5 years later - Happy Birthday, Paris Agreement? Analysis December 12, 2020, will be the 5th anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement. This analysis provides important materials and pursues the questions: Where do we stand in dealing with the climate crisis? What false solutions must be avoided? And how can we push the urgently needed radical course change in pursuit of climate justice? By Lili Fuhr , Linda Schneider , Liane Schalatek and Lisa Tostado
Urgently wanted: a US stimulus package in which more than the dollar bills are green Analysis Numerous progressive proposals for a Green (New Deal) Recovery will see their chances for implementation after November at the earliest By Liane Schalatek
With or without the Paris Agreement –Trump won’t have the Last Word on US Climate Policy With states, cities, and citizens willing to double down and move ahead with climate commitments, the global community can still count on many Americans’ willingness to act responsibly in support of global climate actions, even if their White House is not. Unfortunately, such activism will not make up for the failure of the Trump administration to make good on its international climate finance obligation. By Liane Schalatek and Nora Löhle
“We’ll always have Paris” At the UN’s COP 22 climate conference in Marrakech, the international community closed ranks despite (or perhaps because of?) the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president. By Lili Fuhr , Liane Schalatek and Simon Ilse
