A robust climate pact from the United Nations meeting in Paris could urge nations and energy investors toward lower-emissions energy generation, the head of a global energy agency suggests.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
With the United Nations climate change conference imminent, the U.S. special envoy for climate change optimistically outlined what sort of agreement could drive the transition to a low-carbon world.Read More »Biogeosciences
The UK foreign minister argues for dealing with climate change with market-based solutions. Asked separately about this approach, a U.S. cabinet secretary supports the general goal.Read More »
Pledges so far by the United States, European Union, and China would require all other countries to emit 7 to 14 times less per capita than those three regions by 2030 to limit warming to 2°C.Read More »
Confirmation of Suzette Kimball as U.S. Geological Survey director might happen this time. In 2014, a Senate committee approved her nomination, but Congress adjourned before voting on confirmation.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
John Holdren, science adviser to President Obama, critiqued geoscience budget cuts passed by the House of Representatives and Congress members equating geosciences with climate change research.Read More »Science Policy & Funding
Two new surveys find that although large majorities of Americans and Canadians think that global warming is happening, relatively few of them think humans are causing it.Read More »
The satellite and science communities must engage with stakeholders to identify priorities and capabilities, enabling the most beneficial use of abundant satellite sensing data.Read More »
