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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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April 1, 2009
Climate Change
Obama Administration Moves on Climate Policy ’Encouraging’
Yvo de Boer, who heads the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, says global economic woes are a setback for climate change policy but new U.S. leadership is a "huge signal of encouragement to t…
May 19, 2008
Climate Change
Intelligent Financial Engineering Needed for Climate Deal
Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Framework on Climate Change Convention, says “intelligent financing” for green technologies is key to a good climate change agreement.
December 13, 2007
Climate Change
Levi: Modest Results From Bali’s Heated Climate Conference
CFR Fellow Michael A. Levi says the Bali climate conference made some headway on deforestation but questions the rush to a deal on setting binding emissions targets.
September 13, 2007
Climate Change
Chandler: More Flexibility Needed for Effective Emissions Cap-and-Trade Policy
William Chandler, senior policy analyst for energy and climate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says that emissions-trading programs have achieved mixed results and should be readju…
July 18, 2019
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ebola Reaches DRC Border City of Two Million, WHO Responds
The recent designation of Ebola as a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO) is a positive development in efforts to contain the disease. The decision highlights the importance of containing the disease to an international audience; the WHO’s designation is being widely carried by the international media.
