientists, Officials Call on Presidential Candidates to Debate Sea-Level Rise Threatening 40% of U.S. Population (11 October 2012)
- Climate Change Could Kill More Than 100 Million People by 2030 (26 September 2012)
- Arctic Loses a Quarter-Million Square Miles of Sea Ice After Record Low Announced in August (19 September 2012)
- World’s Most Successful Environmental Treaty Turns 25 (14 September 2012)
- Many Himalayan Glaciers Melting at Alarming Rates (14 September 2012)
- Arctic Sea Ice Levels Hit Record Low (28 August 2012)
- IGSD Designated NGO Lead on Steering Committee of Landmark Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (27 August 2012)
- Climate Change Impacts Linked to Ozone Depletion (1 August 2012)
- Cuts in Super Greenhouse Gas Stalled by China, India, and Brazil (27 July 2012)
- Split Decision this Week for Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (26 July 2012)
- Industry Showcases Climate-Friendly Alternatives to Super-Greenhouse HFCs (21 July 2012)
- New Study: Biomass Burning Really Heats Things Up (5 July 2012)
- Rio+20 Supports Phase-Down of HFCs for Climate Protection (22 June 2012)
- G8 Leaders Commit to Cutting Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, Join New Climate and Clean Air Coalition with UNEP, World Bank, EC (21 May 2012)
- Micronesia Proposes Reducing Factory-Made HFCs to Slow Sea Level Rise, Other Near-Term Impacts (14 May 2012)
- Major Environmental Treaty Tackles Climate Pollutant Black Carbon (10 May 2012)
- Environmental Groups Call on EPA to Eliminate Super Greenhouse Gas from Refrigerators (1 May 2012)
- Key Allies Join Second Front in Climate War (24 April 2012)
- Earth Day 2012: Reducing Four Key Climate Pollutants to Save the Planet (21 April 2012)
- Black Carbon Ranked Number Two Climate Pollutant By US EPA (30 March 2012)
- Reducing Production of Super Greenhouse Gas Under Montreal Protocol Is Critical Climate Strategy (24 February 2012)
- Secretary Clinton and Allies Open Second Front In Fight Against Global Warming (16 February 2012)
- 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)
- Innovative Initiative to Safely Destroy OSD and POPs in Central America Adopted at Basel Convention Meeting (21 October 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)
- IGSD President Speaks at the XXXII OAS Roundtable on the Role of Short-Lived Climate Forcers in Combating Natural Disasters (6 October 2011)
- UN Secretary General Urges Countries to Leapfrog HFCs to Protect Climate: Notes Pending Proposal to Phase out HFCs under Montreal Protocol (16 September 2011)
- European Parliament Calls for Fast Action to Cut Non- CO2 Climate Forcers: Part of Comprehensive Climate Strategy (14 September 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)
- “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)ClimateWire
- Climate Wire 21 June
- Statements of support for reducing SLCPs from key international, regional, and bilateral policy meetings
- US SLCP Task Force
- Select SLCP Coverage
- Sea Level Rise Summary
- Sea Level Rise Damage
- HFC Proposed Decision
- A Call to the President to Sustain and Enhance U.S. Global Leadership
- 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
- Black Carbon and the Regional Climate of California
- HFC Phase Out Op-Ed, S. Andersen
- Presentation – DG in Bangkok
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