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Jake Schmidt

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Past articles by Jake:

Global Greenhouse Emissions — A Good News/Bad News Story

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution global emissions of carbon dioxide — the main contributor to climate disruption — have been growing and growing (and growing). This build-up of carbon… → Read More

Trump Recklessly Pulls U.S. out of the Paris Agreement

President Trump has decided to pull the U.S. out of the historic Paris Agreement on climate change. This agreement marked a critical turning point in efforts to address climate change as it included… → Read More

Trump Can’t Stop This: Citizens and Markets Marching Forward

This is our third international climate action update, in which we take a moment each month to remember that Donald Trump is not the president of the world — and celebrate other countries’ progress… → Read More

Trump Can’t Stop This: Positive Trends on Emissions

This is our second international climate action update, where we take a moment each month to remember that Donald Trump is not the president of the world — and celebrate other countries’ progress in… → Read More

Trump Can’t Stop This: Global Renewable Energy Booms

Welcome to our first international climate action update, where we take a moment each month to remember that Donald Trump is not the president of the world — and celebrate other countries’ progress… → Read More

Investing in International Climate Action is in America's Interest

President Obama has made an additional contribution of $500 million to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), bringing the total U.S. contribution to $1 billion t... → Read More

From Blueprint to Reality

It's official: Enough countries have formally joined the Paris climate agreement for it to take effect and become fully operational. The extraordinary s... → Read More

Sixty countries have now formally joined the Paris Agreement

As leaders met in New York for the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, the world is on the cusp of the Paris Agreement going into effect as 31 m... → Read More

More countries to formally join Paris Agreement next week

After international agreements are finalized it often takes years for countries to formally join the agreement and for the agreement to take effect. It t... → Read More

Vulnerable Countries Urge Strong Action On Montreal Protocol

Some of the most vulnerable countries in the world just sent a clear message that they want leaders to agree to a strong agreement to phase down hydroflu... → Read More

Decoding the latest US-India climate change agreement

Obama-Modi deal is based on domestic policies, argues NRDC's Jake Schmidt, and send a powerful message of support for Paris agreement → Read More

Countries know they have to be bold and ambitious next year: Lima negotiations set that in motion

The international climate negotiations have just wrapped up in Lima, Peru. This meeting was to set key directions for the new international climate agreement in next December in Paris. In Paris countries are to agree on a new international climate a... → Read More

US Trade Agreement with Asia-Pacific Countries Must Have Strong Environmental Provisions

The U.S. and eleven other countries are in the final stages of a trade agreement - the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - that would, if completed, be the biggest trade agreement in recent history. It would cover countries accounting for over fort... → Read More

U.S. Climate Action at Home Sends a Powerful Signal to the Rest of the World

International leadership must be followed by tangible actions both at home and abroad. The State of the Union and Obama's recent remarks show that he understands both aspects of action on climate change. → Read More