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Sullivan in The National News: You need to worry about your ‘virtual water’ consumption

New Atlanticist Nov 12, 2021

COP26 is coming to a close. Here are the wins and losses.

By Dan Peleschuk

We pulled together a selection of our experts’ commentary on what mattered at COP26 (and what didn’t).
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Sullivan in The National News: You need to worry about your ‘virtual water’ consumption

New Atlanticist Nov 7, 2021

The infrastructure bill is just the start. These Congress members are pushing to make climate action bipartisan.

By Katherine Walla

Severe weather events, the prospects for jobs, and youth activism are changing the political climate, lawmakers said at an Atlantic Council event at the COP26 summit.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Sullivan in The National News: You need to worry about your ‘virtual water’ consumption

New Atlanticist Nov 3, 2021

Can innovation save the planet?

By Dan Peleschuk

Policy heavyweights Bill Gates and John Kerry and experts from the UAE and Kenya joined the Atlantic Council at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss the technological breakthroughs that can make a lasting impact on climate change.
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Sullivan in The National News: You need to worry about your ‘virtual water’ consumption

The Big Story Aug 31, 2021

Heat is killing us—and the economy too

By Kathy Baughman McLeod

Most people know the knock-on effects of global warming by now: rising sea levels, mass extinction of plants and wildlife, worsening floods, fires, and hurricanes. But heat itself is too often overlooked as a destructive force in its own right.
Climate Change & Climate Action Resilience
Sullivan in The National News: You need to worry about your ‘virtual water’ consumption

Fast Thinking Aug 9, 2021

FAST THINKING: What the UN climate report didn’t say

By Atlantic Council

The report maps a path to avert planetary catastrophe if humans completely stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2050. But is that even possible?
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Sullivan in The National News: You need to worry about your ‘virtual water’ consumption

New Atlanticist Jun 29, 2021

Carbon border adjustment mechanisms: Will innovative climate policy launch a trade war?

By Mark Linscott

The path forward is likely to be full of drama, showdowns, and uncertainty. Here are the key questions raised by the hypothetical trade restrictions known as CBAMs.
Climate Change & Climate Action Economy & Business

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Veterans Advanced Energy Project

The Veterans Advanced Energy Project is designed to drive US leadership in advanced energy by recruiting, equipping, and empowering military veterans who understand the importance of the evolving energy landscape to our future security and prosperity.

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Online Event Thu, November 11, 2021 • 2:00 pm ET

#ArshtRockatCOP: A conversation with the first-ever chief heat officers
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Online Event Tue, November 2, 2021 • 11:30 am ET

#ArshtRockatCOP: Mayors for heat action
Africa Climate Change & Climate Action Europe & Eurasia Resilience & Society
Online Event Tue, October 26, 2021 • 9:00 am ET

Raising climate ambition on the road to COP26: Perspectives from the United Arab Emirates
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Online Event Mon, October 18, 2021 • 8:00 am ET

Mayor of Seville, Spain announces heatwave naming and categorization initiative
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Online Event Wed, October 20, 2021 • 10:00 am ET

Freetown mayor announces Africa’s first chief heat officer
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Experts

Millennium Leadership Fellow

Sweta Chakraborty

U.S. Representative, We Don’t Have Time

Millennium Leadership Program

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Millennium Leadership Fellow

David Dorosz

Deputy Mayor of Budapest for Climate and Development, City of Budapest

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Climate Change & Climate Action

Staff

Jorge Gastelumendi

Director, Global Policy

Adrienne Arsht – Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

Resilience Climate Change & Climate Action

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Jeff Goodell

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht – Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

Climate Change & Climate Action Resilience

Staff

Giovanna Grigsby-Rocca

Deputy Director, Extreme Heat Program

Adrienne Arsht – Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

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Molly Jahn

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

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In the News by Paul Sullivan

Nov 21, 2021

Sullivan in The National News: You need to worry about your ‘virtual water’ consumption

In the News by Paul Sullivan

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist by Marie Jourdain

Nov 19, 2021

Climate security can help bring the US and France together once again

New Atlanticist by Marie Jourdain

After strained ties caused by AUKUS, how should the United States and France repair their bilateral relationship? By spearheading climate security.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News by Atlantic Council

Nov 19, 2021

Nooruddin joined France24 to discuss: How to clear the air? India grapples with killer smog

In the News by Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council

Nov 16, 2021

FAST THINKING: Breaking down the Biden-Xi virtual summit

Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council

While the three-and-a-half-hour talk reportedly covered trade, Taiwan, and human rights, it produced no major breakthroughs. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a big deal.

China Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist by Dan Peleschuk

Nov 12, 2021

COP26 is coming to a close. Here are the wins and losses.

New Atlanticist by Dan Peleschuk

We pulled together a selection of our experts' commentary on what mattered at COP26 (and what didn't).

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

COP26 by Atlantic Council

Nov 12, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford debate COP26 and the Pentagon’s new report on China’s military buildup

COP26 by Atlantic Council

On November 5, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford assessing the latest news in international affairs. In the column, they discuss climate progress and pitfalls at COP26, including discrepancies between China’s climate commitments and actions. Later, they assess capabilities and intentions in […]

Arms Control China

Press Release

Nov 11, 2021

Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center announces partnership with US Department of State

Press Release

Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center partners with US Department of State to launch campaign for renewed hemispheric cooperation alongside the ninth Summit of the Americas

Americas Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Nov 10, 2021

Bell in Senator Coons press release on first bipartisan delegation to COP26 climate conference

In the News

Climate Change & Climate Action United States and Canada

In the News by Atlantic Council

Nov 9, 2021

Manning in The Hill: The tragic politics of climate change

In the News by Atlantic Council

On November 9, Robert Manning published an op-ed in The Hill on the COP26 climate conference and the US stance at the conference. Manning pointed to the dark irony of President Biden calling on countries to end their dependence on oil while at the same time asking OPEC countries to increase their production. There were […]

China Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

Nov 7, 2021

The infrastructure bill is just the start. These Congress members are pushing to make climate action bipartisan.

New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla

Severe weather events, the prospects for jobs, and youth activism are changing the political climate, lawmakers said at an Atlantic Council event at the COP26 summit.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
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