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Sustainable Development key at APEC Symposium on Human Capital Policies for Green Growth & Employment

By   |   March 22, 2012

The U.S. Department of Education this week hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Human Capital Policies for Green Growth and Employment Project Symposium. I had the pleasure to participate as an observer …

Here Be Dragons, Hopefully: Sydney Joins Effort to Save Komodo Dragons in 2012

By   |   February 1, 2012

We’ve gone a full week without Komodo dragon news on Wildlife Promise (see Megan Blevins’s timely ‘Year of the Dragon’ post here). That’s as intolerable as eating less than 80% …

Building Bridges: Can Eco-Schools Help Build a Stronger Sustainability Bridge Between Portland and Hong Kong?

By   |   January 20, 2012

This week  I had the pleasure of attending a meeting hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Assistant Administrator and Chief Information Officer, Malcolm Jackson, for Portland, Oregon, Mayor …

New Documentary on Deforestation’s Threat to Lemurs

By   |   September 13, 2011

Humans may have only one planet, but imagine if we had only one island? That’s the reality for lemurs, primates that live only on Madagascar. And as a new documentary …

Progress in Cancun Climate Talks, Much Left To Do

By   |   December 11, 2010

In the wee hours of the morning, international negotiators announced we had an agreement in Cancun on some forward steps, building blocks toward a binding treaty we hope. There’s still a …

In Cancun and Congress, Pressing for Clean Energy Jobs ASAP

By   |   December 9, 2010

  As the Cancun climate talks proceed in balmy 75 degrees weather, the U.S. Senate stands on the precipice of a vote on a controversial new tax bill. Unfortunately, key …

VIDEO – BP Disaster Looms Over Climate Talks in Cancun

By   |   December 7, 2010

The well is capped but NWF President and CEO Larry Schweiger is pressing the case at the climate treaty talks in Cancun that fossil fuel extraction remains an inherently dangerous business.  …

Stopping Massive Deforestation – A Bright Spot at Climate Talks

  |   December 7, 2010

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, expectations are pretty modest for climate progress at the international talks here in Cancun. There are some places where we can and must act, …

VIDEO – Update from the International Climate Talks

By   |   December 6, 2010

The international climate talks can be complex to summarize and are certainly massive in scope. Hans Verolme, NWF climate negotiations adviser, helps cut through the clutter and in this video talks about …

Kyoto Love Letter Tries to Rekindle Romance at Climate Talks

By   |   December 6, 2010

Love affairs can lose their spark, and turn bittersweet, like the candy “Time for Climate Justice” is handing out at the climate talks in Cancun. Has the international community fallen …

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