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A History of the Climate Negotiations in Six Videos

December 15, 2020November 10, 2015 by John Foran

A few days ago, the topic for my undergraduate class, Earth in Crisis, taught to 150 students, half in Sociology and half in Environmental Studies at UC Santa Barbara, was “What a COP is Really Like, and What the Treaty Looks Like.”

Will the Paris Climate Talks Be Too Little and Too Late?

December 15, 2020September 18, 2015 by Fred Pearce

At the upcoming U.N. climate conference, most of the world’s major nations will pledge to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. But serious doubts remain as to whether these promised cuts will be nearly enough to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.