The international discussion on climate change policy has unduly focused on alternatives to fossil energies. As wind, solar, biomass, heat pumps geothermal etc continue to be substantially more expensive than oil or coal, politicians have been made to believe that fighting climate change is an expensive undertaking.
Whatever the outcome from Copenhagen the priority for the [...]

Australia is one of the worst green house gas polluters on earth. With its population of 22 million people, a third of France, it emits annually 400 million tons of C02, more than France. Its per capita emissions are close to 20 tons, higher than any other country with the exception of Canada, USA and [...]

On April 17, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a provisional ruling  that the concentration of six green house  gases in the atmosphere  constitute a risk for  human health and welfare and that the combined emissions of C02, CH4, N2O and FsH         
HFCs from new motor vehicle engines contribute to further concentration [...]

The success of the Copenhagen Climate Conference is at great risk.  
International climate diplomats have lost sight of what it should achieve. They seem more concerned with creating new financial mechanisms for adapting to future climate change than getting tangible reductions of green house gases by the major emitting countries.
Last Friday, the European Council was [...]