Policing carbon markets
Carbon markets have emerged in recent decades as one of the most important tools for curbing industrial greenhouse gas emissions, but they present a number of novel enforcement challenges when compared
Cap And Trade
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US Moves Mean Canada Needs Carbon Pricing - Panel
US efforts to curb emissions of greenhouse gases mean Canada will have to put a price on carbon and set up a national cap-and-trade system, an official panel said Thursday.
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Little progress seen at climate talks
The meeting in Bonn saw the start of negotiations on climate change leading up to December's meeting in Copenhagen.
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The potential impacts of a cap and share on the United States of America
This study sought to identify the initial impact that C&S might have on the USA, based on a set of limiting assumptions. In particular, it attempts to quantify the immediate impact
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Tough climate
The US Congress has put the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in an awkward position. In asking for the academy's advice on what to do about global climate change, it has left the NAS with a difficult balancing act if the academy wants to be effective and remain respected. (Editorial)
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Take green path, US business warned
Businesses must not sink money into high-carbon infrastructure unless they are willing to lose their investments within a few years, the US lead negotiator on climate change has warned.
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Australian cap-and-trade plan comes under fire
The Australian government's proposed cap-and-trade scheme to regulate greenhouse gases, released in draft legislation last month, is facing mounting criticism from opposition politicians.
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Voluntary carbon markets: what the standards say
Although still accounting for a small segment of the global carbon market, the voluntary carbon market is a place for innovation where original solutions are proposed to deal with some challenges faced by the regulatory market, including efforts to value the occasional ancillary benefits of climate action, to simplify methodologies, or to guarantee the permanence of forestry assets.
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Ensuring green growth in a time of economic crisis: the role of energy technology
Despite the severity of the current financial and economic crisis, it cannot be allowed to distract us from addressing critical and strategic climate change and energy challenges. The energy sector produces 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions and so it must also be a key part of any strategy to reduce them.
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The coming flood of people (Editorial)
Close your eyes. Picture white sands and turquoise waters, rows of palm trees cocooning you under the balmy sun. Then, imagine this pristine picture wiped away not simply from your mind, but from reality. The Maldives face an actual and potent risk of extinction.
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America's long hard road to climate-change law
What challenges lie ahead as the United States tries to construct a working system for greenhouse-gas regulation? Jeff Tollefson reports.