Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said she is determined to put a price on carbon, declaring 2011 the year in which long-awaited climate change legislation would finally pass.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.