The U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP17) is currently taking place in Durban, South Africa. This time last year, we hosted a series of commentaries called Spotlight Cancun. Here are some of the highlights from that series.
Spotlight Cancun: Climate Realism
Eban Goodstein asks: are we too late for meaningful climate action?
Spotlight Cancun: Cancun and the New Economics of Climate Change
Frank Ackerman on existing debates about the economics of climate action
Spotlight Cancun: Kyoto Protocol Post Mortem
Kristen Sheeran on the significance of the Copenhagen Accord for the Kyoto Protocol
Spotlight Cancun: Negative Carbon and the Green Power Fund
Graciela Chichilnisky on negative carbon and economic development
Spotlight Cancun: Why Do U.S. States Emissions Vary So Widely?
Elizabeth Stanton on the factors driving variations in emissions per capita in the US