4 signs of progress at the UN climate change summit
The Conversation
Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte outlines promising global climate finance-related actions coming out of COP27.
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Computer chip ban signals new era as Biden and Xi meet
Associated Press
Fletcher’s Chris Miller comments in this article on the Biden administration’s move to block advanced computer chip exports to China, noting that “Western leaders have reconsidered the wisdom of giving adversaries open access to their markets.”
The US-China climate deal was a rare bright spot in an otherwise thorny relationship. Should it be mended?
CNN
Fletcher’s Kelly Sims Gallagher comments on the clean-energy race between China and the United States, saying “I believe a healthy competition between the two countries will benefit everyone.”
Biden’s Message on Climate Might Not Be the One the World Wants
New York Times
Ahead of President Biden's appearance at COP27, Fletcher Dean Rachel Kyte is quoted about U.S. climate change financing support for countries in need and why some view these efforts as inadequate.
North Korea is biding time before it conducts 7th nuclear test, experts say
Fox News
Fletcher’s Sung-Yoon Lee is quoted about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s “strategy of graduated escalation” before launching a likely nuclear test.
Time to Rethink Climate Finance
Foreign Affairs
Fletcher’s Kelly Sims Gallagher assesses the current state of global climate change efforts and outlines reforms for addressing climate finance needs.
Somalis Are Going Hungry. Their Government Isn’t Calling It a Famine.
New York Times
The Friedman School’s Daniel Maxwell comments in this article on the hunger emergency in Somalia, saying, “The calls to respond now are as clear as they are ever going to be.”
The next step in harnessing clean wind energy could be building electrical grids in the ocean
NPR
Engineering’s Eric Hines explains how offshore wind-generated power is transmitted to land-based electrical grids
Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world’s poorest countries, and what does compensation look like?
The Conversation
Fletcher’s Bethany Tietjen explains the “loss and damage” costs that developing countries are facing from climate change impacts and how this year’s COP27 could be a crucial moment for making progress on establishing a formal financial mechanism for making payments.