United Nations Climate Change

The Hopenhagen Ambassador: It Could Be You

Ritt Bjerregaard | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


Ritt Bjerregaard

It's not just world leaders who carry an enormous responsibility to improve the globe's climate in the future; the responsibility also weighs on individual cities and individual people.

Are You Resilient? If So, Encourage Psychological and Social Resilience Wherever You Can

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


Sanjay Khanna

What kind of person would you need to become, what kind of community would you need to be a part of, and what kind of process would it take to be able to experience a twenty-first century of increasing unpredictability and loss?

Green News Report: September 29, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In today's audio report: The long, long road to Copenhagen; An end to government support for fossil fuels; your national parks, 'America's Best Idea.'

Copenhagen UN Climate Summit Needs to Produce

Mike Smith | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green


Mike Smith

There will likely not be a "Kyoto-style Treaty" emerging from the UN Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark early December.

Obama Takes On the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Climate Change, and China in One Day

Duncan Quirk | Posted 11.22.2009 | Comedy


Duncan Quirk

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Stimulate This!

Christiana Wyly | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


Christiana Wyly

Without coordinated efforts by developed nations to help the world's poorest nations, 100 million people may fall into extreme poverty each year for the foreseeable future.

Climate Change Policy: The Good News and the Challenge Ahead

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green


Gillian Caldwell

30 national organizations working to combat global warming came together on a set of recommendations delivered to President-elect Obama earlier this month.

James Hansen's Warning to the G8: We've Exceeded Safe C02 Levels

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green


Janet Ritz

Hansen opens with current climate status: the loss of sea ice, the approaching tipping points, the effects on people and wildlife, the unstoppable sea level rise, shifting of climate zones and more.

World Bank Prices First Carbon Offset Bond

Reuters | Posted 06.19.2008 | Green


The World Bank on Monday priced a $25 million bond linked to United Nations-approved carbon emission offset credits, the market's first such bond, lea...

Nations Clash At UN Climate Change Conference

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged the United States to follow his country's lead and ratify the Kyoto Protocol, while rich and poor nations a...

UN Climage Change Conference Underway In Bali

AP | JOSEPH COLEMAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Faced with melting polar ice caps and worsening droughts, climate experts at a massive U.N. conference Monday urged quick action toward a new internat...