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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 7, 2008
Climate Change
Climate Change Expert Worries Financial Crisis Will be ’Excuse’ to Delay Action
The UN special envoy on climate change for Papua New Guinea discusses the implications the financial crisis has for international efforts on climate change.
October 28, 2022
Wars and Conflict
Nonstate Warfare: The Military Methods of Guerillas, Warlords, and Militias
Teaching Notes for Toxic Politics, authored by CFR Senior Fellow Yanzhong Huang, discuss how China’s environmental crisis is undermining public health and becoming an Achilles heel in its reemergence as a global power.
May 31, 2013
How to Fix America
In the Foreign Affairs article, “Can America Be Fixed?” (January/February 2013), CNN’s Fareed Zakaria makes the case that the American democratic system has been growing increasingly dysfunctional si…
June 21, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Bipartisan Attacks on Facebook IPO
Lawmakers from both parties are pressuring the SEC to scrutinize Facebook’s IPO (WSJ). In a letter to the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the House Oversight and Gov…
April 26, 2012
United States
The Pentagon’s Threat Smorgasbord
Last week, while discussing U.S. military planning for the Korean Peninsula, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned, “No question we’re within an inch of war almost every day in that part of the wo…
