• People

This Tweet: Congratulations to Monica Medina, Assistant Secretary of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs!

• John Kerry
• Monica Medina
• science diplomacy
• state department

Congrats to my friend Monica Medina on her confirmation as @StateDept‘s Assistant Secretary for @SciDiplomacyUSA. I’m delighted to welcome her on board and look forward to working together. — Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry (@ClimateEnvoy) September 28, 2021 Congratulations to Monica Medina on her confirmation as Assistant Secretary of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific […]

• Climate Change

The Paris Agreement at 5: Increasing Ambition

• #ParisAccord
• ambition
• Paris Agreement
• state department
• UN IPCCC

A key feature of the Paris Agreement is that it’s not a static promise. Current climate policies won’t get the world to the target below 2 degrees C of warming, but the agreement was designed for countries to report progress and over time increase their efforts. Every five years, each country is supposed to submit new climate pledges that are more ambitious than their previous ones.

Why this Matters: Holding countries accountable for increasing commitments to address the climate crisis is essential because we’re nowhere near the level of meaningful action needed.

• Politics

Trump Admin Suppresses Science, House Dems Fight Back

• Capitol Hill
• intelligence committee
• national security
• state department

Earlier this week in yet another affront on science, Trump White House officials demanded changes to testimony from Dr. Rod Schoonover, a State Department intelligence agency analyst and ultimately barred his written testimony to the House Intelligence Committee warning that human-caused climate change is “possibly catastrophic” and a serious national security threat. The committee chairman Rep. […]

• Climate Change

State Department can’t ignore climate refugees, GAO report says

• asylum
• Drought
• GAO
• refugees
• state department

Climate change is already drastically altering our planet and for millions of people around the world, this has meant that they’ve had to flee their homes and seek asylum in other countries.