12/14/15 Irwin Stelzer The international conference on climate change attracted thousands of delegates from almost 200 nations. The Conference of the Parties21, so named for the parties that signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992 and had come to Paris for what was their 21st conference, came to an end with the […]
Irwin M Stelzer www.irwinstelzer.com 2/29/16 T he science of climate change may or may not be the certain thing that the president claims it is, but surely certain is the fact that he can push the Constitution only so far before the Supreme Court pushes back. Which is what it has done by granting the […]
Irwin M Stelzer www.irwinstelzer.com 9/5/16 President Obama will tolerate a lot for an opportunity to push his climate-change agenda. At this weekend’s G20 summit meeting of the world’s developed (aka “rich”) nations, which account for 85 percent of the world’s economy, his Chinese hosts really poured on the humiliation. Unlike every other national leader, Obama […]
THE MAGAZINE: From the March 13 Issue Irwin M Stelzer www.irwinstelzer.com 3/6/17 Donald Trump might turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the environmental movement. As Winston Churchill replied when his wife suggested his party’s loss might turn out to be just such a blessing in disguise, “At the moment it seems quite […]
Irwin M Stelzer www.irwinstelzer.com 7/6/17 Chinese president Xi Jinping is headed to the G20 meeting in Hamburg later this week planning to paint the town-no, not red-but green. Using President Trump’s decision to withdraw America from the Paris climate deal as an excuse, Xi will present himself as the new savior of the environment. As […]
Irwin Stelzer www.irwinstelzer.com 11/11/17 They have come to Bonn, Germany, some 25,000 diplomats, scientists, and lobbyists from some 200 nations to put flesh on the bare bones of the climate agreement signed two years ago. That’s when members of the congregation, gathered in Paris, pledged to limit further global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above […]
IRWIN STELZER Director, Economic Policy Studies October 2012 I am honored that President Anderson * has asked me to give the Inaugural Lecture in what I am certain will be a constructive series of discussions well, if not certain, hopeful. After all, energy policy is a field in which even constructive engagement, which is rare, […]
A television at the New York Stock Exchange shows President Trump announcing withdrawal from Paris Climate Accord June 1 2017 BRYAN R. SMITH AFPGetty Images_ Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris agreement has produced severe withdrawal symptoms at the New York Times and in environmentalists’ headquarters, or at least in some of them. It […]
They have come to Bonn, Germany, some 25,000 diplomats, scientists, and lobbyists from some 200 nations to put flesh on the bare bones of the climate agreement signed two years ago. That’s when members of the congregation, gathered in Paris, pledged to limit further global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (a target […]