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Updated: January 25, 2008
Backgrounder
G8 members offer a mixed picture on meeting Kyoto Protocol targets. The United States continues to refuse ratification.
See more in Europe/Russia, Russian Fed., EU, Climate Change
Updated February 1, 2008
Daily Analysis
The gathering of the world’s top emitters under White House auspices yielded more positive reviews than the first, if no concrete results.
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change, International Organizations
January 23, 2008
Daily Analysis
Immigration remains high among voters’ concerns, but presidential caucuses and primaries don’t yet provide a clear sense of the issue’s weight.
See more in United States, Immigration, U.S. Election 2008
Updated January 14, 2008
Daily Analysis
As the presidential campaign accelerates, voters signal increasing concern over gas prices. Both parties offer a mixed bag of solutions.
See more in United States, Elections, Energy
December 28, 2007
Daily Analysis
President Bush’s AIDS program in Africa is up for renewal. A number of health experts applaud some of its results but want to end the focus on abstinence.
See more in Africa, Global Health, Foreign Aid
December 26, 2007
Daily Analysis
As concerns grow over the increasing scarcity of fresh water, some experts weigh trading it as a commodity.
See more in Economics, Natural Resources Management, Health
December 20, 2007
Interview
Romesh Bhattacharji, a South Asian counternarcotics expert, says India’s success with legal poppy growing though an international licensing program could be replicated in Afghanistan.
See more in Afghanistan, India, Society and Culture
December 13, 2007
Interview
CFR Fellow Michael A. Levi says the Bali climate conference made some headway on deforestation but questions the rush to a deal on setting binding emissions targets.
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change
Updated: December 15, 2007
Daily Analysis
The compromise deal in Bali moves the global agenda forward, but U.S. policy remains fractured, and U.S. localities are adopting their own plans as Washington wrangles.
See more in United States, Energy/Environment, Climate Change
November 30, 2007
Interview
On the annual occasion of World AIDS day, CFR health expert Laurie Garrett points to problems in tracking and addressing the disease.
See more in Haiti, Global Health
Updated January 7, 2008
Backgrounder
Loss of forests is a major contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions. Plans to devise a policy tool for using trees for carbon dioxide sequestration are now under way.
See more in United States, Energy/Environment, Natural Resources Management
November 30, 2007
Podcast
Joshua Busby, an expert on climate change politics, discusses what can be expected out of the Bali conference on climate change.
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change, Treaties
December 3, 2007
Daily Analysis
Work begins on the future of global climate change policy with the world’s largest nations divided on key issues, including the U.S. resistance to mandatory emissions caps.
See more in Energy/Environment, Climate Change, International Organizations
November 20, 2007
Daily Analysis
The EU’s moratorium on genetically modified foods has ended, but country-specific clashes and possible WTO sanctions still loom.
See more in Europe/Russia, EU, Trade, International Organizations, Genetically Modified Organisms
November 16, 2007
Daily Analysis
The EU has added airlines to its greenhouse gas reduction scheme, but the United States and the aviation industry say this violates international law.
See more in United States, EU, Climate Change, International Law
November 5, 2007
Daily Analysis
New studies show the war on drugs is being lost in Afghanistan, and some policy experts think licensing the country for morphine production would help.
See more in Afghanistan, Society and Culture, Poverty
November 2, 2007
Daily Analysis
Russia doesn’t have abundant stores of natural uranium but its considerable enrichment capacity and nuclear know-how is increasingly up for sale.
See more in Russian Fed., Energy/Environment, Energy
November 2, 2007
Backgrounder
Supplies of uranium are tightening at a time when demand for nuclear power is on the rise.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Energy, Natural Resources Management
October 30, 2007
Interview
Former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman says the next president needs to focus on providing environmental leadership, and must include a new focus on climate change and water infrastructure.
See more in United States, Energy/Environment
October 24, 2007
Podcast
Jordan Kassalow, former CFR fellow for global health policy, says the problem of untreated impaired vision in the developing world is “huge,” and if this simple probem cannot be addressed, it does not bode well for more complex health issues such as HIV/AIDS.
See more in International Organizations, Health, Science, and Technology, Global Health, Poverty
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