11/24/2015 BackgroundSo what does the South China Sea have to do with climate change, the yawning gap in the distribution of wealth and income and the approaching water crisis? In a word, everything. In “Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea And The End Of A Stable Pacific,” Robert D. Kaplan, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Climate Change
Financing Climate Change
October 30, 2015 Background At the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Convention an impasse emerged. Nonetheless, wealthy nations finally committed to provide poor nations with $100 billion by 2020. So far, little or no cash has actually been disbursed, and as it now stands the world’s temperature is on track to increase … Continue reading
Last Chance in Paris
An Impending Crisis A tsunami of methane –a greenhouse gas 27 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2)- of El Niño proportions may soon be released into the atmosphere, and no one can prevent that. If and when it happens, the concentration of greenhouse gases will exceed current projections by … Continue reading
Secretary Kerry on the Road to Paris Dec. 2015
Remarks at the Atlantic Council John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 12, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. Fred, thank you very, very much for a very generous introduction. I’m delighted to be here with everybody. Distinguished ambassadors who are here this morning, thank you for taking … Continue reading
President Obama’s Climate Action Plan – 2013
Official .pdf of the Climate Action Plan.
Halting Global Warming
October 3, 2015 Exactly two months ago President Obama announced a plan to limit the amount of carbon that power plants dump into the atmosphere, the single biggest pollutant contributing to climate change. Likewise, at the United Nations, President Putin announced plans to reduce by 2030 Russia’s greenhouse emissions to … Continue reading
President Putin on Climate Change
09/29/1915 Transcript of an excerpt of his speech at the United Nations 70th Session, 09/28/2015 “The issues that affect the future of all people include the challenge of global climate change. It is in our interest to make the U.N. Climate Change Conference to be held in December in Paris … Continue reading
President Obama’s Clean Power Plan
09/29/2015 On August 3, 2015, in the East Room of the White House, President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan Here is a transcript of the video. “Our climate is changing. It’s changing in ways that threaten our economy, our security, and our health. This isn’t an opinion; it’s a … Continue reading
Average Temperature for May 2015 Highest in 136 Years
June 18, 2015 Report from the National Centers for Environmental Information Excerpt The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for May 2015 was the highest for May in the 136-year period of record, at 0.87°C (1.57°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F), surpassing the previous … Continue reading
Crops and Climate: Plants Will Suffer as Earth Warms (Op-Ed)
June 16, 2015 By Marlene Cimons, Climate NexusMarlene Cimons writes for Climate Nexus, a nonprofit that aims to tell the climate story in innovative ways that raise awareness of, dispel misinformation about and showcase solutions to climate change and energy issues in the United States. She contributed this article to … Continue reading