"Symbolically, I think it shows bold action to keep advancing his climate agenda" despite a Republican Congress that may not even believe in global warming, said Paul Wapner, a professor of international relations and environmental politics at American University.
Date: Nov 14, 2014
Category: U.S.
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Brazil Refuses to Join UN Pact to End Deforestation
A deforestation agreement without Brazil is like a carbon reduction plan without the United States, Paul Wapner, professor of international environmental policy at American University in Washington, D.C., told the AP.
Paul Wapner, a professor of global environmental politics at American University, said the findings are good news in an often dark landscape and send a message of hope to world leaders meeting later this month in New York for a U.N. climate summit.