The attractions of a piecemeal approach to global warming

How the world divides on a global deal

BEYOND the planet-saving rhetoric, the argument at Copenhagen and beyond will be about emissions levels and money. On both, large gaps need to be closed for a deal to be reached. The main gap on emissions levels is between America and the rest of the world. The main gap on money is between the developed and the developing worlds.

China sees opportunities as well as dangers in climate change

America struggles with climate-change legislation

Why investors have been deserting clean energy

A STEELY lot, India

Rich and poor countries have to give ground to get a deal in Copenhagen; then they must focus on setting a carbon price

Brazil, South Africa, India, China Reiterate Negotiation Possible Within Parameters Of UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol & Bali Action Plan
Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI

THE Copenhagen papers submitted by the BASIC countries

Plan A is the only plan the world has to beat climate change. The A stands for

Months before the Kyoto protocol was signed in 1997, it was killed by the US Senate. A motion sponsored by senators from the mining and farm states of West Virginia and Nebraska ruled out ratification of the pact unless developing countries were brought into the system. US Congress has never ratified the deal.