G8 leaders released this statement regarding the global oil market at the G8 summit in Maryland on May 19, 2012.

G8 leaders released this fact sheet on energy and climate change at the G8 summit on May 19, 2012.

Reining in pollution would thus accomplish two goals, while finally getting countries such as China and India into the climate-change business.

Recent advances have made wind and solar power more competitive than ever. Still, governments must redesign their policies and help renewables slash costs.

This General Accounting Office (GAO) report on Climate Change, "The Quality, Comparability, and Review of Emissions Inventories Vary Between Developed and Developing Nations", was published in July 2010.

Emerging economies taking advantage of mineral and petroleum wealth often face corruption and conflict rather than benefit from sustainable development. This resource curse can be obviated, CFR Fellow Terra Lawson-Remer argues, if capital-exporting countries, banks, and corporations insist on transparency.

Blake Clayton, CFR's fellow for energy and national security, leads a conversation on global energy resources and policy.

The Environmental Investigation Agency released this report, "Unfinished Business - The Continued Illegal Trade in Ozone-Depleting Substances and the Threat Posed to the Montreal Protocol Phase-out", in October 2001.

Net oil imports have decreased by 33 percent over the past six years; however, oil-related developments still host a number of policy problems for the United States.

Blake Clayton says Wall Street is not to blame for high gas prices.

The UN Development Programme report, Energy Subsidies in the Arab World, was released in February 2012.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published this report on global water security in February 2012.

Robert J. Samuelson asks if energy independence is possible, and what it would look like politically.

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade was adopted on September 10, 1998 and the text was amended in 2004, 2008, and 2011.

The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing was adopted on November 22, 2009 at the FAO meeting.

President Obama gave these remarks on oil and gas subsidies on March 29, 2012.

Heads of fifty nations are discussing how to improve safeguards for nuclear weapons and materials. CFR's Michael Levi says these summits serve as reminders of the dangers beyond the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs.

Peter Orszag looks at a dispute over water supplies in the southeastern United States to underscore the need for water policy reforms and greater infrastructure investment.

President Obama gave these remarks on energy strategy in Nevada on March 21, 2012.

Michael Spence writes that myopic U.S. energy policies highlight the need for persistence, longer-term thinking, and bipartisanship in U.S. policymaking.