Climate Change

More from the Series

Blog Post
Will More Red States Constrain More REDD+ Finance?
Frances Seymour
November 17, 2014
Among the many questions raised by the Republican takeover of the US Senate is what impact it will have on US international climate policy.
POLICY PAPERS
US Support for REDD+: Reflections on the Past and Future Outlook
Michael Wolosin
and
Donna Lee
November 17, 2014
The United States, as a nation with a strong connection to its large land base, has been a supporter over many years of forest management and conservation. Because this long-held vision is shared across a broad spectrum of the US public, the United States has been a strong supporter of using fore...
Blog Post
Are the US and G-20 Finally Leading on Climate?
Michele de Nevers
November 14, 2014
Update November 17: As expected, the United States and Japan announced their pledges of $3 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, to the Green Climate Fund at the G-20 summit in Australia.  The United Kingdom is set to announce a £650 million ($1 billion pledge) in Berlin later this week...
Blog Post
Tropical Forests Offer up to 24–30 Percent of Potential Climate Mitigation
Jonah Busch
and
Jens Engelmann
November 04, 2014
Blog Post
What If We Had a Safe and Natural Way to Capture and Store Carbon?
Frances Seymour
November 04, 2014
No need to imagine “what if?” In fact, we already have a safe and natural technology for carbon capture and storage (CCS). It’s called “tropical forests.”
WORKING PAPERS
Why Maintaining Tropical Forests Is Essential and Urgent for a Stable Climate - Working Paper 385
Rosa C. Goodman
and
Martin Herold
November 04, 2014
Tropical forests have the highest carbon density and cover more land area than forests in any other biome. They also serve a vital role as a natural buffer to climate change ―capturing 2.2–2.7 Gt of carbon per year. 
Blog Post
A Burning Issue for Indonesia’s New Jokowi Administration
Frances Seymour
October 24, 2014
On Monday October 20, Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”) was inaugurated as president of Indonesia.  As I wrote at the time of the election in July, Indonesia’s deforestation rate—now the world’s highest—and its oversized effect on global climate emissions are ...