Policies designed to counter deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries must account for the needs of indigenous communities that depend on forest resources.
President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana will give the keynote speech at WRI’s official side event at the Copenhagen climate conference on Tuesday December 15.
Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (D-S.C.) have released a significant bipartisan framework for climate legislation.
All the latest emission reduction pledges from developed countries, including recent announcements from the U.S. and Russia, are incorporated in an interactive Web application released by the World Resources Institute (WRI) here today at the U.N. climate conference.