Topic: international policy

An update on the role of forests and REDD in the international climate negotiations.

An update on climate adaptation efforts in the international climate negotiations.

An update on UNFCCC efforts to promote technology transfer between countries.

China’s rapid transition from participant to international leader is a challenge both for China itself and for the world.

As the UNFCCC prepares for its next formal meeting, questions about the Copenhagen Accord’s status remain.

This post originally appeared on ChinaFAQs.org.

China recently confirmed an ambitious goal t

To combat global warming, forests must be part of the solution. How can we make good forest stewardship a reality?

Brazil has turned its international climate commitments into national law, but that’s only the beginning.

On 23-25 February 2010, the World Resources Institute International Financial Flows and Environment project hosted a civil society climate finance strategy session at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton, Virginia.

The result from Copenhagen is an Accord that looks very different than what has come before.

Jonathan Lash, president of the World Resources Institute (WRI), will brief journalists on January 7 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on upcoming environmental issues in 2010, including climate, business action, water, forests and more.

Here is a Q&A on some of the most important legal questions surrounding the Copenhagen Accord.

Global Climate Pact Reached After Marathon Talks End in Copenhagen

Tough negotiations have finally yielded an important climate agreement today at the UN climate conference.

WRI Statement on U.S. Financial Commitment at Climate Conference

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that, if agreement is reached here this week, the United States will participate in a $100 billion fund to help developing countries most affected by climate change.

The following letter was sent to President Obama on behalf of 18 environmental and energy policy groups.