http://www.project-syndicate.org/series/earth_in_the_balance <p><em>Are the global consequences of climate change worsening? Are cap-and-trade schemes the best way to reduce CO2 emissions? With a global recession looming, does the path to economic recovery lead through low-carbon technologies? Can we fight climate change and improve energy security at the same time?</em></p> en 2012-02-10T06:00:47+01:00 webmaster@project-syndicate.org webmaster@project-syndicate.org 1994-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 4 hourly http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/baru2/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/baru2/English>ENERGY: Asia’s Energy, Asia’s Security</a> As Asia’s rising – and increasingly rival – powers seek to sustain growth and ensure stability, energy security has moved to the forefront of Asian geopolitics. As a result, the time is ripe for fresh ideas and innovative initiatives aimed at addressing Asia’s energy-security concerns in the Middle East. Sanjaya Baru 2012-01-16T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/solheim1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/solheim1/English>ENERGY: Why Development Aid is Not Enough</a> We must be careful not to fool ourselves into believing that the Millennium Development Goals can be achieved through development aid alone. The wider politics of poverty must be placed at the top of the international agenda, along with the three factors most critical to development: climate, conflict, and capital. Erik Solheim 2012-01-11T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/nair1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/nair1/English>ENERGY: The Impoverished “Asian Century”</a> Western anxieties about an "Asian century" stem largely from the precedent of twentieth-century geopolitical structures, in which the West dominated less-developed nations. But this geopolitical dynamic is outdated, and Asia would suffer as much as the West from attempting to emulate the Western consumption-led economic-growth model. Chandran Nair 2011-12-06T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/chellaney22/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/chellaney22/English>ENERGY: China’s Dam Frenzy</a> Since 1949, China has completed, on average, at least one large dam per day, and today boasts more dams than the rest of the world combined. But China's over-damming of rivers has already wreaked havoc on natural ecosystems, and the social costs – both at home and abroad – have been even higher. Brahma Chellaney 2011-12-02T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/alvarez1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/alvarez1/English>ENERGY: New Hope on Global Warming</a> The Kyoto Protocol, aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, is due to expire in 2012, with only dim prospects for an extension. But if private individuals and corporations begin to fund carbon-reduction projects now, efforts to prevent global warming may have some hope of succeeding. Heherson Alvarez, John Topping, Jr. 2011-11-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rkupers3/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rkupers3/English>ENERGY: The Birth of a Power Source</a> Some argue that the market, not governments, should decide which technologies come out ahead in the race to decarbonize the power system. But the market can work its magic only when individual companies are large enough to fund the early learning curve of a new technology until it becomes competitive. Roland Kupers 2011-11-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rahmstorf4/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rahmstorf4/English>ENERGY: The Vanishing Arctic</a> In September, the sea-ice cover on the Arctic Ocean melted all the way back to the record-low level recorded in September 2007. If this continues, we will probably see an ice-free North Pole within the next 10-20 years – with disastrous consequences for the global climate system. Stefan Rahmstorf 2011-10-17T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/chivian2/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/chivian2/English>ENERGY: The Amazon or Oil?</a> Charles Darwin would appreciate the irony of Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Yasuní, home to the highest concentration of biodiversity in the Western hemisphere, is itself engaged in what Darwin called “the struggle for existence.” Eric Chivian, Rigoberta Menchú 2011-10-06T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lubchenco1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/lubchenco1/English>ENERGY: The Pirates of the Fisheries</a> Piracy off the coast of East Africa has grabbed headlines in recent years, but there is another type of piracy that has received far too little attention. Pirate fishing around the world is costing fishermen their jobs and income, and is inflicting serious harm on the ocean environment. Jane Lubchenco, Maria Damanaki 2011-09-05T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cuttino1/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cuttino1/English>ENERGY: Who Will Win the Clean-Energy Revolution?</a> In less than a decade, clean energy has grown from a niche industry to a significant source of trade, investment, manufacturing, and job creation. Much of that growth has been fueled by Europe, but Asia is now poised to claim the global lead, owing mainly to China's surge of investment. Phyllis Cuttino, Michael Liebreich 2011-08-16T00:00:00+02:00 http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/zachmann2/English <a href=http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/zachmann2/English>ENERGY: Can the Sun Save Greece?</a> German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has proposed that developing solar-energy resources could be a good way for Greece to generate much-needed economic growth. But, while that sounds like a perfect solution to the country’s dire fiscal problems, the impact on Greece's current account would be disappointing. Georg Zachmann 2011-08-11T00:00:00+02:00