In the midst of its weeklong National Day holiday – also known as Golden Week – China has another reason to celebrate today. Seventy-two countries, accounting for nearly 57% of global GHG emissions, have now formally joined the Paris climate…
On the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, India formally joined the Paris Agreement to combat climate change. India’s decision to join signals the commitment to fighting one of the greatest challenges of our time. With India joining, the world is days…
Bipartisan legislation introduced last week by Representatives Ed Royce (R-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act (H.R. 6196), would take a much needed step toward confronting the problem of continually subsidizing the rebuilding of flood-prone properties…
NRDC in ActionConnecticut, Massachusetts, United StatesMelissa Denchak
After years of work by NRDC and its partners, about 5,000 square miles of ocean—with massive canyons, majestic underwater mountains, and more than 1,000 species—have received permanent protection.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today approved new international protections for thresher sharks, silky sharks and mobula rays by moving the species to Appendix II at the 17th Conference of…
At the close of the 2016 G20 Summit in Hangzhou last month, the G20’s Green Finance Study Group (GFSG), a group of countries and relevant international institutions chaired by China and the UK with support from the United Nations Environment…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — In an effort to curb the slaughter of African elephants, parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today recommended that countries with domestic ivory markets that contribute to elephant poaching or the…
Key messages from this report, which is the third of three reports by the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, are outlined below. Starting on page 53, the report highlights the important role of green investment banks and green…
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