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May
10
2017
4:00—5:30 PM
May 01, 2017
Energy has fueled economic and social development worldwide. From the US to China to South Africa, energy has enabled countries to increase incomes and standards of living. In turn, expanding middle classes have increased their energy consumption. How can developing countries, especially middle-inco...
Jan
11
2016
11:30—1:30 PM
December 21, 2015
One month since the Paris climate agreement, it’s essential to maintain the momentum of that highpoint in global cooperation towards addressing the problems of climate change. But how can nations now turn words into action? Join us for a panel discussion on tangible policy options to spur the ...
Dec
10
2015
3:00—4:30 PM
November 19, 2015
The Center for Global Development is hosting several side events in Paris during the 21st UNFCCC Conference of Parties. Frances Seymour, Jonah Busch and Michele de Nevers will be sharing ongoing research from the forthcoming book, Why Forests? Why Now?(/page/why-forests-why-now-book-and-paper-series...
Oct
15
2015
4:00—5:30 PM
October 06, 2015
With nations signed up to the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, and looking ahead to an historic agreement on climate change in Paris, now is the time to underline the fundamental link between climate and development, and to identify practical solutions for both.CGD’s new report detail...
Dec
8
2014
8:00—10:00 PM
December 01, 2014
The Center for Global Development hosted two side events in Lima during the 20th UNFCCC Conference of Parties. On December 3rd and December 5th, CGD experts Frances Seymour and Jonah Busch presented findings from their forthcoming book, Why Forests? Why Now?, which draws upo...
CGD in the News
April 08, 2014
Michele de Nevers was attached to the World Bank delegation. She says the lack of an overarching agreement made setting a carbon price impossible. "Whether it was a high price or a low price didn't matter as much as the fact that there would be an agreement on what the reduction of emission...
Jan
16
2014
4:00—5:30 PM
December 19, 2013
AIDS Drugs for All: Social Movements and Market Transformations, a new book by Ethan Kapstein and Joshua Busby, describes the politics and economics of the profound transformation in the market for antiretroviral (ARV) medications from “high price, low volume” to “universal access.” How did that cha...
Oct
9
2013
9:00—6:30 PM
October 02, 2013
A Conference Co-Hosted by the Center for Global Development (CGD), the Korean Development Institute (KDI), and the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Mobilizing and allocating finance to address the global public goods dimensions of climate change—both emissions re...
Oct
1
2012
9:00—10:30 AM
September 20, 2012
Remarks by
H.E. Muni Figueres
Ambassador to the US, Embassy of Costa Rica
H.E. Dipu Moni
Foreign Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh
Featuring
Michele de Nevers
Visiting Senior Associate, Center for Global Development
Kirk Hamilton
Lead Economist, World Bank
Ross Mountain
...