Global Climate Change Policy (UNSC)

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“Global Climate Change Policy Case Study,” YouTube, 2:12, posted by the CFR Education, August 3, 2015.
“What is Climate Change?” YouTube video, 4:26, posted by CFR Education, September 1, 2021.
“Who is Responsible for Climate Change,” YouTube, 2:54, posted by CFR Education, June 18, 2019.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, “Kyoto Protocol.”
“The Paris Agreement,” CFR Education, July 15, 2023.
“Cap and Trade Basics,” Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.
Lindsay Getschel, “UN Security Council Can Do More to Address Climate Change,” The Stimson Center, April 5, 2019.
“Climate and Security at the UNSC,” Climate Security Expert Network.
Nathan Hultman and Samantha Gross, “How the United States Can Return to Credible Climate Leadership,” Brookings, March 1, 2021.
“FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Executive Actions to Tackle the Climate Crisis,” The White House, January 27, 2021.
YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

Joshua Busby, “Warming World: Why Climate Change Matters More than Anything Else,” Foreign Affairs, July 2018.
“Climate Change Crash Course,” New York Times, April 19, 2020.
NASA, “Climate Q & A.”
PBS Frontline, “Timeline: The Politics of Climate Change,” October 23, 2012.
“Exploring Carbon Pricing Method,” YouTube, 4:20, posted by TDC, December 20, 2020.
Toni Johnson, “The Debate Over Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade,” CFR.org Backgrounder, November 3, 2011.
Dana Nuccitelli, “Can a Carbon Tax Work Without Hurting the Economy? Ask British Columbia,” Guardian, July 30, 2013.
Robert E. Rubin, “How Ignoring Climate Change Could Sink the U.S. Economy,” Washington Post, July 24, 2014.
Stewart M. Patrick, “The World Is Woefully Unprepared for Climate-Driven Natural Disasters,” Council on Foreign Relations, February 22, 2021.
Coral Davenport and Campbell Robertson, “Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’,” New York Times, May 3, 2016.