REDD is designed to reward those who deforest, not those who
already protect the forests. It also has several significant inbuilt flaws that mean it is most unlikely to have a positive impact on climate change. In particular, it permits the replacement of natural tropical forest with plantations; and it would increase net emissions of carbon to the atmosphere if carbon offsetting were involved.

Around 13 megacities have so far been identified as ABC hotpots. Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Dhaka, Karachi, Kolkata, Lagos, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Tehran where soot levels are 10 per cent of the total mass of all human-made particles. ABCs can reduce sunlight hitting the Earth's surface in two ways.

Britain decides that climate change is too important to leave to the politicians

Carbon dioxide emissions and their associated warming could linger for millennia, according to some climate scientists. Mason Inman looks at why the fallout from burning fossil fuels could last far longer than expected.

The planet could face a freeze worse than an Ice Age starting in as little as 10,000 years, giving future societies a headache the opposite of coping with global warming, scientists said on Wednesday.

The takeover talks between IBM and Sun highlight a shift in the industry

Hydropower is often believed to be an inherently

Greenpeace supports a planetary rescue package as described in the

This brief discusses public policy tools available to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation
sector. Reducing GHG emissions from transportation, which comprise one third of total U.S. CO2 emissions, will need

Europe needs to find a responsible way out of its climate-regulation impasse. (Editorial)

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