Current national pledges for climate action under the Copenhagen Accord are stronger than ever, writes Andrew Light. But national policies are still in search of an international framework to make them reliable.
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Andrew Light talks about what we can expect from the international climate change negotiations taking place in Cancun, Mexico this week.
Our new report demonstrates the possible gains from clean energy investments in developing countries mobilized by public and private capital.
The United States and the U.N. Foundation launched a new initiative Tuesday that brings together the win-win solutions needed to improve health and fight carbon pollution, write Arpita Bhattacharyya and Andrew Light.
President Obama codifies the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force recommendations, taking a big step to preserve our oceans, write Laura Cantral and Andrew Light.
The American Power Act will prevent climate change and help usher in the clean energy economy, say Richard W. Caperton and Andrew Light.
A recent survey demonstrates that many forecasters embrace their role as informal science educators. Edward Maibach and Andrew Light say it's an opportunity to boost public understanding of global warming.
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Interactive map from Andrew Light and Sean Pool shows that 110 countries now support a new global effort to achieve climate safety.
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Kari Manlove, Andrew Light, Kate Gordon, and Richard Caperton on how to ensure multilateral development banks finance clean and renewable energy projects to combat global warming.
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Andrew Light explains why commitments under the Copenhagen Accord so far put us on a path to achieve global climate safety.
Rebecca Lefton, Andrew Light, and Daniel J. Weiss on what you need to know following the United Nations International Climate Change Summit.
Up until the wee hours of this morning, the consensus view was that this meeting was about to fall apart completely. Some of the most trusted environmental journalists I know, who have the most astute anti-“sky is falling” meters in the business were saying it, so everyone was saying it.
If Copenhagen fails, blame the process and not the parties, says Andrew Light from the front lines of the conference.
Andrew Light, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, talks to Clean Skies News from outside the Bella Centre during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Light weighs in on the progress of the talks so far and whether or not he thinks an agreement will be reached.
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Andrew Light discusses an alternative method of measuring emission reductions, how it would affect U.S. efforts, and whether global emission reduction efforts are achievable.