Australia should doubel its expenditure on low carbon technologies, spending about $2.5 billion a year,  climate change adviser Ross Garnaut says.
In his seventh update of his landmark 2008 review, Professor Garnaut argues there’s a case for …

A large California allowance trade occurred Tuesday despite news that regulators will have to defend their decision to create a carbon market in court, according the reports from PointCarbon.

The news services reported that a deal …

Big polluters are in Canberra this week for negotiations on the shape of Australia’s carbon pricing compensation package, starting Thursday night with a business roundtable.
Professor Ross Garnaut, the government’s climate change adviser, recommended Kevin Rudd’s carbon …

The federal government’s hard sell for action on global warming begins this week with the first public forum of its newly launched climate commission.
Chief climate commissioner Professor Tim Flannery will begin later this week what he’s …

Judge Ernest Goldsmith of San Francisco Superior Court has ruled that California did not adequately consider alternatives to its plan to create a cap-and-trade market for carbon emissions,  in what is a major setback for the most …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $60 million in three major studies on the effects of climate change on crops and forests, with the aim to help farmers and foresters continue producing food and timber while trying …

The South African government has said it hopes to have a carbon tax in place by July 2012, becoming the latest nation to make a step towards putting a price on carbon.
Creamer Media Reporter reports today …

Australia’s price on carbon may have to be set at $60 a tonne if it’s to drive down greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report by Australian National University (ANU). 
Doctor Frank Jotzo, director of the Centre …

Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has finally said he thinks climate change is real.
The admition came after being attacked for telling a community forum that the science wasn’t settled.
Abbot infamously declared in 2009 the science was “crap,” but …

The inaugural five-year UN-REDD Programme Strategy (2011-2015) was been released, outlining the path for increased support to UN-REDD partner countries.
View the strategy here. 
But in short, it outlines a work program focused on:

ensuring that governments develop capacities to …