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Japan, besides setting a 60-80% CO2 reduction goal (by 2050, not 2020 like environmentalists want), plans to launch a carbon market in autumn, which, if successful, could go global at some point in the future. Japan is the world's fifth-largest emitter. This move advances Japan's green agenda before hosting the G8 summit next month.

A 1-minute summary of the Kyoto Protocol, carbon emission reduction credits, and what they mean for regular people.

The Argentine Minister of the Environment (and activist) Romina Piccolotti talks about "environmental discrimination" -- the connections between global warming and social and economic justice.

I received an environmental petition in the mail the other day. I assumed it was from one of the environmental organizations, such as Union of Concerned Scientists, which regularly sends me petitions.

The real deal on the happenings at the UN climate conference in Bali, minus the wonk. (Ok, some wonk included, but we like it that way.)

The United Nations is going green in an appropriate manner for its Climate Summit, which is being nicknamed the Virtual Bali Conference due to its green efforts–the organization will be streaming the Climate Summit live, beginning tomorrow and through December 14th. This is part of the United Nations’ efforts to emphasize the importance of the global plight by encouraging participants to view the conference online instead of flying in for the events.

BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it would seek a new global deal to fight climate change after Australia's move to ratify the Kyoto Protocol isolated it as the only developed nation outside the current U.N. pact."We're not here to be a roadblock," U.S. delegation leader Harlan Watson said on the opening day of a December 3-14 meeting of almost 190 nations in Bali, Indonesia, seeking to agree a roadmap to work out a successor to Kyoto which runs to 2012.

At the commonwealth meetings in Uganda, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper insisted any reference to binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions be deleted because the call for committing to such targets would not apply to all major polluters.

"Climate change will come stronger than expected and sooner than expected": why is this and what can be done about it?

President George W. Bush said on Monday his administration's approach of emphasizing voluntary approaches to address climate change was working and he denounced Kyoto-style mandatory caps as "bad policy."

The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that $20 trillion in new investment is required to meet world energy needs by 2030. Much of thisinvestment is required in the world's fastest-growing economies and expectations for China alone amount to 18% of the total.Innovative policies and technologies present significant opportunities to ensure economic growth and social developmentwhile minimizing the unintended costs of investments such as urban air pollution, resource depletion, health damage, waterstress and climate change.

In this roundtable discussion, panelists discuss the latest developments in climate change negotiation and greenhouse gas reductions while alsolooking at the economic and political forces that will affect the issue now and in the future.

The irony is inescapable: today, Monday 24 September, representatives from more than 150 countries will meet at UN headquarters in New York to discuss future climate change agreements. More than 70 heads of state and government will be present - but not US president George W Bush.

The UN dedicated an entire day yesterday to Climate Change talks prior to its General Assembly’s Annual Debate in New York. The world’s leaders took the opportunity to say absolutely nothing new.