With time running out to tackle global warming, sustained global pressure must be put on governments to reach a deal... Read more
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In keeping with expectations, recent multilateral climate change talks in Doha have achieved very little. Yet, the good news is... Read more
Rich countries must stop lecturing developing countries and accelerate their own efforts to cut emissions. There is no shortage of... Read more
United Nations climate change conferences don’t of themselves cut greenhouse gas emissions. Negotiations about targets and texts cannot do that;... Read more
Canada’s reversal on Kyoto won’t undermine the sense that the Durban climate conference achieved more than many expected. Inside Story Read more
Michael Jacobs: The latest climate change conference will help to strengthen the fight against global warming the Guardian Read more
There were worrying signs at the World Economic Forum in January that policymakers are becoming dangerously complacent about the scale... Read more
As policy in Australia begins to move, Michael Jacobs surveys the international climate landscape: the latest science, the emissions targets... Read more
Michael Jacobs: This deal, easy to write off, is a crucial advance for the global co-operation needed to halt runaway... Read more
Michael Jacobs: Although Copenhagen fell short of delivering a legally binding global treaty, Cancun is another step towards that ultimate... Read more