60 Second Expert: Cancun Talks
There appears to be little hope for meaningful action at the November/December climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico
Experts Available: UN Advisory Group on Climate Finance Report
Recommendations downplay role of public finance and rely too much on private finance.
What Do the Elections Mean for the Environment?
Republicans are claiming they are the voice of the people after the elections. But on climate change, they are turning deaf ears.
Conference: Pricing Carbon
A carbon tax was always going against the grain — against the presumption that the most straightforward and effective approach to carbon emissions pricing couldn’t prevail over America’s special-interest politics and tax aversion — and against the smart money that insisted on hiding the price and buying off the opposition.
G-20: Take Action on Financial Transaction Taxes
International civil society organizations urge G-20 leaders to make progress on taxing financial speculation at summit in Seoul.
Worlds Collide at Cancun Climate Talks
Is climate change a business opportunity, columnist Laura Carlsen asks, or a chance to change the way we structure our economies and our lives?
Military vs. Climate Security: The 2011 Budgets Compared
The gap between federal spending on military as opposed to climate security has narrowed but compared to China our progress is meager.
Military vs. Climate Security: The 2011 Budgets Compared
The gap between federal spending on military as opposed to climate security has narrowed but compared to China our progress is meager.
UN Panel to be a Dangerous Disappointment
How much money is on the table to combat climate change, where it comes from and how it flows will be at the heart of global climate negotiations at the end of this year in Cancun.
Bolivia Speaks: Climate Change Policy and Negotiations
As the nation’s largest sustainability event, Green Festival seeks not only to bring an amazing weekend of education and fun to each city, but also to leave a lasting impact. As a prelude to this year’s events IPS’ Sustainable Energy and Economy Network is co-sponsoring a talk with the Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency Pablo Solon, who will speak on the topic “Climate Change: Policy and Negotiations.”
Confronting the Reality of Climate Change
I think anything we do is going to be too little, too late.
Better Late Than Never: Obama puts solar panels on White House
Whatever caused the change of heart, President Obama has restored a small sense of hope among climate activists that he really will make climate change a focus for him in coming months.
IMF/World Bank Teach In
In this critical time when the economic crisis has pushed over 50 million more people into extreme poverty, this year’s call to action invites activists to come together in support of confronting and solving:
* Climate Justice
* Food Sovereignty
* Poverty Eradication
Leading the Way to a Smarter Future
People living in “transition” cities and towns are working together to make their communities more resilient to economic and environmental uncertainty.
Coming Face to Face with Obama and the Vanishing American Dream
Attending a recent town hall meeting, the author is shocked to note that “not once did the words ‘climate change’ cross the president’s lips.”