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Snapshot,
December 13, 2011
How Much Did the Climate Talks in Durban Accomplish?
Ruth Greenspan Bell and Barry Blechman

Climate negotiators are celebrating the deal reached over the weekend at the conference in South Africa. But the agreement only validates an approach to climate change that has failed to reverse global warming for more than 20 years now.
Snapshot,
December 13, 2011
How Chinese Innovation is Changing Green Technology
S. Julio Friedmann

China's appetite for energy and jobs has made it a global hub for green innovation. Washington and the West will have to change their strategies to catch up.
Snapshot,
October 30, 2011
Beyond the Durban Climate Talks
Ruth Greenspan Bell, Barry Blechman, and Micah Ziegler

Even the biggest boosters of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change hold out little hope that its next conference this November will achieve anything concrete. It is time to supplement such global meetings with more limited talks -- which have a better chance of success.
Letter From,
October 18, 2011
The Rise and Fall of Bolivia's Evo Morales
Nicholas Fromherz

Bolivian President Evo Morales rose to power as a champion of indigenous rights and the environment. Now he has trampled both, undermined his authority, and thrown his future into question.
Postscript,
September 11, 2011
Carbon Capture and Green Technology
S. Julio Friedmann

Even as many energy plants across the world have implemented carbon capture and sequestration technologies, hundreds more heavily polluting facilities have come online. At current rates, green carbon technologies just can't keep up.
Essay, Nov/Dec 2010
Globalizing the Energy Revolution Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Michael Levi, Elizabeth C. Economy, Shannon K. O'Neil, and Adam Segal

Clean-energy technology is expensive and the United States is spending far too little on developing it. The U.S. government must do more to promote cross-border innovation and protect intellectual property rights.
Postscript,
February 22, 2010
Beyond Copenhagen
Michael Levi

For many climate-change experts, the Copenhagen summit was something of a failure. In order to make real progress on pressing climate issues, policymakers must give up on a binding deal and begin to look outside the UN process.
Author Interview,
December 15, 2009
Q&A With Michael Levi on the Copenhagen Conference
Michael Levi

This week, Michael Levi answers reader questions about the Copenhagen conference and what comes next for international climate negotiations. 
Postscript,
November 19, 2009
Where the Wild Things Were
Steven Sanderson

As the International Year of Biodiversity approaches in 2010, the loss of wildlife, genetic material, ecosystems, and evolutionary processes is as marked as ever. Climate change, meanwhile, is becoming an even greater threat to the biosphere.
Essay, Sep/Oct 2009
The Low-Carbon DietPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Joel Kurtzman

The free market has eliminated environmental hazards in the past, from leaded gas to acid rain, and it can solve the problem of climate change today. A cap-and-trade system offers the best hope for reducing pollution and encouraging green growth.
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