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PEN Weather Report: What Can We Do? [video]

With Jostein Gaarder, James Hansen, Frederic Hauge, Bjørn Lomborg, Bill McKibben, Andrew Revkin, and Cynthia Rosenzweig; moderated by Robert Silvers As part of our continuing collaboration with The New York Review of Books and the Fritt Ord Freedom of Expression Foundation of Norway, we are pleased to present a major...

 
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig talks about urban climate change solutions at Michigan State University [video]

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig talks about urban climate change solutions at Michigan State University [video]

As part of the Bioeconomy and Global Climate Change distinguished lecture series at, Cynthia Rosenzweig (Lead Scientist, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA) discusses the newest phase of climate change research, how cities are most vulnerable to changes and how smaller cities can apply solutions used in mega-cities. Thanks...

 

Cities Are Moving Ahead – Stephen Hammer

This is the thirty-third of a continuing series of essays and interviews from Earth Institute scientists on the prospects for a global climate-change treaty. Check with us daily for news and perspectives, and to make comments, as events unfold throughout the Copenhagen meetings. Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/exfordy/128589412/  Although...

 
 

Mayoral Training in China

In 2008, the Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy (JUCCCE) was asked by the Chinese government to develop an energy policy training program for the mayors of cities across China. JUCCCE, a Chinese NGO, reached out to Dr. Stephen Hammer, the Director of the Urban Energy Program at Columbia’s Center for Energy, Marine...

 

Global Progress Assesment

For immediate release Seoul, Korea,  May 19, 2009—The Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) will host the “Mayors’ IPCC” Symposium on Thursday, 21 May, at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Korea, from 12:30 to 17:00, immediately following the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit. At the Symposium, a side event to the...