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North American Colloquium Climate Series

City powers and the governance of urban GHG emissions in the U.S. and Canada

April 10, 2022

Sara Hughes

Reducing urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is critical to meeting larger climate change targets. Cities are responsible for as much as 75 percent of fossil fuel CO2 emissions due to high levels of energy use and consumption plus fossil...

U.S.-Canada climate public opinion and urban climate governance panel

Apr 12, 2022 0:59:56

A panel of authors present their key findings in two papers from 2020-21's North American Colloquium on climate policy. April, 2022.

Chris Borick, Erick Lachapelle, Sara Hughes, Brendan Boyd

In the Media

'Not a single indicator that a recession is coming' - Wolfers

Apr 13, 2022 Los Angeles Times

With inflation running high, yet unemployment low, President Biden's approval rating has sunk, signaling the economic anxiety of Americans. In light of this, Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics, discussed the economy and...

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Rabe discusses current state of climate action

Apr 13, 2022

On the campaign trail, President Biden promised climate action. But, a few bumps in the road have delayed that action. Specifically, the Build Back Better bill, which includes provisions for action on climate policy, has been stalled. Barry Rabe, J....

Leadership at the Ford School: Leadership Coaching

Apr 13, 2022 0:05:23

Hear from masters students on the impact individualized leadership coaching made on their summer internship. April, 2022.

Leadership at the Ford School: Leadership Coaching

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Ralph pens article on corruption and Russian invasion

Apr 10, 2022

Alex Ralph, a writing instructor at the Ford School, recently sat down with Frank Vogl, co-founder of Transparency International, the chairman of the Partnership for Transparency Fund and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, to discuss...

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Farley breaks down 2020 Census

Apr 13, 2022

Last week, the city of Detroit filed a claim with the Census Bureau, arguing its residents were undercounted in 2020. Ford School lecturer Reynolds Farley discussed the undercount. “This census was deficient in Detroit,” he said. “They didn’t...

Photo of Ren Farley speaking into a megaphone as he leads a tour of U-M students in downtown Detroit

North American Colloquium Climate Series

The politics of short-lived climate pollutants and North American methane policy

April 8, 2022

Barry Rabe

This paper examines the continued political challenge of developing a robust methane mitigation policy regime in most oil and gas producing jurisdictions in the United States and its North American neighbors. It invokes political scientist Matthew...

North American Colloquium Climate Series

The 'dark horse' of climate change: Agricultural methane governance in the United States and Canada

April 8, 2022

Trish Fisher

Methane emissions took the spotlight at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. In the run-up to COP26, the United States (US) and European Union (EU) announced the Global Methane Pledge, a...

North American Colloquium Climate Series

Canada-US green bilateralism: Targeting cooperation for climate mitigation

April 8, 2022

Debora VanNijnatten, Mark McWhinney

Under the Biden administration and the Trudeau government, the U.S. and Canadian commitment to bilateral cooperation on climate is both strong and comprehensive. This stands in stark contrast to the complete lack of engagement under the previous...

Debora VanNijnatten and Mark McWhinney research paper

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