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Independent research & practical ideas for global prosperity
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Global Prosperity Wonkcast
Posts Tagged: Climate ChangeU.S. Support for Sustainable Energy for All—Nigel PurvisApril 23, 2012Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Climate Change, Private Investment Tags: Climate Change
My guest on this week’s Wonkcast is Nigel Purvis, CEO of Climate Advisors, a visiting senior associate at CGD, and the co-author of a new CGD report “Energizing Rio+20: How the United States Can Promote Sustainable Energy for All at the 2012 Earth Summit.” We spoke last Friday following the launch of the report at a CGD event that concluded with a keynote address by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 1 Comment »The Climate Change Vulnerability Index: David WheelerApril 18, 2011Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Climate Change, Global Development Tags: Climate Change, Climate Vulnerability Index, David Wheeler
On this Wonkcast, I’m joined by David Wheeler, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, who created an index for determining which countries should be prioritized when the money starts to flow. His new paper, “Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for Adaptation Assistance”, provides an index for comparison of cross-country vulnerability to some of the most extreme climate threats. An accompanying map makes it easy to see which countries will be hit hardest. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 3 Comments »It’s One Climate Policy World Out There—AlmostDecember 8, 2009Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Climate Change, Global Development Tags: Climate Change, Jan von der Goltz, SurveyAs climate talks get underway in Copenhagen, the specifics of an agreement to slow global warming and adapt to its effects are far from settled. My guest on this week’s Wonkcast, Jan von der Goltz, has spent the last few weeks surveying views in the global development community about what these specifics should be. Jan is the author, along with CGD president Nancy Birdsall, of a new CGD paper It’s One Climate Policy World Out There–Almost that presents the results of a recently completed CGD survey. The online survey, which Nancy and Jan launched in mid-November, collected the views of nearly 500 respondents, hailing from 88 countries, who mostly work on international development issues. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Comment »David Wheeler on Climate, Development, and Forest Monitoring for ActionNovember 23, 2009Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Climate Change, Global Development Tags: Climate Change, Copenhagen, David Wheeler, Deforestation, FORMA, Remote Monitoring
While coal-fired power plants and gas-guzzling cars are the poster children for carbon emissions, David says the destruction of forests is just as serious a concern. “There is a lot of carbon locked up in tropical rainforests,” he explains, “and when you burn forests to clear it for other economic activities, you release all of that carbon.” Deforestation contributes about 15-20% of total emissions worldwide, with most of this coming from tropical forests. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 3 Comments »
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Rapid climate change is upon us, and governments, multilateral organizations, and development agencies are preparing to dole out billions of dollars in adaptation assistance. Nevertheless, little research has gone into calculating which countries are most vulnerable to global warming.
This week, my guest on the Global Prosperity Wonkcast is senior fellow David Wheeler, the lead researcher for CGD’s work on climate and development. Last week, David and his team 
