Category: NDC Tracking

Climate Civics, NDC Tracking

Supranational Leadership from Local Government

The climate policy process is complicated by overwhelming complexity on many levels: The climate system touches all of Earth’s energy-management and life-support systems. The energy economy touches all areas of human activity. Any one nation’s contribution to solving climate change is just a fraction of the global action required. 195 nations negotiate for consensus in a diplomatic process operating both through national policy and highly … Continue reading Supranational Leadership from Local Government

Joseph Robertson
Climate Solutions, NDC Tracking, Policy Design, UNFCCC Process

Signals of Paris Progress

ParisProgress.org tracks the implementation of the Paris Agreement, specifically in terms of the overall science-based targets of reducing emissions to allow for a maximum 1.5ºC global average surface temperature rise by mid-century. The methodology is simple: provide readers with an index of major platforms for implementation, so that these platforms can be seen in one place achieving visible progress. To provide added context, we are … Continue reading Signals of Paris Progress

Joseph Robertson
NDC Tracking, UNFCCC Process

No Surrender: Paris is Now the People’s Business

The Paris Agreement is a very good thing for the United States—for its people, its economy, and for its sovereign interest in a world that favors both democratic institutions and peace. Yesterday, President Trump declared open opposition to the intelligent, inclusive, innovative planning of a vibrant American future. He justified this decision using fake evidence, making false claims about what the Paris Agreement does, and … Continue reading No Surrender: Paris is Now the People’s Business

Joseph Robertson
Climate Solutions, Events, NDC Tracking

High-Level Dialogue on Accelerating NDC Action

Sunday, 13 November 2016 In Marrakech, on the middle Sunday of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (the COP22), the high-level dialogue series Accelerating Progress, Advancing Innovation brought together leaders in government, business, science, and policy advocacy together to outline pathways for accelerating national climate action. This dialogue was convened under the Chatham House Rule, to allow … Continue reading High-Level Dialogue on Accelerating NDC Action

Engage4Climate
NDC Tracking, Policy Design

Note on stay of Clean Power Plan

One piece of insight to keep in mind always about the Clean Power Plan and the current Supreme Court stay is that the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that the executive branch must act, using the authority of the Clean Air Act, to regulate excess greenhouse gas emissions. Another key insight to keep in mind is that the 1992 Climate Convention mandates avoiding dangerous anthropogenic … Continue reading Note on stay of Clean Power Plan

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