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Displacement, Migration, and Climate Change: the Discussion at COP18

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COP Fellows Blog

Climate change loads the dice for more frequent and severe extreme weather events which lead to the displacement of people. Scientists are using new data to understand the motivations behind their exodus and definitively link the humanitarian challenge of migration with climate change....

New Zealand’s ultimate “COP Out” of the Kyoto Protocol: What will this latest move hold for the upcoming talks in Doha?

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COP Fellows Blog

New Zealand’s government announced in a statement on Nov.9 that it is not in the...

Obama’s Second Term – The World Awaits Much Needed Leadership on Climate Change

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COP Fellows Blog

“We want our children to live in an America that […] isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.” Many still remember this brief, yet hopeful and encouraging moment during ...

YCEI hosts side event exploring the air quality-climate change nexus at the UN Climate Conference in Doha, Qatar

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COP Fellows Blog

The Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) organized and hosted an interdisciplinary panel of climate scientists, policymakers, and practitioners at the UN Climate Conference held in Doha, Qatar last month to discuss the intersection of air quality and climate change science and policy.  While...

Addressing health within the COP framework

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COP Fellows Blog

Articles 1 and 4 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change charter make specific reference to human health, and the importance of seeing health as part of the broader need for bold action on climate change.  To go one step further, we need...

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