Commentary

REDD alert - Deepak Rughani and Almuth Ernsting warn of the dangers of including forestry in "inherently dysfunctional" carbon markets. Published by China Dialogue, 22 January 2008. "An international forest trading scheme claims to be a breakthrough in conservation. But in relying on market forces to fight global warming, it may simply repeat past mistakes ... "

Was Bali a Success? - asks Open Democracy, with contributions from Saleemul Huq & Camilla Toulmin, Oliver Tickell, John Elkington, Alun Anderson, David Steven and Andrew Dobson. Published 18 December 2007.

Time to stop the climate blame game - Malina Mehra, founder and chief executive of the Centre for Social Markets, calls for nations represented at the Bali COP to stop playing the blame game, and work together to deliver a low carbon global economy. Published by the BBC's Green Room, 3 December 2007. "Current global climate politics are abysmally 'unfit for purpose'. The carving up of the world into 'developed' and 'developing' countries is not only archaic, it has created a pack mentality and self-justifying logic that has hidden diversity, masked interests and obstructed the emergence of truly co-operative global solutions."

The Bali conference - no time to lose - written for The Times climate change supplement, 28 November 2007.