Kyoto Can Be Made to Work; 'Leapfrog' economies can bypass traditional industrialization. India, for example, leads the developing world in low-carbon wind power.

Byline: David Miliband (Miliband is a British Labour Party M.P. and secretary of State for Environment.)

Climate change has become a "threshold issue." Deny the evidence, ignore the problem, and you look like a Luddite. The new report of the International Panel on Climate Change confirms the scientific consensus: global warming is happening and its consequences will be severe, unless action is taken.

The European Commission proposes unilateral cuts of 20 percent in European emissions from 1990 levels. The U.S. Senate is considering four similar bills. The British ...

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