The Conversation

Tue Dec 4

Why the next two years are critical for the Paris climate deal's survival

Written by Henry D. Jacoby, Professor of Management (Emeritus) and Joint Program the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT Sloan School of Management

Work cut out for them: Climate negotiators need to ensure the Paris Agreement can still hold.United Nations Climate Change, CC BY-NC

A mounting sense of urgency will greet negotiators as they arrive at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland. In 2015, after 20 years of trying and failing to reach a global accord on...

Why the next two years are critical for the Paris climate deal's survival

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