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Top emitters must commit to a U-turn at COP25
By Vinod ThomasEpitomizing the disconnect between scientific warnings and human action, global temperatures are now on track to rise by an unacceptable 3.2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels by...
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What is the US doing on climate change?
By Nathan Hultman, Adrianna PitaAs global leaders gather for the U.N.’s COP25 climate change conference, Nathan Hultman examines what’s on the agenda in Madrid, and how cities, states, and communities...
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To fix our infrastructure, Washington needs to start from scratch
By Adie Tomer, Joseph Kane, Lara Fishbane The 2016 presidential election felt like a watershed moment for federal infrastructure reform. For the first time in decades, both the Democratic and...
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Climate change in the Sahel: How can cash transfers help protect the poor?
By Christian BodewigThe Sahel region in West Africa is one of the poorest parts of the world. Around 40 percent of the populations of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Senegal live on less than...
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David G. Victor speaks on December 9, 2019 at COP 25 in Madrid, Spain, on the...
By Jennifer PerronDavid G. Victor speaks on December 9, 2019 at COP 25 in Madrid, Spain, on the launch of a new report, “Accelerating the Low Carbon Transition: The case for strong, more targeted and...
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Building an ambitious US climate policy from the bottom up
By Nathan HultmanThe science of climate change is clear that global emissions of greenhouse gases need to fall rapidly to keep the world on a path that limits warming to no more than 1.5 degrees...
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Accelerating the low carbon transition
By David G. Victor, Frank W. Geels, Simon SharpeThe world is committed to acting on climate change. At least since the signing of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, the...
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Girls’ education in climate strategies
By Christina Kwauk, Jessica Cooke, Elisa Hara, Joni PegramIn the fight to combat the climate crisis, the years 2020, 2030, and 2050 will be important ones for humanity. Under the Paris Agreement,...
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National climate strategies are forgetting about girls, children, and youth
By Christina Kwauk, Jessica Cooke, Elisa Hara, Joni PegramIn Madrid this week, the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25)...
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Charts of the Week: Tackling climate change
By Fred DewsCOP25, the global UN climate conference, concludes today in Madrid. Brookings experts have contributed their analysis and expertise to understanding a wide range of climate-related issues...
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At climate summits, the urgency from the streets must be brought to the...
By William Burke-WhiteCOP25, the annual global climate summit that ended last weekend in Madrid, offered a visible public spectacle, but little substantive progress. Part of the problem was that the...
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What happened at the UN climate change summit?
By William Burke-White, Adrianna PitaThe U.N’s climate change conference wrapped up this weekend in Madrid with no significant progress on carbon trading markets or adaptation financing for countries...
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