Climate Change

The New Zealand example, while well-intentioned, shows that developed countries cannot and should not merely skip to the end result.

In October 2018, the UN-convened Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered a high confidence estimate that the world has 12 years to achieve net CO2 emission reductions to limit global warming to 1.5° C. Shortly thereafter, Oxfam put out a blog post calling out the inter...

Amid the ongoing discussions at COP25, Arthur Baker rekindles “SkyShares"—a CGD idea that would lock in emissions reductions at the lowest possible cost and support developing countries’ poverty reduction efforts. Explore the interactive framework.

These remarks were prepared for the Global Development Network (GDN) 2019 Conference, held in Bonn, Germany on October 23-24, 2019. 

Forests have been all over the news recently as the Brazilian Amazon burns and the world reacts. One of the most consequential decisions for India’s forests will be made soon in a surprising place—the country’s 15th Finance Commission.

The UK Prime Minister announced during his visit to the UN General Assembly that one billion pounds worth of overseas development assistance (ODA) will be used to set up the ‘Ayrton Fund’ to support British scientists “and other scientists from around the world” to &ldqu...