The Chamber is an accredited observer to the UNFCCC and has been a strong and constructive presence in the Business and Industry Non-Governmental Organization observer group. GEI supports continued U.S. participation in the Paris agreement discussions, in addition to sustained global cooperation to tackle climate change.
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping recently issued a joint announcement on climate change. Anyone expecting to find something new in this latest release will come away sorely disappointed. Both leaders plowed the same ground in previous statements and in the U.S. and China
On Monday, ministers from the Artic Council and other countries put pen to paper on a Joint Statement on Climate Change and the Arctic “reaffirm[ing] our commitment to take urgent action to slow the pace of warming in the Arctic.” But as The Diplomat and the Russian news channel RT report, China
On June 3, we posted an analysis of the Obama Administration’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution—or INDC—it submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Obama Administration pledged that the United States will slash its net greenhouse gas emissions 28% below
China yesterday submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, or INDC, to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The INDC sketches China’s post-2020 commitment that is expected to be part of a new international climate change pact to be adopted in Paris later this year. Here’s
Let’s face it: Breakthroughs aren’t what they used to be, especially when it comes to climate change negotiations. Take today’s G7 Leaders’ Declaration. Hailed as adding needed momentum to the UN-sponsored talks set to conclude a new international climate change agreement in Paris later this year
In recent testimony before Congress, the Energy Institute’s Karen Harbert took the Obama Administration to task for failing to explain how the country was supposed to meet the greenhouse gas emissions goal outlined in the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution—or INDC—it submitted to the United Nations. It looks like others are beginning to catch on.
As this year’s United Nations climate change negotiations wind their way to a conclusion in Paris in December, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. While much of the focus has been on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets included in the Intended Nationally Determined
To: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, & Technology Thank you, Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Johnson, and members of the Committee. I am Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy (Institute), an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the
