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Agriculture is one of the foremost drivers and burden-bearers of climate change. John W. McArthur explains the relationship between agriculture and climate change, and highlights the opportunity in Paris to nail down specific policies promoting climate-smart agriculture. → Read More
With energy consumption projected only to rise over the next 15 years, Charles Ebinger outlines some key questions that may be left unresolved in Paris but will need to be addressed. → Read More
The Copenhagen Accord in 2009 was the first time that the financial implications of reducing carbon emissions globally were outlined. Homi Kharas discusses nations’ efforts to put $100 billion per year toward climate change by 2020 and explains why existing climate finance may not be as robust as it looks. → Read More
A carbon price—whether from a market, a tax, or a hybrid policy—creates broad, efficient incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Warwick McKibbin, Adele Morris, and Peter Wilcoxen outline why parallel carbon price consultations are needed, what they should cover, and why the U.S. could contribute. → Read More
After years of division and stalling, there is a wide recognition nationally and globally of the dangers of delaying action to mitigate the effects of climate change. Amar Bhattacharya and Lord Nicholas Stern discuss what has brought global climate change negotiations to the cusp of an agreement and how COP21 will set the stage for the next 15 years. → Read More
2015 has been a promising year for climate change, and we are beginning to see some positive change. Timmons Roberts outlines several issues that still loom for climate change combatants and factors that will aide them in establishing a Paris Agreement. → Read More
In a few weeks, governments from nearly 200 nations will convene in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). Expectations are exceedingly high, as world leaders hope to finalize a legally binding international climate agreement limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius. Brookings experts have compiled a collection of short policy briefs entitled, “COP21 at Paris:… → Read More
On Friday, September 25, the United Nations formally adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 goals aimed at lowering global poverty, hunger, and inequality and addressing environmental challenges. Ahead of the U.N. Sustainable Development Summit, the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings hosted International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine… → Read More
The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan seeks to reduce carbon emissions from power plants 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The states are responsible for meeting those targets, but Brookings scholars argue that U.S. metropolitan areas, which are home to 38 percent of the country’s 7,000-plus power plants, should be a big part of the discussion. → Read More
This week, the water level in Lake Mead dropped to an all-time low, falling below 1080 feet above sea level for the first time in 78 years. As drought continues to afflict the American West, the dire situation at Lake Mead will continue to have consequences for states like Arizona, California, and Nevada that draw their water supply from Lake Mead. In a new video Brookings Nonresident Senior… → Read More
The impact of climate change is going to play itself out in the water arena. Pat Mulroy, who served as general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority from its inception in 1991 until 2014, discusses the crisis Southern Nevada faced during one of the worst droughts in the history of the Colorado River and highlights the urgency of water scarcity for future generations. → Read More
During a recent Brookings’s John L. Thornton China Center forum, experts discussed how China is in the midst of a rapid, if quiet, sexual revolution, and what it means for Chinese women and gender inequality. → Read More