Mankind must confront climate change decisively. But where do we stand? Germany, the UK, and France lead. The United States has promised much. Canada and Russia are in retreat. Overall, action is “insufficient”, reports the 2009 edition of the WWF/Allianz G8 Climate Scorecards.
The world expects Barack Obama to do more for the climate and the environment than George W. Bush. But can the next president of the United States deliver climate friendly energy and environment policies in the depths of a recession?
More than a decade after a UN summit in Kyoto spawned the famous protocol on reducing greenhouse gases, nations try again to devise a follow-up regime. What has changed?
The G8 countries are lagging behind in the race against climate change, finds a new research that measures the climate performance of G8 nations and five emerging economies.
Climate change is a global problem. So what organization would be better positioned to tackle it than the United Nations? But the UN record is as mixed, as its organizational structure.
Climate change is a relatively new topic in international diplomacy. See how it became one of the world’s most debated topics and learn about the milestones in the fight against further warming.
As a critical UN climate summit approaches, economic woes endanger recent advances. There has been progress since Bali 2007, but will Poznan 2008 lead to a worldwide agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
The UN climate talks in Bali brought the world closer to a new, international climate treaty. But there are still deadlocks preventing an effective follow-up treaty.
When governments meet in Bali to discuss a future climate treaty, one question will be central: who is to blame for global warming?
Among G8+5-countries, the U.S. is the least-active in preventing climate change. Germany leads in climate protection, while developing countries like Mexico and Brazil are scoring better than most industrialized countries.
