At the end of August, Vermont was hit by catastrophic flooding as result of Hurricane Irene, which dumped six inches of rain on already saturated hillsides around the state. On Saturday, I (Beth …
Tropical Storm Irene Hits Close to Home
Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin (who is coping with life in newly flooded Vermont – she and family are okay BTW) posted a timely perspective on this week’s Irene disaster on Romm’s Climate …
Reducing Energy Demand: It’s Not Only About Technology And It Doesn’t Always Require Experts
In transforming our world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions there's room for the creativity of all of us. In our simulation modeling of the transition to a low-carbon economy, we find plenty of …
Australia’s Gillard Is Right on Climate Dynamics: “Nothing Hard Ever Gets Easier By Waiting”
"I've learned in my life that nothing hard ever gets easier by waiting." That was Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, addressing the national press club about her stance on carbon prices last …
The Costs of Delay: A Powerful New Report Incorporating C-ROADS Scenarios
Our partners at the ClimateWorks Foundation have just published an excellent new report: The Costs of Delay. The message of the report is one we at Climate Interactive emphasize whenever we get the …
Three Reasons To Keep on Working on Climate Education and Energy Policy
"Wow. I just want to cry. Please tell me we are making a difference."’ Those were the words of a colleague today after she watched a video illustrating a recent Bill McKibben essay about a rising …
The Importance of the Next Five and 10 Years – Climate Simulations Convey What the Author of the Widely Known Stern Report Considers the ‘Great Challenge’ of Climate Communication
Nicholas Stern, when asked in a recent interview by the MIT Technology Review, about the sense of urgency he was trying to convey in the Stern Review, published five years ago this fall, had this to …
No Change in the Climate Scoreboard at the Close of the Cancun Talks
With the acceptance of the Cancun Agreements, Climate Interactive’s Climate Scoreboard remains unchanged, showing that current pledges do not go far enough to achieve climate goals. No new pledges, …
Mexican Environment Minister Elvira – “Emissions Gap Report Will Be One of the Most Influential Documents Since AR4”
At a press conference at the UNFCCC climate talks in Mexico today UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner formally presented the Emissions Gap Report to the government of Mexico, and panelists including …
Emissions Gap Report Getting Wide Notice in Cancun
Yesterday, in a side event at COP-16 in Cancun, the Emissions Gap report was presented to a standing room only crowd, further evidence of wide interest in the question my co-authors and I designed …
UNEP Emissions Gap Report Released Today
Today, in events in Helsinki, London, Washington D. C., and Nairobi, the United Nations Environment Program is releasing its Emissions Gap Report which is now available on the both the UNEP webpage …
The Emissions Gap – A Webinar Briefing by Climate Interactive’s Elizabeth Sawin
One week before COP-16 in Cancun, what is the state of the global deal? Are the pledges in the Copenhagen Accord consistent with the goal of limiting global temperature increase to 1.5 – 2.0 °C? Dr. …