The UN is currently hosting it’s 2008 Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland. This conference serves as an opportunity for many different international bodies related to climate change, and is being attended by representatives from over 180 countries, and independent observers. The primary purpose of this meeting is to make progress on what will be the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The... Read more.

My previous two posts have been about ways that we can apply a cost to the emission of carbon dioxide, through either a carbon tax or an emissions trading system. Both of these work through making existing polluting technologies more and more expensive to run until they force the adoption of cleaner, greener technologies. Today’s post is looking at what I am calling ‘Green Obligations’. Instead... Read more.

The other day I wrote an article on how carbon taxes could be used as a way of addressing carbon emissions. Today I’m going to look at another widely accepted method; emissions trading, or the cap and trade system. Instead of charging a fixed tax for each tonne of carbon dioxide emitted, the government sets a limit on annual emissions for the country (called the ‘cap’). These limits... Read more.

After Stephen Harper’s recent announcement of a general election, Canadians will be heading to the polls on October 14th, 2008. With the environment likely to be a top issue amongst Canadians, the parties will no doubt debate their policies, trying to position their’s as the correct choice for Canada. I thought I would use this as an opportunity to write a series of articles on the choices... Read more.