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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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January 23, 2009
Monetary Policy
Is the US now more, or less, reliant on China’s government for financing?
Rarely do nominees -- or even Treasury Secretaries -- make news in their written response to questions posed by Senators. But Tim Geithner’s comments on China yesterday tcertainly made news. I m…
March 12, 2007
China
Just what is in China’s portfolio? And do foreign central banks think Agencies are Treasuries?
China's decision to set up a new investment authority with a mandate to invest in a range of assets -- not just traditional reserve assets -- has attracted a lot of attention. But as the Bank of New…
May 19, 2011
United States
A Conversation with Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations
(Note: This event was fed in progress.) JOHN F. LEHMAN: (In progress) -- council meeting with Admiral Gary Roughead. Before we go any further, let me admonish you to turn off your cellphone and iPh…
July 14, 2005
Capital Flows
Is oil always sold to the highest bidder?
I suspect that the US is not prepared for the implications of a world where China’s reserves are rising fast enough to allow China to finance the purchase of one Unocal every month. I also would bet…
October 18, 2022
Climate Change
Adapting to a Changing Climate
Alice C. Hill, senior fellow for energy and the environment at CFR, and Leslie Chapman-Henderson, president and CEO of the nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), discuss factoring the ris…
