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The Clean Energy Ministerial in Delhi: An International Forum to Address National Energy Policy Goals

April 16, 2013, Nathan Hultman

Black Carbon and Kerosene Lighting: An Opportunity for Rapid Action on Climate Change and Clean Energy for Development

April 2013, Arne Jacobson, Nicholas L. Lam, Tami C. Bond and Nathan Hultman

A Window for U.S. Action on Climate Change

February 11, 2013, Nathan Hultman

The “Doha Climate Gateway”: Limited Progress Toward a Global Agreement

December 10, 2012, Nathan Hultman and Claire Langley

The Final Stretch of the Doha Climate Talks

December 5, 2012, Nathan Hultman and Claire Langley

But the discussion in the United States is different now, even from a month ago. [Hurricane Sandy] demonstrated to a large part of the country that we are certainly vulnerable to the kind of events we might see under climate change. People see now that it is related it to our national security.

November 28, 2012, Nathan Hultman, Los Angeles Times

Doha Climate Conference: Key Issues Up for Negotiation

November 26, 2012, Nathan Hultman and Claire Langley

The Doha Climate Talks and Long Term Treaty Goals

November 21, 2012, Nathan Hultman

Green Growth Innovation: New Pathways for International Cooperation

November 2012, Nathan Hultman, Katherine Sierra, Jason Eis and Allison Shapiro

Harnessing Technology and Innovation in the Fight Against Global Poverty

October 10, 2012

Innovation and Technology for Green Growth

October 10, 2012

@ Brookings Podcast: Global Progress in Sustainable Development

July 13, 2012, Nathan Hultman

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The Rio+20 Conference: A Useful Forum for External Commitments, but No Transformational Vision

June 25, 2012, Nathan Hultman

The Insufficiency of Sustainable Development

June 19, 2012, Nathan Hultman

Innovation in Green Growth Technology for Developing Countries

June 19, 2012

I'm frankly quite uninspired by the new thematic approach to Rio+20. It's very incrementalist and it's not really thinking about the big environmental goals, which is what do we really need to do about energy and environment over the next 50 years.

June 15, 2012, Nathan Hultman, The Guardian

Prospects for the Rio+20 Conference

June 13, 2012, Nathan Hultman

Green Growth Innovation in Developing Countries

June 8, 2012

Rio+20: Coalitions Driving Bottom-Up Change

June 8, 2012

Green Growth Innovation: Toward a New Architecture for Developing Countries

May 2012, Katherine Sierra, Nathan Hultman and Allison Shapiro

Green Growth Innovation for Developing Countries

May 17, 2012

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Climate Change Adaptation in a Post-Durban World

January 6, 2012

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The Durban Platform on Climate Control

December 12, 2011, Nathan Hultman

The Kyoto protocol is reaching its end stage. And I think that might be a good thing. It might enable us to move on to what may be a more productive set of treaties or set of agreements that can again see these technologies implemented in a more real way.

December 12, 2011, Nathan Hultman, PBS Newshour

The Durban Climate Talks: Making the Technology Mechanism Useful

December 9, 2011, Nathan Hultman