News & Comment

This month, Kevin Vranes at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research in Boulder, Colorado, reviews recent climate legislation passing through US Congress.

Avoiding dangerous climate change will require considerable global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A daunting challenge, but one that is practically and economically achievable, argues Jeffrey D. Sachs.

As the world's largest trial carbon storage project gets underway, some are questioning its necessity. Hannah Hoag reports from Australia.

Will voluntary carbon markets genuinely tackle climate change or could they encourage further emissions?

As discussions get underway over a global agreement to slash CO₂ emissions beyond 2012, Amanda Leigh Haag looks at how the Kyoto Protocol has fared and the issues that will shape its successor.