Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States offers an opportunity to deepen exchanges between the two countries, while enhancing cooperation and reducing friction on a range of important economic and security issues.
Chinese imports of Canadian oil sands would strain the Sino-U.S. relationship, be detrimental to China's international climate change negotiations, and face opposition from indigenous and environmental groups in Canada.
In his new book, David Rothkopf traces the changing relationship between public and private power and looks at the implications of the rise of great private actors and the weakening of many states.
Despite expert warnings, global policymaking communities lack a comprehensive understanding of the changing composition of their oil supplies and their impact on the climate.
Enhanced energy security is particularly important for a more cohesive security collaboration among the states of the Euro-Atlantic region.
While there were high hopes for Ukraine’s speedy transition to a wealthy free market democracy and full membership in the European and Euro-Atlantic communities when it declared independence in 1991, it has fallen short of these targets.
The World Bank report examines the intersection of transport, growth, and carbon emissions, compares transport sectors in developed and developing countries, and calls for broad sector reform.
A number of important decisions and agreements were reached between parties of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, although many issues remain unresolved.
Congress should reassess the national transportation program to support innovative transportation projects on a local level.
Europe is uniquely well-positioned to lead the world in reducing carbon emissions from transportation. There are four major ways this could be achieved.