Climate change
Green protectionism vs. growth
IPN Opinion article
As world delegates tried in Bonn (9-11 April to revive the climate-change talks that collapsed in Copenhagen, the USA and other rich countries were working on protectionist carbon tariffs that will harm their own economies and harm the poor even more. On top of that, these "border measures" or "adaptation mechanisms" will not even have much effect on emissions.
Green tariffs make no sense
IPN Opinion article
Restricting trade as a climate measure would be counterproductive
FT Climate Experts' Forum: The Copenhagen agreement - disappointment or relief?
IPN Opinion article
IPN's Executive Director comments on the end result of COP-15 in Copenhagen
FT Climate Experts' Forum - 14 December
IPN Opinion article
IPN's Executive Director discusses the first week of the Copenhagen Conference
Leaders must confront poverty as well as climate change in Copenhagen
IPN Letters
Leaders of poor countries need to give their citizens the freedom to prosper to protect them from climate change
Which Policy to Address Climate Change?
IPN Opinion article
Carbon control doesn't look like a very smart solution to climate change.
Julian Morris in the FT Climate Experts' Forum
IPN Opinion article
IPN's Executive Director Julian Morris discusses the Copenhagen negotiations
What gets lost in fog of carbon priorities
IPN Opinion article
Copenhagen won't help the poor by promising more unrealistic targets on carbon.
