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GeoPolicy: What will a Trump presidency mean for climate change?

November 16, 2016
GeoPolicy: What will a Trump presidency mean for climate change?
Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Gage Skidmore (distributed via flickr)

The US Presidential election this month saw Republican Donald Trump, a fierce climate sceptic, be elected into office. In wake of the election results, this month’s GeoPolicy post will take a look at Trump’s proposed actions on climate change, how likely these are to happen, and what the climate and clean technology communities could do to limit the damage.   This tweet, written four years ag ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What was decided from the Paris COP21?

December 16, 2015
GeoPolicy: What was decided from the Paris COP21?
#1heart1tree. Credit: Yann Caradec (distributed via flickr.com)

Last week saw the world’s leaders come together in Paris for the 21st ‘Conference of the Parties’ (aka COP21) to discuss climate change. The 12 day meeting saw over 50,000 participants (half of which from Government organisations) come to reach an agreement on limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) production. Background Manmade climate change, resulting from the increased production of GHG into the atmosp ...[Read More]