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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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November 7, 2011
United States
HBO History Makers Series with Admiral Thad Allen
CAPTAIN MELISSA BERT: Good evening. I'd like to welcome everyone to tonight's History Makers series with Admiral Thad Allen, former commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. On behalf of the council, I wou…
January 12, 2006
United States
US November trade data
$64.2 billion is not $68.1 billion. But it is still kind of large. Another $65 billion deficit in December, and the annual trade deficit will reach $726 billion. That works out to a fourth quar…
December 3, 2010
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: A Treaty for a Tax Cut
Above the Fold. Don’t count the New START Treaty out just yet. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told Good Morning America on Tuesday that the treaty could be approved by year’s end. Sen. George Voinovich…
May 2, 2006
Homeland Security
U.S. Government Failing to Mobilize Private Sector in Homeland Security Efforts, Warns Council Special Report
“The federal government is not doing enough to harness the capabilities, assets, and goodwill of the private sector to bolster our national state of preparedness,” concludes a new Council on Foreign …
January 14, 2010
Global Governance
Tragedy and Opportunity for Haiti
Haiti’s earthquake lays bare woeful political and economic dysfunctions, but in the global disaster response, there is a chance to get aid right, writes CFR’s Kara C. McDonald.