Listen to experts discuss how the United States should be addressing climate change and the need for global cooperation on the issue.

This session was part of the CFR conference: The United States and the Future of Global Governance, which was made possible through the generous support of the Robina Foundation.

The Canadian oil sands present an important challenge to policymakers: they promise energy security benefits but present climate change problems. Michael A. Levi assesses the energy security and climate change effects of the oil sands and makes recommendations for U.S. policymakers within the context of broader bilateral relations with Canada.

The days of freely dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are coming to an end, but how best to price carbon emissions remains in dispute. As the U.S. Congress debates the issue, Yale Environment 360 asked eight experts to discuss the merits of a cap-and-trade system versus a carbon tax.

This Pew Center study takes a close look at the historical relationship between energy prices and U.S. production and consumption of energy-intensive goods. The authors suggest that energy-intensive manufacturers are likely to face only modest "competitiveness" impacts under a U.S. greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program.

Executives and public policy makers should familiarize themselves with the technologies involved in carbon capture and storage (CCS) as they work toward reducing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, McKinsey's Climate Change Special Initiative reports.

Yvo de Boer, who heads the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, says global economic woes are a setback for climate change policy but new U.S. leadership is a "huge signal of encouragement to the international community."

Scott Borgerson and Caitlyn Antrim argue that the United States should show leadership on the formation of an Arctic "polar park" for international scientific research.

The United Nations Human Rights Council Second Resolution 10/4 on Human Rights and Climate Change was adopted on March 25, 2009.

In terms of world trade, U.S. global warming policy and its eco-tariffs are Smoot-Hawley on steroids, Peter Foster asserts.

This op-ed discusses the relationship between emissions production, declines in income, and increases in unemployment.

Time sits down with Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), for this fascinating Q&A.

As the U.S. Congress takes on President Obama's call for a cap-and-trade system, Kevin M. Dempsey, a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf, argues that it should look toward Europe's experience. In the second part of his Globalist Paper, he explains the benefits of carbon auctions--and the complications they may create under WTO law.

This module features teaching notes by Michael A. Levi, director of the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report, Confronting Climate Change: A Strategy for U.S. Policy, along with other resources to supplement the text. This report lays out a U.S. negotiating proposal for a global climate accord, including what the United States should be willing to offer and what it should expect others to do in order to confront climate change.

This op-ed says President Barack Obama's cap-and-trade program creates a tax on the working class.

Michael Levi warns that if we try to find a single solution for our economic and energy challenges in the form of "green jobs", we might fail to deliver on both fronts.

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

As climate change accelerates, policymakers may have to consider "geoengineering" as an emergency strategy to cool the planet. Engineering the climate strikes most as a bad idea, but it is time to start taking it seriously.

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

The idea of creating green jobs drew great attention as the stimulus package made its way through Congress. Defining those jobs is difficult, however, and economists say many may simply displace existing jobs in the old carbon-based economy.