Stories: International Cooperation on Climate & Energy

Chinese suppliers can improve their business performance by adopting high environmental standards, according to a new working paper by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE). The paper, “Greening Supply Chains in China,” highlights the experiences of five companies in China that have worked to improve their environmental performance.

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As the Tianjin climate negotiations come to a close, progress remains patchy. The forecast is still cloudy, but rays of sunlight are just starting to peak through.

Countries should step back and look at what their leaders agreed to in Copenhagen as they prepare for Tianjin and beyond.

Leading US-China Experts Discuss Tianjin and US-China Climate and Energy Issues.

Two countries that once eyed each other warily, India and the United States are building trust through mutually beneficial partnerships on climate and energy.

Fact Sheet: U.S. Climate Action in 2009-2010

While federal climate change legislation has stalled, federal agencies, states, and Congress made some progress on controlling greenhouse gas emissions in the past two years.

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In advance of the summit between President Obama and Prime Minister Singh as well as the United Nations climate change negotiations in Mexico, the World Resources Institute

Could a major industrialized country be powered entirely by renewable energy? Germany wants to be the first to try.

The German Embassy and the World Resources Institute will be hosting an event to discuss policies for Germany and the United States to move to a low-carbon future, as part of the German government’s “Transatlantic Climate Bridge” initiative.