International Agencies & Studies
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Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationEconomic Analysis/Energy and Climate PricingHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Economic Models Leave ‘Longstanding Gap’ on Climate Change Impacts
Economists must rethink the “longstanding gap” between cost models that predict relatively benign impacts from runaway climate change and physical science studies that show ... -
CoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEuropeFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
World Bank May Withdraw Loan Support for Kosovo Coal Plant
The World Bank may be on the verge of withdrawing loan guarantees for the last coal-fired generating station left on its books, the Kosovo ... -
Economic Analysis/Energy and Carbon PricingInternational Agencies & StudiesSupply Chains & Consumption
IEA Forecasts Oil Supply Gap, But Sees ‘Risk’ in Trump Trade War, Higher Fossil Prices
The International Energy Agency is predicting a gap in global oil supply by late 2019 if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) can’t ... -
CitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyEconomic Analysis/Energy and Carbon PricingGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Mayors Plan Joint Bids for Renewables to ‘Help Power Our Cities’
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, co-chair of the 400-member Climate Mayors network, is inviting his counterparts in other U.S. cities to share their energy demand ... -
AsiaAustraliaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
G20’s $1.6T for New Gas Projects Undercuts Paris Climate Promises: Oil Change
With US$1.6 trillion in upcoming investments in new fossil gas projects, G20 countries are contradicting their own commitments under the Paris Agreement and perpetuating ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Green Building Pioneers Urge LEED to Embrace Low-Carbon Tech, Climate Change Challenge
As the U.S. Green Building Council celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for environmentally sound ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarPost-Carbon Transition
Climate Change Impact on Dry-Wet Cycles Points Toward Food Insecurity, Armed Conflict
The lessons of history, the deductions of science, and the knowledge base of the world’s farmers will be essential to cope with how climate ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationEconomic Analysis/Energy and Climate PricingFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & Studies
Corn, Vegetable and Legume Crops at Risk in Warming Climate
Global corn, vegetable, and legume crops will all be at risk without action to bring climate change under control, according to two separate studies ... -
AsiaCanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPipelines/Rail TransportUnited States
G7 Leaders Isolate Trump on Climate
Canada and the other five G7 leaders effectively isolated Donald Trump on the crucial issue of international climate action during the G7 Heads of ... -
CanadaHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesLegal & RegulatoryOceansPetrochemicals & PlasticsSupply Chains & Consumption
G7 Plastics Charter Depends on Voluntary Action, Environmental Groups Warn
A flurry of advocacy and news coverage on single-use plastics culminated Saturday in a deal by five of seven G7 leaders to voluntary curb ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
Don’t Let Energy Use ‘Destroy Civilization’, Pope Urges Fossil Execs
Humanity’s energy use must not be permitted to “destroy civilization”, Pope Francis told fossil and investment executives at the close of a two-day meeting ... -
AsiaCitiesEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Wealthiest Cities Hold Key to Fast, Effective Climate Action
Researchers from Norway, Sweden, Japan, and the United States are pointing to the world’s big, affluent cities—with both huge carbon footprints, and the institutional ... -
CanadaEnergy PoliticsInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionTar Sands/Oil Sands
Erickson: New Fossil Infrastructure Imperils Domestic and Global Climate Goals
New fossil infrastructure like the Trans Mountain pipeline or expanded tar sands/oil sands production “not only cripples the ability to meet domestic emissions targets, ... -
AsiaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsOceansPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Climate Groups, Investors Lay Out Expectations for G7 Summit
While news coverage leading into the G7 summit in La Malbaie, Quebec today and tomorrow has focused on an international trade war instigated by ...
