A recent policy paper published by the EU Commission argues that the costs of moving from a 20% emission reduction target in 2020 to a potential 30% have significantly lowered.

This report by Lorenzo Fioramonti argues that an innovative approach to the environmental challenge must take seriously the question of economic reform and the inescapable connection between environmental and social justice.

Recent negotiations on climate change have shown that most developed countries are unwilling to repay their ecological debts.

In this interview Carlo Jaeger argues for a change of perspective in order to consider climate change in terms of its opportunities, although the problem of climate justice will not be solved automatically.

I went to Copenhagen, to fight for a fair, ambitious and legally binding treaty. I went to fight for global democracy.

Now that an agreement at the Copenhagen summit has not been found, will Europe be able to still lead the way and pass from word to fact? Or will we continue hiding behind our weaknesses?

The UN Conference on Climate Change which took place in Copenhagen between the 7th and 18th of December 2009 ended in failure. The EU has not been an important player during the Summit. Catherine Ashton, Van Rumpoy and Barroso cannot represent the EU.

The UN Conference on Climate Change has started yesterday (7th of December 2009) in the Danish capital. As the Kyoto protocol will terminate by the end of 2012, this summit will be fundamental in order to find a new agreement on climate change. This article analyse the firs two days of the Copenhagen Summit.

Carbon trading is a complex system which sets itself a simple goal: tomake it cheaper for companies and governments to meet emissions
reduction targets.

Due to environmental degradation there are likely to be severe water shortages in many parts of Africa, and 67 million more people could be at risk of malaria epidemics by the 2080s. If we will not fight climate change the gap between rich and poor will rise and water scarcity will soon become a new reason for war.