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January 11, 2016
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 ...
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October 14, 2015
The domestic emissions cuts that countries are expected to pledge
unilaterally by the time of the Paris Agreement will not deliver the
emission reductions needed through 2030 to avoid catastrophic
impacts of climate change. In the most optimistic scenario, we can
get about halfway there.
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August 07, 2012
Reducing carbon emissions from forest clearing and degradation has become an important part of the international climate agenda. But how can we create incentives to reduce deforestation, and how can we measure success? My guest on this week’s Wonkcast, visiting senior associate Michele de ...
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June 18, 2012
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde startled IFI watchers last week by warning at a CGD-hosted speech that the world faces “a triple crisis—an economic crisis, an environmental crisis and, increasing, a social crisis.”
Lagarde’s remarks, which I report on at greater length here, would n...