China Environmental Law

Todd Stern (quoted by Bloomberg):
“I don’t think that there’s any question that China and the other major economies have to be in the game,” Stern said today on a conference call with reporters. “They’re doing a lot already, but they’re going to need to do more actions and commit to them and be able to [...]

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Where does  last week’s flurry of climate change discussions between China and the US leave us?
By the end of the week, Kerry was sounding upbeat.  As the Guardian reported he said “he was hopeful that an agreement can be reached after what he described as the ‘most constructive and productive’ talks he has had with China [...]

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If the Chinese side has presented a confusing face to the public, the Americans have not been models of consistency either. 
Presumably, the US is offering a commitment at Copenhagen similar to the reduction goals set forth in the Waxman-Markey bill ( the “American Clean Energy Security Act,” hereinafter ACES).  These come no where close to [...]

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Let me admit what many of you have already concluded: I’m confused.  After a week of immersion in the US-China climate change dynamic, I feel less certain about where all this is heading than before.  With little more than six months to go before the world’s climate change negotiators meet in Copenhagen, it make sense [...]

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