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The UN climate talks in Lima, Peru.
December 22, 2014

Looking Back on Lima and Looking Forward to Paris

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

So, was the Lima climate accord enough? Take a look at some of the highlights (and low lights) and decide for yourself.

Children in Haiti hold up signs urging the international community to take action on climate change.
September 24, 2014

Tackling the Challenge of Climate Change: A Near-Term Actionable Mitigation Agenda

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

Commissioned by the Republic of Nauru, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and written by 30 leading climate and energy experts from around the world

June 22, 2012

Protection Of Oceans A Bright Spot At Rio+20

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

The news out of the Rio+20 Earth Summit has been bleak. World leaders, yet again caught in the headlights of financial crises and electoral cycles, fundamentally failed us and the planet. However, there is a bright spot—and it is blue. Both the formal Rio text and the voluntary, on-the-ground and on the water commitments nations …

May 18, 2012

Join Us In Rio, President Obama

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

Twenty-two environmental organizations including Earthjustice, representing more than 5 million Americans, sent a letter to President Obama on Friday, urging him to lead the U.S. delegation at the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June and be a strong advocate for action on clean energy, environmental rights and healthy oceans. More than 130 heads of state and …

February 16, 2012

Clinton Acts To Reduce Global Warming Pollutants

By Erika Rosenthal

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, announced a program, Climate and Clean Air Coalition, today to reduce methane, soot and other pollutants. The United States is jumpstarting the program by contributing $12 million over the next two years. "By focusing on these pollutants, how to reduce them and, where possible, …

December 12, 2011

U.S. Falls Short At U.N. Climate Conference

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

(Earthjustice attorney Erika Rosenthal represented the organization at U.N. climate talks that wrapped up Sunday in Durban, South Africa.) The first U.N. climate talks held on African soil ended in the wee hours of Sunday with important progress in several key areas – preserving the Kyoto Protocol, launching negotiations on a new more comprehensive accord, …

December 9, 2011

Will World's Nations Use Road Map To Fix Climate Change?

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

(Earthjustice attorney Erika Rosenthal is attending the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa. This is the second in a series of blogs she will be filing from the conference.) Fairness isn’t a philosophical or academic question here in Durban. Deep divisions on …

December 7, 2011

Island Nations Plea For Controls On Climate Change

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

(Earthjustice attorney Erika Rosenthal is attending the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa. This is the first in a series of blogs she will be filing from the conference.) “We will succeed together, or we will fail together.” – Sprent Dabwido, …

May 18, 2011

Melting of Greenland A Warning For The Planet

By Erika Rosenthal  /  Washington, D.C. Office

From the Kangerlussuaq airport, at 67 degrees North in Greenland… It’s four hours to New York and five to Moscow, but only three to the North Pole. People are speaking Danish and the language of the Inuit people. I’m writing at the airport on my way home from the Arctic Council ministerial meeting, held in the capital, Nuuk, about …

December 15, 2010

Cancun Conference Results In Critical Steps Forward

By Erika Rosenthal  /  International Program

Developed and developing countries make key agreements