climate – Andy Sternberg

Essential Elements of a Copenhagen Agreement

Andy Sternberg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:32:44 +0000

Foundation for a Low Carbon Future: Essential Elements of a Copenhagen Agreement –

In December 2009, twenty thousand people, including about 40 heads of state, will converge in Copenhagen to decide how the world responds to escalating climate change over the next half century.

If successful, the meeting of 192 member countries of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will send a clear signal to business and industry, governments and citizens around the world. Commitments made and mechanisms agreed will signal that the future belongs to a low-carbon economy and that tomorrow’s winners will be those that invest in clean energy solutions. It will also set in motion swift support for the most vulnerable in adapting to a warming world.

Copenhagen should serve as a foundation for and springboard to a new legally binding global climate agreement. Realistically, the summit is likely to result in a foundational outcome that encourages immediate action to reduce emissions and signals commitment to greater action in the near future. The negotiations are likely to conclude in a series of decisions that will lock in progress made so far, together with an overarching high-level political declaration that the final agreement will be legally binding. This new, comprehensive, and legally binding instrument will be the goal of negotiations in 2010, once the United States has passed the domestic legislation necessary to commit to a final target and timetable for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

via World Resources Institute.

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Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act – Full Text – Don’t Say You Never Saw It

Andy Sternberg — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:27:06 +0000

Sens. Kerry and Boxer introduced the senate’s version of the climate and clean energy bill today. This is ultimately good news as we just finished thanking senators in advance for passing it (With the Love, The Climate Giveaway). The senate now has about eight weeks to deliberate and hopefully pass an effective bill so President Obama can sign it in advance of December’s UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. All 821 pages of the bill embedded below.

Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act –

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Here’s the SUmmary:

Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act: Summary –

Using Social Media for Positive Reinforcement: #lovetheclimate giveaway

Andy Sternberg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:47:25 +0000

Over the past few weeks of completely ignoring this blog and much else outside the scope of my work with Live Earth I’ve been swirling in social media madness surrounding our #lovetheclimate giveaway. It’s Global Climate week and we wanted to come up with a fun, positive way to get the word through to U.S. Senators that we need to pass a comprehensive climate bill. And soon. Preferably before the UNCCC in Copenhagen this December. Below are segments of my posts on the giveaway — I’d love it if you could share something. Either way, you’re welcome to enter.

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Enter to win great prizes in our “Love, The Climate” Giveaway by Friday, September 25!

We’ve received hundreds of incredible submissions answering the question: “What would the climate have to say if it were happy and healthy and had a voice?” and thanking our senators from a bright and sunny future for creating a world full of green jobs and renewable energy.

Here’s what you can do:

	Post to the Facebook Page
	Tweet a message to your friends with the hashtag #lovetheclimate
	Upload a video
	Add a photo to our Photo pool

Leave a voicemail at 347-422-6392 or click the Google Voice widget, enter your number and our voicemail will call you!

You AND the environment can WIN!

U.S. Senators are returning to work and the climate is back in the limelight. Join in our “Love, The Climate” Giveaway before the Climate Bill goes to the Senate floor.

You could win the Grand Prize: a 2010 Schwinn NX7 Commuter Bike! 10 First Prize winners will receive a “Climate Love Pack” — one Inconvenient Bag stuffed with practical and fun eco-friendly goods including: An EcoStrip; samples from Chivas Skin Care; a 33oz, stainless steel EcoUsable water bottle; a Lucky Earth Waterless Car Wash kit; a Solio hybrid charger and case; a To-Go Ware set; a Wally One from the Woolly Pocket Gardening Co.; and a Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook.

Click here for more info and to enter.

NOTE: You must fill out an entry form by Friday September 25 11:59pm PT to be eligible for the grand prize or ten first prizes!

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