Sorting fact from fiction is becoming central to the climate change debate. In the aftermath of Copenhagen and with Cancun looming ahead, Jim Skea distinguished what can be done and what must be done

It will soon be crunch-time for Europe’s controversially expensive CAP. Valentin Zahrnt puts forward ideas for slimming the EU’s €50bn a year farm budget while making it environmentally attractive

Many of Europe’s outdated and inefficient power stations have to be replaced in the coming two decades, and Nick Mabey sets out the strategic steps that EU governments need to take together to create a low carbon economy at the least cost

The shape of a climate investment framework that could kick-start a determined investment drive in low-carbon technologies is outlined by Allan Larsson and Måns Lönnroth