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Forensic worker Rayo Del Carmen Ochoa examines DNA samples to help identify corpses, in the Mexican forensic building in Mexico City (REUTERS/Henry Romero).

Opinion

Wanted: A Noah's Ark for Species' DNA

April 25, 2013, William Y. Brown

William Y. Brown argues that genetic libraries would preserve the DNA of known species for research and commerce as well as offer the potential to restore species that have gone extinct.

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Climate Policy Across the Globe: Lessons Learned and Key Challenges

April 15, 2013
Opinion

Relocation Across Borders: A Prescient Warning in the Pacific

March 15, 2013, Jane McAdam
Interview | NPR's The Diane Rehm Show

Environmental Outlook: Air Pollution In China

March 5, 2013, Kenneth G. Lieberthal
In the News

On the environmental objective, certainly we are concerned about greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. But we argue that the best way to address that would be to put a price on carbon, for example through a carbon tax, rather than try to subsidize alternatives. [That]'s much less efficient. The way the [current] rules work, electric vehicle manufacturers can sell credits to other automakers toward their fuel economy standards, so that means that other automakers can sell more polluting cars for every electric car that's sold.
February 23, 2013, Adele Morris, National Public Radio
Paper

A Climate Diplomacy Proposal: Carbon Pricing Consultations

February 8, 2013, Adele Morris, Warwick J. McKibbin and Peter J. Wilcoxen
Past Event

Governance, Rule of Law and Natural Resources in Indonesia and Lessons for Burma’s Transformation

February 7, 2013
Blog Post

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

December 10, 2012, Nathan Hultman and Claire Langley | comments
Blog Post

The Final Stretch of the Doha Climate Talks

December 5, 2012, Nathan Hultman and Claire Langley | comments
Opinion

Climate Finance and Global Development Post-2012: Clearing the Fog at Doha

December 4, 2012, Timmons Roberts
In the News

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