We Mourn

November 29, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

It was November of 2000 in Washington DC. I was on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, as a 30 year-old staff member at the US EPA working in …

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We Celebrate

October 28, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

With broad smiles, yet some anxiousness, I hope you will join all of us at the GHG Management Institute in celebrating the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement. …

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Nature Climate Change Launches Carbon Accounting Collection

October 27, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

We are pleased to inform you that Nature Climate Change has just launched a new online collection dedicated to carbon accounting.  To quote the editorial, published in the November 2016 …

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Have We Created a “Real” Muddle for Emission Markets with the Paris Agreement?

September 22, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

We are just a few weeks away from the next session of international climate change negotiations following the successful Paris Agreement last December. As I detailed in an earlier post, …

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5th Durban Forum on Capacity-Building

August 23, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

The 5th meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building was held on 20 May 2016, during the forty-fourth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation. The discussions focused on: 1) …

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New Working Paper: Transformative shift in capacity building after Paris?

May 12, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

We are pleased to inform you that IGES in partnership with the Coalition on Paris Agreement on Capacity Building has recently published a new working paper on international capacity building. “Can we expect a …

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How can we improve international capacity building?

April 22, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

The “Coalition on Paris Agreement Capacity Building” has some answers. At the international negotiations level, there is widespread recognition of the important need to support developing countries in their work …

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The Paris Agreement is done! Let the negotiations begin?

February 24, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

In my blog post right after the negotiations in Paris, I promised to provide a substantive look at the Paris Agreement. This post will go beyond another simple and repetitive …

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2016 Climate Leadership Conference

February 23, 2016, by Michael Gillenwater

The Greenhouse Gas Management Institute is a supporting partner of the 2016 Climate Leadership Conference, taking place March 8-10 in Seattle. The Institute would like to invite you to attend …

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Historic!!!

December 13, 2015, by Michael Gillenwater

Wow! We witnessed history being made a couple hours ago. All of us at the GHG Management Institute are sincerely hopeful that our grandchildren will view the Paris Agreement as …

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