The greenhouse gas emissions from China may be far worse than previously thought, according to a study of provincial data in China. From the abstract:
“Our results suggest that the anticipated path of China’s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions has dramatically increased over the last five years. The magnitude of the projected increase in [...]

And measuring carbon footprints is no cakewalk, as explained in this article about Cisco UK’s efforts to measure the emissions impact of its activities and those of its staff.
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The New Yorker magazine has an interesting article by Michael Specter on the science and ethics of measuring carbon footprints.
For some reason, many environmentalists have a bias in favour of local consumption, and against the consumption of goods that have traveled a long distance between their place of production and their place [...]

On Monday UN climate chief Yvo de Boer urged EU nations to offer financial help to growing polluters such as China and India over climate change policy, to help secure a global deal next year. 
de Boer claimed that despite ”significant movement in the U.S. position” especially concerning future carbon binding regulations, and the leadership the EU has shown [...]

According to a report in the Guardian, the UK Government is planning to introduce a voluntary code of conduct for companies in the carbon offsets industry. It seems the main objective will be limit the scope for fly-by-night offset operators and projects, taking the money of investors and offsetters without ensuring projects are [...]