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| March 19th, 2013
By Guy Edwards and Susanna Mage Regardless of one’s position on el Comandante Hugo Chávez, the death of the Venezuelan president opens the door for a policy debate on a critical issue for Venezuela and the world’s security: climate change. As the... -
| March 19th, 2013
Next year a Latin American and the Caribbean country will host the annual UN climate change negotiations or ‘COP20’ of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Rumours are circulating that Peru and Venezuela are interested in... -
| March 19th, 2013
I recently spoke at an Anglo-Ecuadorian Society event at the Casa Ecuatoriana in London on Latin America and climate change. Latin America is a key battleground and laboratory for confronting climate change and decisions taken in Latin American... -
| March 19th, 2013
By J. Timmons Roberts and Guy Edwards Well-worn stories of dinosaurs like the United States and India battling it out in the United Nations climate change negotiations in Doha last week continue to crowd out other, more positive stories that need... -
| October 12th, 2012
By J. Timmons Roberts and Guy Edwards Over the past two years, the Watson Institute partnered with Brown’s Center for Environmental Studies to provide partial support for Visiting Fellow Guy Edwards. Edwards has led Brown student... -
| June 19th, 2012
By Guy Edwards and Cody Zeger* As Mexico hosts the G20 Leaders’ Summit followed later this week by the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil, both countries climate credentials are under serious scrutiny. Little serious bilateral cooperation has taken... -
| May 10th, 2012
By Guy Edwards, Victoria Elmore* and Jin Hyung Lee** The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is underway and is due to be completed by 2013/14. There are 84 Latin American and Caribbean contributing... -
| April 18th, 2012
After the longest session on record, governments at the COP17 in Durban in December 2011 agreed to negotiate by 2015 a climate deal to enter into force in 2020. The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action defied predictions that the meeting in South... -
| February 17th, 2012
The COP17 was a watershed moment for Latin American civil society participation in the UNFCCC negotiations. Civil society organizations (CSOs) actively engaged with governments at the talks and, in turn, governments made efforts to reach out to... -
| February 17th, 2012
During the COP17 I caught up with Dr. Fernando Tudela Abad, one of Mexico’s foremost climate change experts and a high ranking official of the Mexican delegation. Dr. Tudela is Under Secretary of Environmental Policy and Planning at the Ministry of... -
| November 7th, 2011
By Guy Edwards and Kelly Rogers As U.S. influence in Latin America continues its downward trajectory, the complex domestic situation in Washington D.C. risks jeopardizing greater cooperation on climate change. Although the vote in the House of... -
| September 27th, 2011
Con los desafíos del cambio climático y energía limpia, establecidos como asuntos predominantes en las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y América Latina, la vacante en EE.UU. para Sub secretario de Estado para asuntos del hemisferio Occidental... -
August 11th, 2011
The following book list includes texts focusing on Latin America and environmental issues. Although few concentrate on climate change, the books address some of the most critical socio-environmental issues of the day with important implications for... -
| July 17th, 2011
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December 20th, 2010
By Michelle Levinson ’11 Today we learned that an overcrowded café can be quite a blessing. The particular café we found to be so worthwhile is located in the Cancun Messe, one of the conference centers hosting the UNFCCC. The Messe contains the “...
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December 7th, 2010
Cecilia Pineda ’11.5, an environmental studies concentrator, writes about a rekindled sense of hope at the U.N. global climate change conference. She is among 10 Brown students attending the conference with J. Timmons Roberts, director of the...
Guy Edwards
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Research Fellow, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University. Currently managing a research project focused on Latin America and climate change with Professor Timmons Roberts. Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/guyedwards
