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Katie Mulvaney in MIT COP-21

Nov 30, 2015

Pledge, Review, Cap, Trade: Strategies for Mitigating Carbon Emissions

If you’ve been following the international climate negotiations conversation on Twitter in the days leading up to COP21, you’ve probably seen the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…

Daniel Rothenberg in MIT COP-21

Nov 30, 2015

Shining a Light on the Outcomes of COP21

It would be an understatement to suggest that the world has high expectations for the outcome of this month’s COP21 meeting in Paris. Over the past year, much has been written about what sort of emissions reductions commitments we can expect, and how these…

Emily Shorin in MIT COP-21

Nov 25, 2015

What the world should know about the US INDC

On Tuesday November 17th, the Senate voted for two resolutions “to kill the Clean Power Plan”. The vote passed 52–46, in favor of blocking the EPA’s strategy for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants via the Clean Air Act…

Elise Harrington in MIT COP-21

Nov 30, 2015

Embracing the “Action Agenda” at COP 21 — why cities play an important role in global climate negotiations

At COP 21, who is lobbying for cities and what is their message? Furthermore, in national-level, global climate negotiations why do we care about the…

Billy DeMaio in MIT COP-21

Nov 30, 2015

How might nuclear power influence climate negotiations?

For years, the nuclear industry has under-delivered on its promise of abundant clean energy. Today, nuclear power deployments remain roughly stagnant, limited by high costs and the fallout from several high-profile accidents. However…

Guillaume Chossière in MIT COP-21

Nov 30, 2015

Climate change and geopolitics: the Egyptian and Syrian examples

Recent dramatic events in Paris, where the COP21 conference on climate is to be held from November 30 to December 11, have shed light on what seems to be much more urgent problems than climate change. Political…

sjsilva91 in MIT COP-21

Nov 29, 2015

Unintended Benefits: Air Quality and COP-21

The COP-21 negotiations on climate change will begin shortly. Soon, thousands of people will descend on Paris to begin negotiating global strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation. Few of these strategies are simple and cheap, and most require…

J.R. Norman in MIT COP-21

Nov 30, 2015

The First Day: Where are we and what do we need to do?

The time for action is now. In fact, one could argue the time for action was many years ago, but since we have thus far proven ineffective at coming to significant global agreements on climate action, the time to do so is now. Today is…

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