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Limited Agreement is Reached as Copenhagen Summit Comes to an End

By Yale Environment 360 on December 21, 2009 2 Comments Brazilian, Chinese, Climate Change, climate treaty, emissions reductions, environmentalists, global temperature, global warming, greenhouse gas emission, Greenpeace, Indian, John Ashe, John Sauven, Kyoto, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama, renewable energy, voluntary emissions reductions targets, Wen Jiabao

President Obama forged a political accord with China, India, and South Africa that did not meet the modest expectations for the Copenhagen summit meeting. There was no legally binding treaty to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but instead countries will be required to list their greenhouse gas reduction targets and a fund will be established to assist poor nations with dealing with climate change.

Copenhagen: The Gap Between Climate Rhetoric and Reality

By Yale Environment 360 on December 15, 2009 3 Comments American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, Bill McKibben, Climate Change, Climate Interactive, climate scientist, Copenhagen, End of Nature, Middlebury College, MIT, Obama administration, Rajendra Pachauri, Sloan School of Management, Sustainability Institute, UN, United Nations, Ventana Systems, Yale Environment 360

As the UN conference moves through its second and decisive week, the calls for strong global action to deal with climate change do not appear to be penetrating inside Copenhagen’s Bella Center.

What Makes Europe Greener than the U.S.?

By Yale Environment 360 on October 12, 2009 5 Comments American cities, CO2 emissions, Denmark, Elisabeth Rosenthal, energy-efficient, environment, environmental strategies, environmentally conscious, environmentally reckless, environmentally responsible, Europe, Europeans, France, France. Stockholm’s Arlanda airport, garbage collection, infrastructure of life, Italy, live green, low-carbon footprints, northern Europe, social pressure, Sweden, UK, Union of Concerned Scientists, United States, Yale Environment 360, Zurich

The average American produces three times the amount of CO2 emissions as a person in France. A U.S. journalist now living in Europe explains how she learned to love her clothesline and sweating in summer.