More than 170 major companies have pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, with many counting on carbon offsets and carbon trading programs to help them reach that goal. But critics say offsets are not nearly enough to address the danger to the planet from continually rising greenhouse gas emissions.
A Groundbreaking Deal at the Durban Climate Summit commits the US, China, and 192 other nations to the same legal regime to limit greenhouse gas emissions, starting in 2020. Details are to be negotiated by 2015.
The top climate expert at the World Resources Institute says the US is losing ground as a leader for climate negotiations and developing alternative technologies.
The Obama administration's debut at the global economic summit ends with little progress made toward a global climate change treaty expected in Copenhagen this December.
Progress was modest at the conference, but Senator John Kerry is optimistic the U.S. will play a vital part in forging an effective climate treaty.
A look ahead to the upcoming round of global talks on a successor to the Kyoto Treaty.
With China onboard for UN climate talks in Bali this December, the Bush administration appears increasingly isolated in its refusal to impose mandatory caps on U.S. carbon emissions.
A new report suggests that unchecked climate change could trigger a global economic recession.
A meeting of the climate change protocol participants is held in Bonn to discuss greenhouse gas reductions beyond stage one of the treaty's implementation.