CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Bulletin: Addressing Climate Change

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Religion and Foreign Policy Bulletin

December 2014 Addressing Climate Change (Ivan Alvarado/Courtesy Reuters)   This issue of the Religion and Foreign Policy Bulletin explores perspectives on climate change and includes links to CFR resources on international efforts to mitigate its effects, the costs and benefits of extractive industries in the developing world, and the prospects for implementing more sustainable development practices. Follow the Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative on Twitter! Following @CFR_Religion is the best way to keep current with CFR’s award-wining coverage of international events and to receive announcements of upcoming activities and live streams of CFR meetings for religious and congregational leaders, scholars, and thinkers. International Efforts to Address Climate Change The Tricky Path to a Global Climate Agreement In view of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru, Samir Saran and Vivan Sharan of the Observer Research Foundation discuss the factors that are likely to influence multilateral efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next year. Read the memo » Global Governance Monitor: Oceans This multimedia tool tracks global cooperation on oceans governance. It provides a comprehensive list of related conventions, core agreements, institutions, and agencies; an interactive map; and a section on policies for strengthening multilateral governance to protect the world's oceans. Explore this multimedia tool » A Conversation With World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim In this CFR event video, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim outlines the international community's efforts to reach a global climate agreement in Paris in 2015. Watch the video » Foreign Affairs Snapshot: Delhi Dilemma China and the United States were once the greatest barriers to a comprehensive global climate agreement. However, after last month's bilateral agreement between the two nations, India now stands as the last stumbling block on the way to an international climate agreement. Scott Moore discusses what Washington will need to offer to get New Delhi on board. Read more » Natural Resources, Human Impact Fatih Birol on the World Energy Outlook 2014 Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, and Michelle Patron, senior director for energy and climate change at the National Security Council, give an overview of the current energy landscape and outline the key findings from the 2014 World Energy Outlook report. Watch the video » InfoGuide: The Emerging Arctic This interactive guide examines the economic opportunities and environmental risks caused by melting ice in the Arctic. Climate change, technological advances, and a growing demand for natural resources are driving a new era of development in the Arctic region, but debate is mounting over whether the Arctic can be developed sustainably and peaceably. Explore the InfoGuide » Production, Politics, and People: Mixed Blessings of Natural Resource Endowments Experts Christine Bader, Marcus Noland, Ann M. Veneman, and Peter H. Lehner describe their experiences with extractive industries in resource-rich developing countries highlighting opportunities to create more sustainable practices and improve regulatory systems. Watch the video » About CFR The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Founded in 1921, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. About CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative The CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Initiative connects religious and congregational leaders, scholars, and thinkers with CFR's resources on U.S. foreign policy and provides a forum for this community to discuss a broad range of pressing international issues. For more information, please contact Lizzy McCourt, associate director for the National Program & Outreach, at 212.434.9848 or outreach@cfr.org. About the Religion and Foreign Policy Portal on CFR.org CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Portal, www.cfr.org/religion, is a "first stop" on the internet for members of the religious community seeking information on and analysis of U.S. foreign policy and global developments. In addition to a wide range of CFR materials—including work from the think tank, interviews with experts, meeting transcripts, and new backgrounders—users will find analysis and documents from other sources that have been carefully selected by the website's editorial staff for their relevance and quality.