Climate Change

Pará, Brazil.- Armed forces seize property in Moju after flagrant deforestation in Pará, Brazil on October 27, 2020. The Vice President of Brazil, Hamilton Mourao, announced this Monday (26) that the Government will extend the operation of the Armed Forces destined to fight environmental crimes in the Amazon until April 2021, against deforestation and forest fires.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Empowering whistleblowing to counter environmental crimes and prevent pandemics

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, October 30, 2020

Future Development

What COVID-19 has cost the climate

Victoria Plutshack, Claudio Huepe Minoletti, Beatriz Hernandez Perez, Paelina DeStephano, and Thomas Klug

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Flood risk and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

Payce Madden

Thursday, October 29, 2020

A man wearing a protective face mask attends a protest against the decision of the Mexican government to divert water from La Boquilla dam to the U.S., as part of a 1944 bilateral water treaty between the two countries, in Delicias, Chihuahua state, Mexico September 20, 2020. The writing reads, "Water belongs to Chihuahua". REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Order from Chaos

Not dried up: US-Mexico water cooperation

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, October 26, 2020

Reports

A view shows the skyscrapers of the Moscow International Business Centre, also known as "Moskva-City", in Moscow, Russia September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov - UP1EE941BW1XV

Climate Change

Pledges and progress: Steps toward greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the 100 largest cities across the United States

Sam Markolf, Inês M.L. Azevedo, Mark Muro, and David G. Victor

October 2020

Smoke rises from chimneys and facilities of steel plants on a hazy day in Benxi, Liaoning province November 3, 2013. A chronic shortage of natural gas is hurting China's plan to move away from burning coal to heat homes and offices, raising the prospect of more choking air pollution this winter and beyond. The problem is worst in northern China, where air pollution mainly caused by decades of reliance on coal has lowered life expectancy by an estimated 5.5 years compared to the south, Chinese and international researchers said in July. Picture taken November 3, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - GM1E9B40RS301

Climate Change

Climate policy, environmental justice, and local air pollution

Meredith Fowlie, Reed Walker, and David Wooley

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Climate Change

The challenge of decarbonizing heavy transport

Samantha Gross

October 2020

Global Warming and Pollution Concept - Sustainability (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)

Report

Flying blind: What do investors really know about climate change risks in the U.S. equity and municipal debt markets?

Parker Bolstad, Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and David G. Victor

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Cars go through the flood caused by heavy rains on Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura on May 24, 2020, in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla. (Photo by David Santiago/Miami Herald/TNS/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Report

Boosting local climate resilience and economic opportunity in the COVID-19 era

Joseph W. Kane

Monday, July 20, 2020

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Cities are pledging to confront climate change, but are their actions working?

David G. Victor and Mark Muro

Thursday, October 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The debate stage is prepared to the 2020 vice presidential debate between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., October 7, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo

Order from Chaos

10 questions for Trump and Biden during their final debate

Samantha Gross, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Thomas Wright

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The Avenue

The hidden role of water infrastructure in driving a COVID-19 recovery

Newsha Ajami and Joseph W. Kane

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

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Events

2020

Oct

Past Policy 2020 Event

How will the election impact US engagement on climate change?

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Webinar: Confronting climate change in the global COVID-19 recovery

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Climate threats and climate justice: Action and adaptation for sustainable development

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

Washington, DC

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Related Books

Leave No One Behind

Edited by Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Izumi Ohno

2019

The Role of Business in the Circular Economy

By Vasileios Rizos, Arno Behrens, Eleanor Drabik, David Rinaldi, and Katja Tuokko

2018

The Economic Consequence of Climate Change

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2017

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Experts

Samantha Gross

Director - Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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David G. Victor

Co-Chair - Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

Rahul Tongia

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

@DrTongia

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Multimedia

Filipino climate activists hold placards calling for climate action in participation with the global climate change protests, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Podcast Episode

Environmental racism and the struggle for climate justice

Christina Kwauk, Marinel Ubaldo, and Justin Worland

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Workers are seen working at the construction site of a natural gas pipeline as part of China-Russia gas pipeline project in Heihe city, north-east China's Heilongjiang province, 16 October 2019.Natural gas will start flowing through the China-Russia east route natural gas pipeline from December, and will help meet clean energy demand in several places across Northeast China, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the Yangtze River Delta area, China National Petroleum Corp said on Thursday, 28 November 2019.No Use China. No Use France.

Podcast Episode

Global China’s energy and climate policies

Jeffrey Ball, Lindsey W. Ford, and Samantha Gross

Friday, September 18, 2020

Washington, DC - April 29, 2017: Thousands of people attend the People's Climate March to stand up against climate change. By Nicole Glass Photography

Podcast Episode

What’s in Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan?

Joseph W. Kane and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 24, 2020

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