Doha and the Way of the World. (December 5, 2012)

Last week, Nature, to coincide with the Doha round of climate discussion, published its special,  After Kyoto.  Come January 1, 2013 whether or not the US will fling itself over the "fiscal cliff": "the world can go back to emitting greenhouse gases with abandon. The pollution-reduction commitments that nations made as part of the Kyoto Protocol will expire, leaving the planet without any international climate regulation and uncertain prospects for a future treaty."