US Joins Copenhagen Accord

Pledges reductions “in the range of 17%” by 2020, in line with 83% by 2050. US Special Envoy says US “is committed to working with our partners around the world to make the Accord operational and to continue the effort to build a strong, effective, science-based, global regime to combat the profound threat of climate change.”

Read the submission.

New Requirement Issued on Climate-risk Disclosure

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced new requirements on what publicly-traded companies need to disclose to investors about “material” risks from climate change.  The landmark guidance means companies will disclose emissions and risks from a variety of climate-related effects.  Read more from the SEC…

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Mayor of Croton-on-Hudson praises STOCC,
an "excellent toolkit for small municipalities"

Leo A. W. Wiegman, mayor of this New York community, writes, "I want to thank Clean Air-Cool Planet for publishing such useful emission guidelines to help municipalities convert specific activities into carbon dioxide equivalent emission values.... Without them, we would have significantly underestimated our actual emissions." Find out what the mayor is referring to by visiting our Small Town Carbon Calculator page.

Reflections on the Copenhagen Accord

CA-CP’s Policy VP, Brooks Yeager, finally made it back from COP 15, and offers Reflections on the Climate Change Challenge after Copenhagen, calling the Copenhagen Accord “the key that should unlock Congress’s ability to pass” effective climate legislation.  Read Brooks’s reflections and our Copenhagen blogs.

2010 Climate Fellowships Announced

The highly competitive Clean Air-Cool Planet Climate Fellowship program returns for Summer 2010 with ten new Fellowship placements. The program pairs outstanding post-secondary students with challenging real-world opportunities to propel society toward a low-carbon future. Read more about the Climate Fellowship program.

 

Rafe Pomerance Blogs for Science
From Kyoto to Copenhagen:
How Obama Can Come Through

“Politically-viable legislation, with the right domestic architecture, is needed now to place the U.S. on the right path,” writes Rafe Pomerance, senior fellow for Clean Air-Cool Planet, in a blog for Science.  Pomerance, a U.S. delegate during the negotiation of the Kyoto Protocol, says U.S. climate negotiators in Copenhagen based their strategy on four key points. Read the full blog.