A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot free

The Biosafety Protocol has finally been adopted in the hope that it will bring some transparency into the trade in genetically modified products. But some say it is weak and watered down to suit US interests

The protocol and its limitations

Even as the US accuses the EU of rewriting prior agreements, the later agrees on a common approach to limiting flexible mechanisms for controlling green house gas emissions

World forestry talks end without a consensus on a global convention on forests