Climate at the G20: White House briefs bloggers on climate discussions
By Emily Gertz • Sep 26th, 2009 • Category: Pittsburgh, PolicyClimate activists were underwhelmed by what came out of this week’s Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh in the way of formal climate change commitments.
True, the heads of state of the 20 leading developed and developing economies agreed to phase out fossil fuel subsidies “in the medium term.” But they couldn’t come to a consensus on climate finance — aid from richer nations to poorer, directed at adapting to and mitigating the impacts of global warming. …read more at Change.org …
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Emily Gertz is Emily is a freelance journalist and editor who has written on business, design, health, and other facets of the environment for Grist, Dwell, Plenty, Worldchanging, and other publications. She is the blogger-in-residence on Global Warming for Change.org, the leading social networking for good website. Emily is participating on assignment from Grist.org. Grist is a leading environmental website that has published since 1999 and has over 1 million views each month.
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