The debate over climate change seems to be stuck in a rut, but in reality there is a lot of movement on the policy front that is unseen by the public. James L. Connaughton, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, will discuss U.S. policy initiatives and global efforts on...

Global climate change policy has reached a stalemate. Europe, Japan, and other major countries have signed on to the Kyoto Protocol. However, the United States has refused to join, in part because China and other developing countries are not subject to the emissions limitations under Kyoto. As the call...

AEI offers a collection of publications and conferences on global climate change.

AEI, in association with The Economist magazine, is pleased to announce the Institute's Second Annual Climate Policy Conference. The conference will convene international panels of experts to examine the controversy over emissions forecasting scenarios and methods. The fundamental input of climate change models is derived from forecasts of future emissions...

Which climate policy approach will succeed the Kyoto Protocol: cap-and-trade or a carbon tax?

While average global temperatures rose slightly during the twentieth century, we do not have sufficient evidence to know definitively whether that rise was man-made or natural.