Kyoto Protocol
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has threatened to challenge the carbon pricing scheme in court on the grounds that it is 'unconstitutional'. He is wrong and set up for failure.
The EU Commissioner for Climate Action explains how the European Union will continue to set the pace for the ambitious climate action the planet demands.
Following Washington's lead, Ottawa says Kyoto is no use in the battle against global warming, and it's ready to negotiate a new deal covering all major polluters. But will other nations want to negotiate with Canada?
As week two heads to a close, international talks at COP17 have come down to a choice of form over substance: push ahead with top-down legally binding targets or put Kyoto on ice and start again.
With the current round of Kyoto Protocol commitments set to expire at the end of next year, here's a look at existing emissions reduction pledges, which scientists say will fail to limit global warming to safe levels.
Global industrial CO2 emissions jumped 5.9% in 2009-10, despite the economic downturn. In a world where economic and climatic futures are inextricably entwined, who's driving this trend, and how it can be reversed?
A major disagreement in UN-led climate talks has, for years, been what to do with the Kyoto Protocol. So what is it? What are its mechanisms and mandates? And what should happen next?
While Canada cements its place as climate pariah, the BRIC nations offer the tantalising prospect that COP17 may produce its own accord. Plus carbon markets under the spotlight; and more fossil awards.
The realities of the international carbon markets have caught up with both developing and developed countries. Would Mother Earth be pleased, or not?
With a carbon price in the works, Australia is using its strengthened position to inject new momentum into UN climate talks and to push for deeper, and more meaningful, emission reduction targets.
Given emissions have risen, there is little to cheer in Australia likely hitting its 2012 Kyoto Protocol target. Now the real challenge for a new industrial revolution begins.