BRUSSELS — Economists have long seen a carbon tax as a good idea because of its simplicity: Polluters pay at a level that is set by decree. But the idea never caught on widely in the United States or Europe, where governments jealously guard their autonomy on taxes. Industries lobbied for a market-based system called [...]

C+E Daily, 10 September 2009 The Clinton Climate Initiative’s forestry program has suspended plans for carbon credits projects to protect PNG’s rainforests, and will instead focus on projects in Indonesia and Cambodia. var showHover=false;

Chinese government officials signed an agreement on Tuesday with First Solar, an American solar developer, for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert. var showHover=false;

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An agreement to cap aviation emissions must be reached at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen if countries are to meet targets to combat global warming, according to the committee set up to advise the government on the issue. Rich countries should take the lead, ensuring their aviation emissions are no higher or lower than [...]

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Scientists should not meddle with the Earth’s complex climate by experimenting with futuristic geo-engineering options when softer approaches are available, Frank Raes, head of the climate change unit at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, told EurActiv in an interview. Sophisticated geo-engineering programmes – including mirrors to reflect the sun’s radiation or plans to “fertilise” oceans – have already been imagined to try and [...]

The Indian government has announced a major commitment to solar power as a renewable means of bringing electricity to more than 400 million people now living without it. Yet the government was pilloried at home last summer for accepting the international goal of preventing a global temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit above present temperatures by limiting emissions. Opposition parties accused it of selling out the country’s future development.