Stories Archive: December, 2008

16 members of the US Climate Action Partnership (US-CAP), including WRI, sent this letter to Congress and the incoming Obama Administration last week.

Despite the global economic downturn, China’s environmental and renewable energy sectors are poised for another year of strong growth.

Environmental Stories to Watch is WRI’s annual survey of emerging issues that could have major impacts on environmental coverage. At the Newseum, WRI President Jonathan Lash unveiled what he predicts will be the four “Stories to Watch” in 2009.

The argument that developing countries are taking no action to address climate change is wrong.

Despite slow progress at COP-14, the national climate action plans of several key countries announced this year are signs of progress.

If we are to solve the climate problem, our current generation of conventional, CO2 intensive coal plants must be our last.

The United States signed on to the most universally supported treaty on climate change, the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was designed to protect the world from the dangerous effects of climate change. Although the U.S. did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol, the next round of negotiations on a follow-up treaty are currently underway and the U.S. must consider how to re-engage in the international climate change process.

WRI and a group of corporate green power purchasers explore whether long-term green power contracts can be a win-win for providers and consumers.

The following comments were submitted to the Asian Development Bank in 2008, regarding its Safeguard Policy Statement.

Increasing pressure on natural resources will mean higher costs along corporate supply chains.