Stories: International Cooperation on Climate & Energy

Two countries that once eyed each other warily, India and the United States are building trust through mutually beneficial partnerships on climate and energy.

Fact Sheet: U.S. Climate Action in 2009-2010

While federal climate change legislation has stalled, federal agencies, states, and Congress made some progress on controlling greenhouse gas emissions in the past two years.

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In advance of the summit between President Obama and Prime Minister Singh as well as the United Nations climate change negotiations in Mexico, the World Resources Institute

Could a major industrialized country be powered entirely by renewable energy? Germany wants to be the first to try.

The German Embassy and the World Resources Institute will be hosting an event to discuss policies for Germany and the United States to move to a low-carbon future, as part of the German government’s “Transatlantic Climate Bridge” initiative.

The InterAcademy Council (IAC) released a report today detailing its findings on the processes and procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

This paper was informed from an expert group meeting held at Columbia University, New York, on March 31, 2010.

This piece originally appeared on the World Bank Climate Change Blog.

An update on the role of climate finance in the international climate negotiations.

The World Bank must systematically address issues of environmental and social sustainability in its mainstream investments.