climate-policy

Doing business in a way that takes environmental economics into account is a good idea; aping climate policy and its mechanisms is not.

It sounds impressive, but British climate policy has never been short of grand visions.

Climate policy is gridlocked, and there's virtually no chance of a breakthrough. Many factors have conspired to produce this situation.

So far, the Copenhagen summit has served mainly to illuminate their profound disagreements over climate policy.

And I consider India and China the best partners in the world in a good global climate policy.

ONE of the least convincing things about the European Union's energy and climate policy is the brazen catchiness of its slogan: 20-20-20.

We believe that a radical rethink of climate policy should possess at least five central elements.

But despite its poor reputation for climate policy, a quiet revolution is underway as China positions itself for a low carbon future.

Trust the public with a less varnished view of the science and support for climate policy would strengthen.

Stern will serve as a principal adviser on international climate policy and strategy and as the administration's chief climate negotiator.

Their stated pessimism about the cost of climate policy is essentially a political ploy rather than a reasoned economic judgment.

How admittedly uncertain models should influence international climate policy is an open question.

This alternative position doesn't appear to have a standard name, so let me call it the "climate-policy big bang. "

The bid from the Polish-led group is one of several attempts to dilute the EU's climate policy.

A similar line emerged from a report released last Friday by Tsinghua University's climate policy initiative.

Given this reality, we'll almost certainly need some kind of devastating climate shock to get effective climate policy.

Trust us, was the message of Xie Zhenhua, the Chinese climate policy envoy who gave a news briefing to explain the policy.

Thus the climate policy models in recent years started to model technological change using endogenous approaches.

One western expert who advises the Chinese on climate policy says the messages from Beijing may not be as contradictory as they seem.

Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energyefficiency, renewable energy and green jobs.

Nevertheless, the plans are ambitious, a quality not lacking in British climate policy.

India suggested a clause to bar any country from taking action against another country's goods and services based on its climate policy.

Arguments over currencies, trade and climate policy will resemble a tug-of-war.

In the short-term Chinese emissions will continue to increase, but in this case it will be to climate policy's benefit.

It shows how climate policy objectives are in fact closely linked to development goals.

Mike Hulme, a climate policy expert at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, says that social effects are also unpredictable.

And China's exports are so important to global climate that its international trade should play a key role in post-2012 climate policy.

FP: Politically, what's the best way to inject fresh energy into climate policy?

One reason for uncertainty about Copenhagen is that America's own climate policy hangs by a thread.

But for China to play an active role in post-2012 climate policy, solutions must come from both inside and outside the country.

The role of civil society in global climate policy is mysterious to many in China, writes Chen Jiliang.

Tim Gore, the climate policy advisor for Oxfam, said developing countries will not benefit much from the deals passed here in Durban.

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