Meeting tomorrow's energy needs for the world's most densely populated country.

David Victor reviews Thomas Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded.

A more aggressive domestic energy policy has emerged as a Republican Party priority, setting the stage for heightened debate with Democrats in the presidential race this fall.

As China's economy keeps growing, so do its contributions to global warming and other environmental problems.

In contrast to conventional wisdom, OPEC's actions tend to lag behind fundamental changes in oil supply and demand rather than lead them. In this Newsweek Web Exclusive, David Victor argues that blaming high oil prices on OPEC won't have much impact. Real solutions should be focused on demand.

Writing from within the Arctic Circle, Michael Gerson, describes the harsh realities of an ecosystem being tangibly changed by the climate disruption that stems from global warming.

If all goes well, direct flights between China and Taiwan might just be the start, write Jerome Cohen and Chen Yu-jie. The next step might well be cross-strait oil co-operation.

We, Heads of State, Government and International and Regional Organizations convened in L'Aquila, remain deeply concerned about global food security, the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and last year's spike in food prices on the countries least able to respond to increased hunger and poverty. While the prices of food commodities have decreased since their peak of 2008, they remain high in historical terms and volatile. The combined effect of longstanding underinvestment in agriculture and food security, price trends and the economic crisis have led to increased hunger and poverty in developing countries, plunging more than a further 100 million people into extreme poverty and jeopardising the progress achieved so far in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The number of people suffering from hunger and poverty now exceeds 1 billion.

Iraq says it wants to sell oil contracts to foreign energy firms. The potential impact on energy markets could be large, but practical and political obstacles still prevent rapid production increases.

Sara Banaszak of the American Petroleum Institute and Morgan Gray of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming debate whether opening restricted federal lands and waters will have any effect on the continuing rise in the price of oil.

The rise of oil prices prompts calls for policy fixes, sparking heated debate among investors, politicians, and the energy industry.

Oil stocks can help buffer economic shocks, but only if Washington radically reforms its handling of them.

The Congressional Research Service reports on the history, perspectives, and issues surrounding the strategic petroleum reserve.

Conscious of the increasing pressure on limited water resources, UN-Water has identified water scarcity as the theme for World Water Day 2007. This report reflects on the challenges posed by the unsustainable increase in water use and its degradation across the globe.

A report from the Stockholm Environment Institute says the consumption of woodfuel should not be associated with deforestation.

This paper seeks to trace the likely impacts of climate change through changes in the quality of the physical asset base, access to assets, and impacts on grain production and on agricultural growth more generally.

A report from the House Committee on Natural Resources says that "big oil" is stockpiling supplies and pocketing the profits.

This panel discusses why there are malnourished people in the world despite a global capability to provide food in a cost-effective way.

In a time of rising global food prices, Africa produces a fraction of the world's crops. What can be done to foster a Green Revolution in Africa?

EU policymakers debate cutting farm subsidies as legislators on both sides of the Atlantic consider how trade distortions fit into the global food crisis.