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As Australia anticipates its carbon tax, Anna Petherick contends that of the world's dirtiest economies, this nation is leading the way in the design of policies to price emissions.
The United Nations programme to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) has matured substantially in the past year. Now the field must innovate to accommodate its growth, says Anna Petherick.
A new report warns of the environmental impact of Asia's rise. But the relationship between pollution and economic growth is not simple, argues Anna Petherick.
The rules guiding the third round of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme are about to be formally approved. Anna Petherick looks at how well they have set up the system until 2020.
The United States looks set to slash its maize subsidies. This will be good for many reasons, including combating climate change — and it shouldn't even hurt the US ethanol industry that much, writes Anna Petherick.
After an earthquake and a huge wave damaged three nuclear reactor cores in Japan, energy and carbon markets around the world were hit with a surge of activity. Anna Petherick traces the wave.