December 5, 2007 E-Newsletter

Pew Center on Global Climate Change E-Newsletter

December 5, 2007

In This Issue

:: Feature: New Regional Impacts Report

:: Letter from Eileen Claussen

:: States

:: Business

:: Donating to the Pew Center

Feature

Regional Impacts Report Released

With world attention focusing on international climate talks in Bali, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change releases a new report detailing significant impacts of climate change already occurring in the United States.

The report, "Regional Impacts of Climate Change: Four Case Studies in the United States," provides information about impacts in specific regions of the U.S. The report focuses on the following four regions:

Midwestern Cities
Western U.S.
Gulf Coast
Chesapeake Bay

Full report and individual case studies

Letter from Eileen Claussen

The Pew Center's President shares her thoughts on the international climate talks in Bali.

Congressional

Eileen Claussen testifies before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on reducing U.S. emissions cost-effectively. (November 15, 2007)

Testimony of Eileen Claussen to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the need to restore U.S. leadership in international climate negotiations. (November 13, 2007)

Pew's Perspective

Eileen Claussen delivers a speech at the Thunderbird school about business responses to climate change. (November 5, 2007)

Other recent Pew staff speeches

"The Road from Bali: Towards a Binding Post-2012 Climate Framework," by Eileen Claussen, appears in Climate Action, a book volume published by Sustainable Development International and the United Nations Environment Programme. (December 2007)

Other recent Pew staff articles

Upcoming Events
Pew Center to Release Report in Bali

The Pew Center's Climate Dialogue at Pocantico recommends a post-2012 framework integrating different types of mitigation commitments. A new report, Towards an Integrated Multi-Track Climate Framework, builds on the Pocantico recommendations.

States

Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord Established

Under the Accord, six states and one Canadian province agree to establish emissions reduction targets and to develop a multi-sector cap-and-trade system to help meet those targets. (November 15, 2007)

Pew Center Statement

Montana Joins the Western Climate Initiative

Among a number of climate initiatives announced by Governor Brian Schweitzer was one that will make Montana the seventh U.S. state to join the Western Climate Initiative. (November 19, 2007)

Other States News

International

Bali: UNFCCC Conference of the Parties

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's thirteenth annual Conference of the Parties began earlier this week in Bali, Indonesia. (December 3, 2007)

To view new Pew Center materials, including background presentations, articles, and more, visit our COP13 page.

Nobel Prize-Winning IPCC Releases Summary for Policymakers

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases the Summary for Policymakers from the Fourth Assessment Report. (November 17, 2007)
Pew Center Statement

Business Articles

"A Business Path to Bali," by Truman Semans and Andre de Fontaine, published by Environmental Finance. (November 2007)

"A Cap's in Hand," by Truman Semans, published in the World Energy Book.

Donating to the Pew Center

We are at a critical juncture in the climate change debate. While it is clear that it while it will take decades to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to acceptable levels, it is equally clear that we must begin now. Your financial support will help us to continue to work toward environmentally effective and economically viable solutions to this time sensitive issue.