Climate Change

Kyoto’s last stand: Why consensus is needed in Durban

By Annie Downs The end of November marks another United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference. This year, government representatives, NGOs, and climate change advocacy leaders are gathering in Durban to continue discussions on climate change. Previous conferences in Copenhagen and Cancun have produced lackluster results, and before the opening bell even sounded in […]

One Size Does Not Fit All: Towards More Nuanced Evaluation of Policy Effectiveness?

By Chris Klein Concerns over climate change, pollution reduction and the secure availability of fossil fuels has led an increasing number of industrialized countries to support public financing of renewable energies (RES-E). In politics, any such policy intervention is usually accompanied by intense debate about its normative desirability: either you are for a policy or […]