Kyoto Protocol

It’s Getting Ha! in Here: Featuring Aziz Ansari 0
Posted 2 days, 17 hours ago
Barcelona Balogna

Why developing countries cannot afford failure in Copenhagen 9
Posted 3 days, 6 hours ago After the third day of climate talks in Barcelona, it's clear that much work remains to be done -- and 99 percent of the burden rests on the E.U. and U.S. The anger from Africa and the rest of the developing world will continue to grow, as will the carbon emissions responsible for climate change.
Don't worry, be happy

Gaming cap and trade: Should we worry? 3
Posted 3 days, 6 hours ago Worries about “gaming” or market manipulation sometimes crop up as an objection to cap-and-trade, often with reference to recent shenanigans in the financial markets. While distrust and concerns about scamming a carbon market are understandable, they’re not warranted.
common but differentiated despondencies

Rich countries halt Barcelona climate talks with inaction; Africa walks out 4
Posted 4 days, 13 hours ago African negotiators at the U.N. climate talks in Barcelona refused to continue formal discussions about all other issues until wealthy countries live up to their legal and moral responsibility to commit to deep emissions reductions.
CLIMATE CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN

Bangkok: rich countries try to kill Kyoto, youth declare 0
Posted 1 month ago
What a difference a week makes?

Climate Week kicks off in New York with bigwigs and big hopes 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This week, leaders from around the world are coming to a U.N. Climate Summit in New York, where President Obama will give a speech on climate change and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes to make real progress toward a new international climate treaty. Activists will be out in force at a slew of climate-related events in NYC, and then they'll take the show to Pittsburgh, where world leaders will be assembling for a G20 summit.
Sierra Club calls for functional global climate solution... sort of

Carl Pope says 350 ppm not strong enough, endorses carbon pricing and global tax & dividend! 0
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
The keep-it-cold war

Global warming is no friend to Russia, ambassador says 5
Posted 3 months ago
Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak disagreed sharply with recent news reports suggesting Russian leaders may welcome climate change because it would make Arctic gas and oil deposits and northern regions more accessible.
No continent left behind

Climate talks should not focus on China and India at Africa’s expense 0
Posted 4 months ago
As the international community prepares to negotiate a new international climate treaty, extending the Clean Development Mechanism and modifying it to better serve African nations must be a priority.
ACES and eights: dead planet's hand

American Clean Energy Security Act strengthens U.S. ability to sabotage international climate talks 1
Posted 4 months ago
The Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy Security Act (ACES) won't cut emissions. It won't serve as a platform we can improve later anymore than the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) served as a foot in the door to improve our democracy when it promoted voter purges and Diebold electronic voting machines. But one last argument is left to supporters: we need to support ACES in order to improve America's negotiating position in Copenhagen.
hope in 'hagen

On the road to Copenhagen, hope springs eternal 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Half a year before the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen, negotiators are far from agreeing on key components of a global climate deal.
How Waxman-Markey tackles climate change by saving forests 1
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
One of the little-known ingredients of the deal that allowed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454 to pass the Energy and Commerce committee was a breakthrough on protections for the world's vanishing tropical forests.
Europe poised to meet Kyoto target: European Trading System a success? 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Europe made a major commitment under the Kyoto protocol that U.S. conservatives have been telling us for years they would never achieve. It now seems clear Europeans will meet their commitment under the terms of the protocol. It will become increasingly difficult for those who don’t want a U.S. cap-and-trade system to point to the European Trading System ETS) as an obvious failure.
The Climate Post: The House at the center of the world 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Lately, every week is the most consequential in the history of climate change. This week was no exception.
Why the CDM should matter to the United States 11
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Too many critics in the United States simply want to throw the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) baby out with the bath water. The real opportunity is to learn from the experience and use the fantastic negotiating power of the U.S. government and economy to improve the system.
Two encouraging signs that global climate treaties might be having the intended effect 2
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders urge action to avoid deforestation 10
Posted 9 months ago
Bush on Kyoto, on his way out the door 5
Posted 9 months, 4 weeks ago
All Clear Ahead

Global climate deal? Yes we can, Gore says 3
Posted 11 months ago
Are E.U. With Us?

All eyes on European Union as U.N. climate talks stumble on 0
Posted 11 months ago