News & commentaries
Deniers vs alarmists? It’s time to lose the climate debate labels
Removing antagonistic labels from debates about climae change could enable more constructive discussion about specific issues of disagreement. read more »
As China gets richer, the world gets dirtier — and will have to choose more growth and being green
In the last ten years, China’s CO2 emissions have surged — but experts argue that the whole world must show it how to both get rich and get greener read more »
New study highlights need for speedy reform of EU Emissions Trading System
Delaying the introduction of a Market Stability Reserve (MSR) for the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) until 2021 risks undermining investment in clean technology, according to a new report published today read more »
Book Review: How Effective Negotiation Management Promotes Multilateral Cooperation: The power of process in climate, trade and biosafety negotiations
Reviewed by Joanna Depledge in Global Policy. read more »
Conference Announcement – Registration now open
Title: “Green Growth and the New Industrial Revolution” Date: Thursday 26 March 2015 Venue: Royal Society of Arts, London Keynote Speakers Professor Cameron Hepburn, University of Oxford Simon Upton, Environment Director, … read more »
Policy: Hard choices and soft outcomes?
Asia’s mega-deltas are densely populated and face multiple stressors including upstream development and sea-level rise. Adapting to these challenges requires difficult choices between hard and soft responses set within a strongly political context. read more »
Met Office slays myth that global warming has stopped
Responding to the publication today (26 January 2015) by the UK Met Office of figures showing that 2014 was jointly with 2010 the hottest year globally since records began in … read more »
Green farming policies should reduce poverty in developing countries
Green agricultural policies in developing countries must be carefully designed to reduce poverty, according to a new report published today (26 January) read more »
Al Gore: oil companies ‘use our atmosphere as an open sewer’
We must leave fossil fuels unburned, Gore says, adding the transition to clean energy will be ‘unstoppable’ read more »
