UN May Allow Carbon Credits Even as Rules Tightened (Update1)

Six ways to save the world: scientists compile list of climate change clinchers

Australia unveils carbon trade legislation

Brazil: 'Gringos' must pay to stop Amazon razing
Farmers who cut and burn trees in Brazil's part of the Amazon River Basin cause less environmental destruction, than rich Western nations have done in the past, the Brazilian President says. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with colleagues Nicolas Sarkozy from France (L) and Bharrat Jagdeo from Guyana (R). (Photo: Scanpix/AFP) Rie Jerichow | AP in COP14 | 27/11/2009 14:25 Brazil's president said Thursday that "gringos" should pay Amazon

Proposal to exclude Canada from the Commonwealth
In the past, the Commonwealth has suspended several countries for human rights reasons. Now, campaigners, politicians and scientists have proposed suspending Canada because of its climate policy. Rie Jerichow | COP15 | 27/11/2009 18:50 This weekend's summit of Commonwealth leaders beginning in Trinidad is the last major international gathering before the Copenhagen climate change conference in December. Here too, climate change will be on top of the agenda. The Commonwealth’s 53 members include not only developed countries like Britain, Australia and Canada, but also

Kyoto protocol about to bite
Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent | Reuters in Tiscali.co.uk | 15/02/2005 16:36 OSLO (Reuters) - Rejected by the United States, the world’s plan to combat global warming goes into force on Wednesday amid scant fanfare and U.N. warnings that it is only a tiny first step. The 141-nation Kyoto protocol aims to brake a rise in temperatures widely blamed on mounting human emissions of heat-trapping gases that could trigger droughts and floods, raise sea levels and wipe out thousands of species b

Guyana: the inside story of a REDD deal
By Daniel Nelson | OneWorld UK | 20 November 2009 REDD – the forest component of the international negotiations to curb carbon emissions and climate change – has taken a stride forward with a deal between Guyana and Norway. And Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo also took a personal stride forward in terms of PR in Britain this week when he made himself available in London to discuss the deal with forest activists and journalists. The event was filmed and can be viewed on the Global Witness

Q&A: Mounting pressure in the lead-up to the Copenhagen conference
With the summit three weeks away, much depends on whether the US can negotiate its obstacles. What of the other nations? Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent | guardian.co.uk | Tuesday 17 November 2009 What is the state of play for Copenhagen now?