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Protecting Chihuahuan Grassland Habitat of Migratory Birds

December 17, 2018 Expert BlogCarolina Herrera

NRDC’s new Story Map celebrates the extraordinary Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands and highlights the need to protect this natural habitat and its water resources for generations to come.

Cuomo Calls for Bold Environmental, Energy Action in “2019 Justice Agenda”

December 17, 2018 Press ReleaseNew York

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today unveiled his “2019 Justice Agenda,” outlining a suite of ambitious proposals, including a series of bold environmental and energy commitments.

2019: A Year of Climate Ambition for Chile

December 17, 2018 Expert BlogAmanda Maxwell

The coming year will be a critical one for our planet. As the host of COP25, Chile specifically and Latin America more broadly have a wide-open opportunity to demonstrate vision and leadership on ambitious action that helps the entire world…

Climate Change Literature that Made Waves in 2018

December 17, 2018 Expert BlogRob Moore

What were the books, reports, articles, etc. that that made waves in the arena of climate change in 2018? Find out what made my recommended reading list this year.

Don’t Let the $139,000 Door Hit You on the Way Out, Secretary Zinke

December 15, 2018 Press ReleaseUnited States

Ryan Zinke, who will leave his post as Secretary of the Interior by the end of the year, had no business leading that agency.

Interior Secretary Zinke to Resign Amid Flurry of Investigations

December 15, 2018 Expert BlogNRDC

He spent his time at the agency propping up the fossil fuel industry and attacking our public lands.

COP24 Adopts Sound Rules, World Must Do More to Curb Climate Change

December 15, 2018 Press ReleaseInternational

The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24), the international summit to address dangerous climate change, reached a successful conclusion today, setting the stage for more aggressive action on climate and clean energy by the world community.

Paris Agreement Ambition: Stepping Up Countries' Targets

December 15, 2018 Expert BlogBrendan Guy

The climate talks in Poland fired the starting gun for countries to step up the ambition of their climate targets by 2020 in line with the latest sobering science on climate change. Now countries must sprint to complete the next…

Paris Agreement: Delivering Better Rules, Higher Ambition

December 15, 2018 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

Good news from Katowice, Poland: The community of nations today agreed to key elements of a rulebook to guide their individual efforts to combat dangerous climate change over the next decade.

Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Country Progress

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

One of the key elements of the decisions in Poland were rules around the "Transparency and Accountability" provisions to implement the Paris Agreement— how we will track progress and hold countries accountable to deliver their national and international climate commitments…

Paris Agreement Rulebook: Tracking Financial Flows

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogHan Chen

The key tasks for the next few years are to (1) ramp up climate finance through the Green Climate Fund and other channels, (2) shift resources out of high-carbon projects into low-carbon activities across the economy, and (3) to make…

The United States Embarrassed Itself at the Climate Summit in Poland

December 14, 2018 Latest NewsUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

COP24 attendees mocked the Trump administration for its “clean coal” fantasies—while a shadow delegation of climate-conscious Americans quietly worked the room, mending fences.

Cheapest AND Cleanest: Renewables Are Winning

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

As 2018 closes, it’s now safe to say that clean renewable energy is at an inflection point. Cost is no longer the biggest challenge to greater adoption of wind and solar; it is now the rules of the power markets…

Communities & Climate: A New Way to Measure Vulnerability

December 14, 2018 Expert BlogMarissa Ramirez

What decisions need to be collectively made to withstand climate change while centering climate justice and equity? How can solutions be developed that underscore climate vulnerability and chart a new path on which all people can be included?

NRDC India: 10 Years of Partnership

December 13, 2018 Expert BlogAnjali Jaiswal

NRDC is dedicated to our partners and to achieving prosperous and sustainable growth for all in India. We look forward to doing even more in the decade to come.