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Climate accord in the balance
The United Nations’ Conference of the Parties (COP22) in Marrakech on November 7-18, 2016, pressed ahead on the daunting climate agenda, trying to make more concrete their Paris (COP21) commitments....
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Achieving sustainability in a 5G world
In September 2015, the United Nations established new global sustainable development goals and committed to “protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and...
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Reforming the US coal leasing program: Royalty rates and auction practices do...
About 40% of all coal mined in the United States is extracted from lands owned by the federal government, under leases managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). As 13% of U.S....
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A framework for building resilience to climate change through girls’...
Girls’ education and climate change are currently two of the most topical global issues in the development arena. Due to a myriad of limiting factors, more girls around the world are falling through...
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Growth, carbon, and Trump: State progress and drift on economic growth and...
“Decoupling” economic growth from the growth of carbon emissions is critical for the world, nations, and states alike because it represents the “squaring of the circle” necessary to decarbonize the...
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Growth, carbon, and Trump: States are “decoupling” economic growth from...
As the Earth heats up, “decoupling” economic growth from carbon emissions growth is essential—for the world, nations, and localities alike. “Decoupling” is critical because it represents the only way...
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Federal Minerals Leasing Reform and Climate Policy
Through its minerals leasing program, the U.S. government plays a large role in the extraction of oil, natural gas, and coal. This footprint is the largest for coal: 41 percent of U.S. coal is mined...
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Ensuring the success of the post-Paris climate agenda: U.S.-Japan relations...
Last December, COP21 negotiators convened in Paris to lay out ambitious goals to combat global climate change. While the Paris Agreement was a remarkable breakthrough, it is the post-Paris agenda that...
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Aligning Federal Coal Leasing and U.S. Climate Policy
Nearly half of coal produced in the United States is mined from federal government lands. The federal government therefore has an unusual degree of control over the domestic production and consumption...
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A shift toward climate leadership
Amid global uncertainty about future US policy, China could set the pace for environmental action Implementation was the keyword for the 22nd Conference of Parties meeting (COP22), recently held in...
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American Views on climate change at the dawn of the Trump presidency
As the last days of the Barack Obama presidency wind down and the country prepares for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President, there are few policy areas where the differences between...
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Another Clinton-Trump divide? Low-carbon vs. high-carbon America
Author Mark Muro Senior Fellow and Policy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program Twitter markmuro1 Recently my colleague Sifan Liu and I came across a stark, under-recognized split in last month’s...
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WATCH: A framework for building resilience to climate change through girls’...
Ellen Chigwanda is a 2016 Echidna Global Scholar and project manager for the Country Office Gender Focal Point with CARE International in Zimbabwe. In this video, she describes her research on climate...
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Delivering on sustainable infrastructure for better development and better...
The new global agenda and sustainable infrastructure 2015 was a milestone year in which the world set clear and ambitious objectives through the Third International Conference on Financing for...
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Energy and climate policy under the Trump administration
In this episode of Intersections, Bruce Jones and David Victor, co-chairs of the Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, examine the likely future of U.S. energy and climate policies under...
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Confronting climate change
African leadership in a time of climate risk Africa’s “growth miracle” and its associated resurgence has been challenged. Plunging commodity prices related to a global economic slowdown have dampened...
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Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2017
In this year’s Foresight Africa, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative scholars and outside experts explore six overarching themes that provide opportunities for Africa to overcome its obstacles to...
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Foresight Africa: Join the conversation on the top priorities for Africa in 2017
Today, the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) launches its annual Foresight Africa publication. In the 2017 edition, AGI scholars and invited experts delve deeply into six overarching themes...
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Confirming Team Trump: Wilbur Ross for Department of Commerce
When I was tapped to join the Obama administration eight years ago, there was no nominee for Secretary of Commerce. After several false starts the president announced former Governor Gary Locke of...
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Foresight Africa Viewpoint: Small-scale, high-impact policies for fighting...
The proliferation of small-scale, high-impact climate actions can drive a dramatic shift in Africa’s response to climate change, provided policymakers set up the right incentives. And in 2017 the...
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