Entries from Need to Know tagged with 'Climate Change'
Forging a Climate Agreement That Works
It's time to think creatively about what to do about climate change. Here are six proposals that do.
Be Realistic
Be Realistic: Ask countries to pledge what they can with strong domestic support, then rely on public shaming to keep them on track.
Research More Flexible, Creative Solutions
Research More Flexible, Creative Solutions: Countries pledge actions, not targets, to reduce emissions, and support flexibility, research and development.
Let Countries Handle It
Let Countries Control Themselves: Allow domestic (but not international) emissions trading, and let countries set their own national limits on emissions.
Create Climate Clubs
Create ‘Climate Clubs’: Only the major-player countries need to negotiate, in small regional groups, and meeting their goals through emissions trading.
Strengthen Kyoto
Strengthen Kyoto: Expand the idea of binding, country-specific emissions targets that let developing countries “graduate” to stricter standards as their economies develop.
For Fairness, Use Formulas
For Fairness, Use Formulas: Use a mathematical formula -- not negotiations about targets -- to set binding emissions standards for each country based on factors like historical & current emissions, GDP, and population.
Sea Change in the Politics of Climate
There is a growing sense in this country that people are experiencing climate change in their own lives. Congress may be ready to act.
Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change poses unique challenges to U.S. national security and interests. Yet current approaches and methods for understanding climate change and its impact fall short in their efforts to help us anticipate and prepare for these eventualities. Here's a new report that helps us do just that.
