The USA, EU and China are about to launch big programmes for the 2009 and potentially 2010 to stimulate their economies and minimise the impact of the emerging recession on employment and their social systems.
This will be the first time that the three major global economic players act in concert in the face of an [...]

1. The EU is likely to approve its second climate package by March 2009. This will constitute a huge step forward for the EU and for the world. It will be the most comprehensive piece of climate policy ever adopted so far, whatever its shortcomings may be. The EU will have the legal and administrative means [...]

Everybody had expected the Chinese to be the most successful in collecting golden, silver and bronze and medals. In fact, they were: winning 100 medals altogether. But in relation to their population of 1.3 billion and their an unprecedented national focus on being number One, their success pales compared to the remarkable achievements of European [...]

By 2010 latest China will have overtaken the USA as the biggest emitter of C02. That is inescapable, as its emissions keep rising with the ultra-rapid increase of its GDP, while those of the USA have started flattening thanks to slower growth and rising energy efficiency. Both countries combined account for around 40 percent of [...]