Climate Change Mitigation

It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: apocalypse edition 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Did you hear about that climate report that came out? That 196-page report that, even though it's in layman's terms, is still ... 196 pages? Here's five lines to tell you what it's all about.
To reach a climate agreement in the near future, countries must look into the past 4
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The second round of this year's climate negotiations have wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, and the chances of signing any global climate deal in Copenhagen this December look increasingly slim. Two major hurdles remain: the lack of political will by industrialized countries to commit to deep emissions cuts, and resistance to help poorer countries deal with climate change. What's beginning to change with this round of talks is how developing countries and climate justice movements frame these issues.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: mustache edition 1
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Pitchforks, a fake treaty, and obstinate I-can't-hear-you newspaper reading -- this week's ode is action-packed!
AN INCONSUPERSIZEMENT TRUTH

Globesity: How climate change and obesity draw from the same roots 7
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
You've heard all the reasons before: We drive too much. We eat too much meat and processed food. We spend too much time with plugged-in devices -- computers, TVs, air conditioners. Climate change, right? Half right. We're really talking about the the worldwide rise in obesity.
Obama on climate action: “Tough decisions and… concrete actions” 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Dispatch from Bonn: The Nature Conservancy

What does nature have to do with climate change? 1
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
It's sometimes easy for nature to get lost during the international climate change negotiations here in Bonn. But what does nature have to do with climate change and how does nature play into these negotiations? A group of some of the world's top scientific experts released findings in Bonn this week to help give negotiators those answers.
Climate action game changer, Part 1: Is there a lot more natural gas than previously thought? 5
Posted 5 months, 4 weeks ago
I have been researching what may be the single biggest game changer for climate action in the next two decades — U.S. natural gas supply.
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 25 1
Posted 6 months ago
Can politicians save the world by hopping on a jet? If this week serves as evidence, the answer is "you bet."
The Climate Post: Something wrought in the state of Denmark? 1
Posted 6 months ago
A roundup of the week's climate news, from Copenhagen to China to Russia.
Video From The world Business Summit on Climate Change 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 18 1
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
In honor of this week's landmark climate vote -- and because it's a long weekend and you all have short attention spans -- a stirring and short-by-definition haiku.
Dirty South

Climate Central takes on Georgia, coal, and carbon 0
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
This week brought a new piece of journalism from the crack staff of scientists and reporters at Climate Central. It's called "Georgia: Coal and Carbon."
Wanted: Cloudsplitter

Waxman-Markey: ‘80% less by 2050’ is too hard, let’s do 46% 3
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
The "American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" seems intent on postponing Americans' day of reckoning with climate-damaging fossil fuels.
Do you see a vase or an old woman?

Waxman-Markey Rorschach blot, illustrated 5
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
A visual comparison of the old Waxman-Markey bill and the updated one.
What's Your Climate Solution?

Be part of the green solution (and the Manchester Report) 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
The Guardian has teamed up with the Manchester International Festival to find the best climate solutions, and we want your submissions.
Gore on CNN 4
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Al Gore discusses climate change on CNN.
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 11 0
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
All the climate news you need, now in a convenient rhyming format.
Gloom and/or Doom

Report: Climate change will bring big problems for small number of countries 1
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Here’s one way to break down the effects of fiercer storm surges that will be wrought by climate change: Most land lost: Latin America. Most people displaced: Middle East and North Africa. Most economic losses: East Asia
Rallying around a wrench

Does the public need to understand cap-and-trade? 12
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The public doesn't know what cap-and-trade is, but really, does it need to? Is that the real issue?
McKinsey (still) finds stabilizing at 450 ppm has a net cost near zero

Do you have any questions for McKinsey about their updated GHG cost curve? 1
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
I have written a great deal about the terrific work of McKinsey & Company. So I was excited and delighted to be invited by The German Marshall Fund to be the respondent for a roundtable discussion Monday in DC on their updated cost-curve.