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The IMF's most recent World Economic Outlook study includes a climate change analysis. The report is one of the first to capture broad, deep data concerning the potential costs of climate change to the world economy and the economic result of a worldwide implementation of greenhouse gases mitigation strategies, such as cap-and-trade and carbon emissions tax. Tamirisa, co-author of that analysis, outlines the IMF's conclusions.

Lester Brown, Author of Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, discusses the need for the United States to control its greenhouse gas emissions in order to ensure the security of the worldwide food supply. Brown outlines how market forces and societal pressure can encourage those reductions.

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) renews his effort to take a new look at combating global climate change. In his speech to the Senate, Barrassostresses the importance of developing technology to remove existing excess green houses gases from the atmosphere andpermanently sequester them. The "Greenhouse Gas Emission Atmospheric Removal Act," or GEAR Act, will establish an award system for scientists andresearchers.

If you can believe it, Shell Oil company provides two plausible future scenarios in which oil supply drops in either case. No surprise there. The biggest surprise is the fact that such a company would release these scenarios to the public to help usher in more renewable energy. Perhaps that is no surprise either. Take a look!

Maybe it was the martinis I had already drunk, or the beers he had already drunk, or maybe it’s just plain impossible to have a discussion about Biofuels without getting heated. But boy, did I have a doozy on Friday.

Somehow the discussion then veered away from Biofuels specifically and towards agriculture and GHG emissions in general. At which point, he presented his most sensational argument yet...

You might've guessed, but the problem is bigger than just putting oil in our cars. Moving towards electric propulsion is a big part of the solution though.

Three advisers to the 2008 presidential candidates describe their respective candidate's energy, environmental and climate change policies should their candidate be elected president.

Malcolm Woolf, Director, Maryland Energy Administration, is interviewed about Maryland's experience with electric power deregulation, energy and environmentlegislation to come out of the 2008 session of the state legislature, and Maryland's involvement in a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government aimed at being able to regulate vehicle tailpipe emissions to control global climate change.

Washington, DC - Donald Hodel, Chairman of Summit Power Group, Inc., says his firm will announce a full-scale coal gasification project with carbon capture.

The National Academies Summit on America's Energy Future, which will inform the upcoming study "America's Energy Future: Technology, Opportunities, Risks,and Tradeoffs." China's demand for fuel and energy technologies will likely continue to rise and the nation also faces energy challenges, including difficulty in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

British software firm Access Accounting has incorporated a tool within its accounting package that will enable enterprises to assess the carbon footprint of individual users or departments within the company.

Traditionally viewed as separate issues, the discussion will explore the interrelations between the climate crisis and extreme poverty and solutions common to both.How should international efforts to eliminate extreme poverty and to solve the climate crisis be coordinated to improve the chances for success in both efforts? Former Vice President Al Gore and activist/rock star Bono discuss.

The hearing examines the role of auction or allocation systems for global warming emissions credits in a cap-and-trade climate bill. Along with several prominent witnesses from the United States, Zapfel covers these new developments in the E.U.

With the objective of providing legislators with well-vetted, detailed policy options, RFF presents a new report. The report, "Assessing U.S. Climate Policy Options: A Report Summarizing Work at RFF as Part of the Inter-Industry U.S. Climate Policy Forum", represents the culmination of the Forum process, written by independent RFF scholars and informed by a year-long dialogue with Forum participants.

Hank Courtright, Sr. Vice President, Member Services, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), describes how technology can help address climate change, including nuclear, efficiency, rooftop solar and plug-in hybrid vehicles.