With the US announcement that it would withdrawl from the Paris Accord, several American states are mobilizing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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However, the global climate regime should survive without the United States.
Like president George W. Bush before him, Donald Trump made the announcement from the White House Rose Garden, showing that Republican governments have failed to learn past lessons.
If the US stays in the Paris deal but misses its targets, the deal could look like a sham. But if Trump carries out his threat to withdraw, the US veto would be gone, and other nations might step up.
Rather than opting for an apocalyptic rhetoric or messages of fear, Planet Earth employs a 'positive' narrative that can generate a bigger impact.
Boots on the ground, schools on high alert and more hostility toward Muslims and migrants – this is daily life for Parisians.
The Paris Agreement marks an important step towards climate change mitigation – one in which developed and developing countries alike take action.
Well Santa has come and gone, at least for the largest proportion of the world’s population. And, as we reach the end of the year, it is inevitably time to review recent trends and the prospects for 2016…
Things we know: we need a bigger climate target. Thing we don't: how to reach it.
Managing the impacts of rising seas for some communities is being made more difficult by the actions of governments, homeowners – and even some well-intentioned climate adaptation experts.
COP21 is an opportunity for countries like Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal to reinvent their economies along environmentally friendly and sustainable lines.
Indonesia's problematic climate plan will make it difficult for the country to achieve its target to reduce emissions.
A large solar thermal plant in Morocco will provide energy for 1m people – here's how it will work.
UK's decision to close coal power plants is really a statement of the obvious, and does nothing to answer the problem of what to do afterwards.
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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