With the climate conference in Copenhagen less than two months away, Pakistani climate expert Adil Najam talks about unresolved issues and explains why he thinks China will save the world.
With a deadline for a UN climate treaty imminent, 2009 could become the most important year for climate change since the Kyoto Protocol was agreed in 1997.
Economic crisis will mark the year 2009, but the worst risk is the failure of global governance systems, finds the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks report. Learn more about what could go wrong in 2009.
Governments were powerless when financial markets dragged the world economy down in 2008. But the economic crisis provides an opportunity to reform markets and tackle climate change and resource shortages, says Sheana Tambourgi, head of the World Economic Forum’s Risk Network.
It never felt so good to be left in the dark: At 8:30pm on March 28, more than 1000 cities in over 80 countries will turn out the lights to protest against climate change. Earth Hour Executive Director Andy Ridley of WWF discusses the greatest community event ever.
For the first time in a decade, scientists reported dramatic increases in levels of methane. More of the potent greenhouse gas has been added to the atmosphere and the Arctic Ocean, suggesting a new imbalance in the Earth’s climate.
"Save the forests" has been a slogan for decades. New policy instruments and a lot of money will finally have to make it happen. But who will pay?
Lots of us think about the future, but few can say they're actually a professor on the subject. Markku Wilenius is one of them, and now a consultant at Allianz Group. His outlook for 2008: change or be changed.
In 2007, the world woke up to climate change. And former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the UN IPCC received the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to trigger this global change of mind.
