International Agencies & Studies
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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Focus on Canada’s Resourcefulness, Not Resources, Trudeau Tells Davos Delegates
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put some distance between his government and Canada’s previous positioning as a global energy superpower in a keynote address this ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & Flooding
World Forum Cites Climate Change as Top Risk to Global Economy
The World Economic Forum points to climate change as the most serious emerging threat to the global economy in its 2016 Global Risks Report. -
BioenergyCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & EfficiencyFinance & InvestmentHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingRenewable EnergySolarWind
Doubling Renewables by 2030 Could Add $1.3 Trillion to Global GDP
Doubling renewable energy’s share of the global energy mix over the next 15 years would increase global GDP by up to US$1.3 trillion, or ... -
Climate & SocietyEuropeFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSoil & Natural Sequestration
Rural Group Urges Closer Look at Climate Impact, Benefits of Livestock
An agriculture and rural coalition in Europe is asking a question that is controversial with many climate and environment hawks: whether livestock production is ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & Regulatory
Trade Deals Needn’t Pose Threat to Climate Action: Lawyer
Free trade and climate action should be able to co-exist, but “the way Canada currently approaches the former poses a distinct threat to the ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergyWater
Climate Change Will Shift Water Access, Curtail Power Production
Climate change could wreak havoc on the reservoir capacity available to hydroelectric stations and the temperature of cooling water for nuclear and fossil fuel ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingRenewable EnergyTransitWalking & Biking
C40 Cities To-Do List Highlights Familiar Urban Solutions
A report late last year by C40 Cities and the Arup global consulting group lists more than 2,000 immediate actions—two-thirds of them in the ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSmall Island States
Momentum for 1.5° Carbon Limit Was Building for Years
Climate delegates’ decision to include a 1.5°C long-term limit on average global warming in the Paris Agreement was a victory for the poorest, most ... -
‘Canada is Back’ but Starting from Behind—Way Behind
Canada’s new team at the Paris World Climate Summit, led by just-elected Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a clutch of provincial premiers, and ... -
AfricaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeIndiaInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
‘Ambition Coalition’ Emerges as Paris Delegates Crunch Negotiating Text
As make-or-break climate negotiations at the United Nations summit in Paris reached a critical point, a 100-member “high ambition coalition” revealed itself after six ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable Energy
Head-to-head, Renewables Crush Fossils in Environmental Comparison
The world is on track to spend $2.5 trillion annually for the next two decades to meet energy needs, according to the United Nations ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Paris Summit at the Half-Way Point: Still Far from a ‘Decent Deal’
At the end of the first week of the United Nations climate summit in Paris, a less ambitious draft text than the failed attempt ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
New Carbon Disclosure Effort Promises ‘One-Stop Shop on Climate’
A new Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), launched Friday by the Financial Stability Board and chaired by ex-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, ... -
Air & MarineCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasUnited StatesWater
TPP a ‘Dirty’ Deal for Climate: Sierra
Going through 6,000 pages of trade legalese—the contents of the draft Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement released in October—is no easy task. The Sierra ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Paris Explainer: How to Get Climate Finance Right
“Follow the money” is always good advice for determining who is serious about what. With that in mind, the Washington, DC-based World Resources Institute ...
