Recommended Reading: April 24, 2008

European and Japanese leaders at their annual summit in Tokyo have called for "ambitious and binding" targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

At a time when the world’s top climate experts agree that carbon emissions must be rapidly reduced to hold down global warming, Italy’s major electricity producer, Enel, is converting its massive power plant here from oil to coal, generally the dirtiest fuel on earth.

China stock exchange investors suffer from spectacular bear market.

When will we ever learn? It’s education that counts, says David Wighton at The London Times.

Under its new boss Disney has staged an impressive creative turnaround—and is making synergy work.