This second of two posts about the Tianjin climate talks gets into the dismal politics responsible for the stalled policies. The climate talks in Tianjin last week did very little to improve the prospects for a binding international treaty, which would reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are warming the globe. In the wake [...]
Posts Tagged ‘India’
A Ray of Light In China? EPA administrator attempts to defuse climate standoff
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged Brazil, Cancun, China, Climate Change, Environmental, EPA, India, Kyoto Protocol, South Africa, Tianjin, UN on October 15, 2010 |
Dancing in the Dark: The Danger of Letting Business Lead on Climate Protection
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged Business, China, Climate Change, Clinton Global Initiative, Dance, e-Waste, Energy, Environment, Google, Government, India, Mobile, Nuclear, South Africa, UN on September 22, 2010 |
This was my write up of the first of a handful of great panel discussions I saw at CGI. In a candid session on energy and the environment at the Clinton Global Initiative yesterday, the world’s lead climate negotiator Christiana Figueres explained why her organization, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), had [...]
Privatizing Climate Protection: A New Approach to Fighting Global Warming?
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged Business, Cancun, Climate Change, Clinton Global Initiative, Greenwash, India, New York City, Regulation, UN on September 21, 2010 |
This the first piece I wrote at the 2010 Clinton Global Initiative in New York City. Having missed the opening day of what was a busy week full of high-level climate talks, I had to rely on the reporting of other journalists. However, even with that handicap, I picked up on one of the (problematic) [...]
Why China is Unwilling to Play the Climate Negotiation Game
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged Brazil, Cancun, China, Climate Change, Climate Finance, Copenhagen Accord, Environment, India, Japan, Kyoto Protocol, Mexico, South Africa, UN on September 8, 2010 |
While the embattled Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may have been the leading climate-related news the past couple weeks, of more importance to the international negotiations were two meetings at opposite ends of the globe. A week ago Saturday, China and Japan held a one-day ministerial level meeting in Beijing to discuss economic matters, among [...]
Flooding, Fires, and Climate Finance: Is there enough fast-start funding?
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged BASIC, Bonn, Brazil, Cancun, China, Climate Finance, Copenhagen Accord, Environment, India, Kyoto Protocol, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, World Resources Institute on August 26, 2010 |
The World Resources Institute recently released updated estimates of the “fast-start” climate mitigation and adaption commitments rich nations made to poor countries after the Copenhagen summit. The headline figures are pretty impressive: Developed nations have set aside an estimated $27.9 billion, a combined total that is only $2 billion shy of the amount they promised [...]
Mexico’s Climate Gamble: Can It Salvage the Cancun Summit?
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged China, Climate Change, Copenhagen Accord, Environment, India, Kyoto, Mexico on August 23, 2010 |
Add another line to the resume: I’ve been accepted as a Huffington Post blogger. This green piece, originally written for UN Dispatch, is my first to be republished there. I have now joined hundreds of unpaid journalists, PR flacks, politicians, and celebrities who are all pushing our particular message on Arianna’s tremendously popular web platform. [...]
Climate Change: Desperate Measures
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Africa, China, Environment, India on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This box, my first piece to be featured in Mother Jones magazine, was based on some research I did for my “Lines in the sand” article. I pitched the concept for this box on my third day in the DC bureau and was very pleasantly surprised when it was picked to run in print. Four [...]
Green.view: Lines in the sand
Posted in The Economist, tagged Arctic, China, Environment, Foreign Policy, History, India on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please click here to read the original post or make a comment. UPDATE: This has been my most recommended (68) and commented on (29) article to date. Granted, some of the responses were from delusional climate change skeptics, but at least it’s nice to know people are reading! Climate change could ignite wars in volatile regions THE Matterhorn, an [...]
A Controversial Homecoming for “Slumdog”
Posted in More Intelligent Life, tagged Film, India on January 28, 2009 |
At the Jaipur Literature Festival on January 22nd, celebrations were the order of the evening. “Slumdog Millionaire” had just been nominated for ten Oscars, best original song among them. Gulzar, the songwriter of “Jai ho”, the first Hindi song nominated for the honour, was in attendance. When Gulzar was asked about the controversies surrounding the hotly anticipated [...]
A Squalid, Feel-Good Export
Posted in More Intelligent Life, tagged Film, India on January 15, 2009 |
Despite my disappointment with his last film, I decided to give Danny Boyle another chance and see “Slumdog Millionaire” in late November. Like Boyle, who admitted to never having been to India before he began shooting in Mumbai, I entered the theatre with some naivety. And like most everyone who has seen this amazing film [...]
