RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nathan Hultman, February 09, 2010, The Brookings Institution
The fifth anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol is approaching. While many view its efforts as a failure, Nathan Hultman believes it leaves a legacy of experience and discusses three interlinked components of climate policy that would be important for any future interational climate change agreement. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, January 28, 2010
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC
President Obama’s State of the Union address came at a critical time for his administration and for the country. On January 28, Brookings hosted a discussion of the address and its impact on the policy agenda in areas such as the economy, health care, foreign policy and climate change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro, January 07, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Looking back on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, Mark Muro points out that along with targets for carbon emissions reductions and world temperature change, the world needs another sort of goal: a target for the trillions of dollars of new clean energy investment needed worldwide to deliver on global climate stabilization. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Barry Rabe and Christopher P. Borick, January 06, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Climate change has gained enormous visibility during the past year, but what does the American public think about the issue of climate change? Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick track American public opinion in 2008 and 2009 to examine whether Americans believe global temperatures are increasing; explore public views on possible policy interventions and engagement by various levels of American government; and look into public attitudes toward the carbon cap-and-trade program and taxation of the carbon content of fossil fuels. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro, December 30, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The Copenhagen climate change conference failed in the most literal sense, but it also opened up important new vistas for practical progress. Mark Muro discusses the shortfalls and genuine successes of the Copenhagen Accord. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, December 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution
During the recent U.N. conference in Copenhagen, the United States and other participating countries narrowly avoided a complete breakdown in climate change talks. One of the larger hurdles was China's opposition to monitoring emission reductions. Ken Lieberthal contends that China's approach to the Copenhagen negotiations highlights the country's need to evolve further as a responsible player on global issues such as climate change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Arvind Panagariya, December 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As a rapidly growing economy with a large population, India has a significant role to play on the global climate change scene. Arvind Panagariya discusses India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's involvement at the Copenhagen climate change conference and his succeses and failures. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nathan Hultman, December 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The Copenhagen climate change conference did produce an agreement, but one that likely left many disappointed. Nathan Hultman discusses the small victories and how the agreement signals a new period of engagement by the key countries and provides a small boost for the climate legislation. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alex Evans and David Steven, December 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Given that the U.N. climate change conference failed to produce a strong agreement, Alex Evans and David Steven warn that world leaders now need to act boldly or risk complete failure in the climate negotiation process. To that end, the authors lay out a 12-point action plan to address the issue of climate change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nathan Hultman, December 18, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Delegates have been negotiating for two weeks in Copenhagen on a deal that many have hoped would include ambitious efforts to reduce carbon emissions. However, this more-ambitious treaty seems now out of reach for this negotiating session. Nathan Hultman gives insight into the concluding hours of the climate change conference and discusses the environmental danger that lies ahead. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, December 17, 2009
12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Energy Security Initiative at Brookings, in cooperation with Chatham House, E3G and Institute for Environmental Security, organized an official COP15 side event which explored climate change impacts on national security and how the global climate regime can address this threat. The event featured presentations by military leaders from developed as well as developing nations on the likely security impacts of climate change as well as remarks by security experts. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer, December 17, 2009, The Brookings Institution
With ongoing global climate change negotiations taking place, Canada, Mexico and the United States should move ahead and collectively mandate controls on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, expand renewable energy generation, and regulate fossil fuel consumption and technology standards. If North American GHG emissions are to be reduced efficiently and effectively across public and private sector entities, federal authorities in all three countries will need to act in cooperation with one another as they did with the North American Free Trade Agreement. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nathan Hultman, December 17, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Progress has been made as the climate change negotiations wind down in Copenhagen, but some of the most contentious issues seem to be far from resolution. Nathan Hultman examines what commitments at Copenhagen could mean for the U.S. legislation on climate change. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nathan Hultman, December 16, 2009, The Brookings Institution
It appears that the U.N. Secretariat was simply unprepared for the massive influx of delegates attending the 15th annual climate change conference in Copenhagen. Nathan Hultman discusses the viability of the current model of climate governance that involves widespread and open-access participation by civil society and whether or not it will ultimately hinder the negotiation process. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Nathan Hultman, December 15, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As climate change talks continue in Copenhagen, reasonable progress has been made on some of climate policy elements such as REDD, technology transfer and CDM reform. However, some disagreement remains on how to monitor and verify these targets. Nathan Hultman discusses the importance of these monitoring, reporting and verification provisions and how the central importance on both sides of the issue must be considered. Read More