Why is climate change so difficult a problem?

May 2, 2010, by Michael Gillenwater

Acceptance of the fundamental process of global warming has grown over time and is increasingly widespread, albeit with some notable exceptions within the political community. The most important statement of …

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What is a voluntary carbon market (Part 1)?

March 16, 2010, by Michael Gillenwater

This blog post is going to be slightly more academic than my past ones.  Comments or questions are welcome. Before jumping into what makes a voluntary carbon market, lets define …

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Where is the GHG Management Institute located?

February 17, 2010, by Michael Gillenwater

We get this question quite often. Where is our office? Our headquarters’ address is in the Washington, D.C. area. Specifically, we are incorporated in the State of Maryland as a …

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The Treaty Compliance Challenge: Enforcement under the Kyoto Protocol

February 10, 2010, by Michael Gillenwater

Now that we have the Copenhagen Accord, which gives us some hope that eventually we will have a treaty that includes the United States and active engagement from developing countries, …

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How we do international capacity building

January 27, 2010, by Michael Gillenwater

In the climate change policy world there is plenty of talk about capacity building, especially for developing countries — though occasionally for developed countries as well. Less frequently, however, is …

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Why e-learning?

January 15, 2010, by Michael Gillenwater

Here at the Institute, we are consistently amazed at the number of people who blindly assume we deliver training in a standard classroom setting. Indeed one of the most common …

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A time for reflection

December 27, 2009, by Michael Gillenwater

As we close out this year, now is a good time for some refection before we charge into a new calendar. At the Institute, we have done just that, by …

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CNN.com asks Michael Gillenwater about Carbon Trading

December 15, 2009, by Michael Gillenwater

Will carbon trading work? December 14, 2009 11:41 p.m. EST – From CNN.com (CNN) — Carbon trading — with its mix of free-market principles and government regulation — holds global …

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Bottlenecked CDM needs U.S. talent injection – Sindicatum CEO

December 10, 2009, by Michael Gillenwater

From Reuters News on 19 November 2009, 16:19 PM  By Michael Szabo LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) – An injection of U.S. talent into the $6.5 billion market in carbon offsets …

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Climate-gate and Sarah Palin?

December 10, 2009, by Michael Gillenwater

You know that the times are getting a little weird when Sarah Palin starts talking about historical reconstructions using proxy data of average global surface temperature (see her recent opinion …

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