Blog / International Climate Agreements
Throughout our history, the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation has worked not just domestically, but also on the international stage with leaders of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to find solutions for climate change that also create economic opportunity and a just transition for those impacted by this move to a clean, low-carbon economy.
International Climate Agreements
Below is BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Kim Glas’s statement on the signing of The Paris Climate Agreement.
International Climate Agreements
BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director Kim Glas’s statement on the announcement of Todd Stern’s decision to step down as U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change.
International Climate Agreements
Following the release of the final text of the Paris Agreement awaiting adoption at COP21 in Paris, the BlueGreen Alliance released a statement from Executive Director Kim Glas.
Blog / International Climate Agreements
Greetings from Paris. Week two of climate negotiations is now underway!
International Climate Agreements
The BlueGreen Alliance called on countries to reach an international climate agreement that reflects several key principles to ensure that such an agreement is effective, accountable, and just.
Reports & Fact Sheets / International Climate Agreements
In Paris, we have an opportunity to achieve critical progress towards securing our environmental and economic future. We offer the following five principles that we believe will achieve this comprehensive vision:
Letters / International Climate Agreements
Labor and environmental leaders wrote to U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern to thank him for supporting inclusion of Just Transition language in negotiating text for the eventual Paris agreement.
International Climate Agreements
Pope Francis released an encyclical on climate change that focuses on the need to address the issue to protect both people and our planet.
Letters / International Climate Agreements
The BlueGreen Alliance thanks Leader Pelosi for standing up for workers and the environment by voting against fast track and supporting efforts to implement fair deals that will not lead our country on a race to the bottom.
International Climate Agreements
A provision added into the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 effectively removes the ability of the United States to include obligations in free trade agreements to address climate change in trade deals.
International Climate Agreements
The U.S. formally submitted its pledge to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels. The BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement.