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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...

The YCEI Fellows Reflect on COP-18

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COP Fellows Blog
Now back in New Haven, CT, a week after the conclusion of the 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, the Yale Climate & Energy Institute’s COP18 Fellows  reflect on their experiences and some of the key highlights of the conference.
 

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SECOND TIME AROUND: REFLECTIONS FROM COP17 TO COP18

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COP Fellows Blog

For a week I have been trying to put my finger on the cause of the fog that I feel at COP18.

Durban felt better than Doha. There is a lingering feeling that something vital is missing, and I’m...

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