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Mar 12, 2015

AP Covers Atlantic Council Event with Secretary Kerry

By Atlantic Council

The AP covered an Atlantic Council event featuring remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry on the importance of the 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP21) climate change negotiations:

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2015

‘Global Solution’ Needed to Fight Climate Change, Says Kerry

By Ashish Kumar Sen

‘There is no Planet B’: In Atlantic Council address, Secretary turns up heat on global warming deniers Climate change is “one of the biggest threats” facing the Earth today, and anything less than a “global solution” to fight it will not work, US Secretary of State John F. Kerry said March 12. In an impassioned […]

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 12, 2015

Washington Post Quotes Secretary Kerry from Atlantic Council Event

By Atlantic Council

The Washington Post quotes Secretary of State John Kerry on the global energy market from at Atlantic Council event on the importance of the 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP21) climate change negotiations:

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Nov 14, 2014

US-China Climate Deal: Less Than Meets the Eye

By Robert A. Manning

Mutual Vow Won’t Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions, But May Help Advance More Serious Accords The US-China climate change deal unveiled by President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping this week in Beijing has been heralded as a historic breakthrough in the effort to reduce climate change. But is it?

China
Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist

Nov 14, 2014

Strategizing in Singapore

By Joseph Hammond

A Tiny State, Vulnerable over Its Water Supply, Turns Weakness into Strength A four-week dry spell wouldn’t be a crisis in most Southeast Asian countries, but when February became Singapore’s driest month in 150-plus years, the city-state’s six million people were reminded sharply that water scarcity has become a core national security issue. Singapore has […]

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

In the News

Jun 3, 2014

Lyons’ Report “Produced Water: Asset or Waste?” Featured

By Blythe Lyons

The Energy Collective features a report on “produced water” authored by Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Energy and Enivronment Program Blythe Lyons:

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

In the News

May 6, 2014

Huntsman: GOP Focus on Climate Change Should Be “Neither Denial Nor Extremism”

By Jon M. Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon Huntsman writes for the New York Times on the shift away from the issue of climate change among Republicans and why the party should not ignore it: 

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

Press Release

Apr 11, 2014

Atlantic Council Report Highlights the Hard Reality for International Climate Agreements

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2014 WASHINGTON – Following the release of the second installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report and renewed calls for a comprehensive international climate agreement, the Atlantic Council’s Energy and Environment Program has produced a paper describing the political and legal realities constraining formal participation by […]

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

Event Recap

Jun 19, 2012

Water and Watts: the Potential to Save Energy and Water in the Municipal, Industrial, and Commercial Sectors

By Adrienne Chuck

The third meeting in the Atlantic Council’s series on the Energy Water Nexus, the June 19th workshop entitled “Water and Watts” addressed the potential to save energy and water in the municipal, industrial, and commercial sectors.

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

Event Recap

Mar 23, 2012

Setting Boundaries on Transboundary Water Conflicts

By Jason Harmala

On Friday, March 23, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and International Security Program hosted a session on preventing and resolving conflicts over freshwater resources shared across national boundaries.

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

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