Economist Nicholas Stern discusses the downturn and its effect on the climate change agenda.

As fears increase that global climate change will make more land uninhabitable, experts have noticed a sharp increase in the number of 'ecomigrants' worldwide.

Plans to engineer the climate may be less effective than optimistic researchers had anticipated, the Economist posits.

This study from Harvard's Craig A. Hart examines the legal and regulatory barriers encountered in carbon capture and sequestration research.

Kenneth Lieberthal and David Sandalow, two fellows at the Brookings Institution, recommend ways to overcome obstacles to cooperation between the United States and China on climate change.

The Asia Society, in collaboration with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, presents a roadmap with suggestions for Chinese and American leaders that explains how to improve relations necessary for combatting climate change.

The Guardian prints a letter from Dr. James and Anniek Hansen, who make a personal appeal to President Obama, asking him to take aggressive but carefully targeted steps to combat global climate change.

Al Gore, former vice president of the United States, tells Fareed Zakaria that whatever assistance the auto industry gets "should be focused on speeding the changes that are absolutely essential to ensure that our companies are competitive in the global marketplace."

This report from the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements considers the way forward for global climate change agreements as the Kyoto Protocol approaches its 2012 termination date.

Harvard's Jeffrey Frankel evaluates the potential detrimental impact that the WTO could have on climate change policy.

This report presents international energy projections through 2030, prepared by the Energy Information Administration, including outlooks for major energy fuels and associated carbon dioxide emissions.

This Action Plan from the Indian Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change outlines the steps towards sustainable development and international cooperation on the issue.

A policy brief based on the 2006 Joint International Conference: "Desertification and the International Policy Imperative." Desertification has emerged as an environmental crisis of global proportions. Recent evaluations clearly demonstrate there are no signs that it is abating on a global scale.

Cement plants account for 5 percent of global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main cause of climate change. This article discusses how the whole industry has come under fire in the debate on global warming.

Global cement production grew significantly from 1970 to 2005, with the vast majority of the growth occurring in developing countries. In terms of CO2 emissions, cement production is the most important activity in the non-metallic minerals category. This paper sets out some of the initial data collected for a separate IEA analysis report on the energy demand, CO2 emissions and CO2 emission reduction opportunities in the cement industry.

This report assesses the full impact of the livestock sector on environmental problems, along with potential technical and policy approaches to mitigation. The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to serious environmental problems.

The Economist reports that China and India are increasingly keen to be seen to be tackling climate change. Though it is dirtier, China is making a more convincing show of action