With the growth of the developing world's population and economies, limiting their contribution to the global growth of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions has increased greatly in significance. The parties to the UN Climate Change Convention acknowledged this reality in the Bali Action Plan,...

Zimbabwe is currently struggling with a persistent energy crisis that has been exacerbated by a drawn out economic meltdown. Unplanned electricity outages and scarcity of petroleum products are now the order of the day. Electricity shortages have been a perennial challenge for the whole region...

This paper critically analyses the policy options for establishing a carbon price in Australia in the post-Kyoto context in the light of the Henry Review and other developments. The paper considers some of the key literature in support of market based instruments including a critical analysis of...

This article assesses the prospects for liable entities under Australia’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) to rely on international and domestic offset credits. This is crucially important for liable entities as, under the CPRS, they must surrender a permit for every tonne of...

The relationship between desirable economic growth and environmental degradation is complex. The international community began to negotiate responsibility for the issue of global climate change twenty-one years ago. This paper suggests that the environmental Kuznets' hypothesis may provide a...

While negotiations on a global deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions continue in slow motion, the pace of climatic change gains momentum. Higher than ever atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations1 increase the likelihood and frequency of extreme weather events, as well as the probability of...

What does global trade mean for the environment of any particular place? It can produce place-based transformations that are both positive and negative. The Kuznets curve is often touted as a solution that resolves the conflict between trade promotion and environmental protection by purporting...

Based on analysis of recent data on the evolution of global temperatures, snow and ice covers, and sea level rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently declared that "warming of the climate system is unequivocal." Global surface temperatures, in particular, have...