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Presents the view that nations should work on global mechanisms for dealing with climate change as an alternative to the Kyoto Protocol. Topic of efforts of Europeans to revive interest in the treaty, and view that it may collapse; Question of what countries should do regarding climate change if the treaty fails; View that the best approach to tackling climate problems is with a binding global treaty.

The article focuses on the climate change predictions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Topics include why some of the climate change forecasts released by the IPCC have been incorrect, the warming of the oceans, and how the world should respond to revelations that global warming is continuing.

An editorial is presented on the subject of environmental conditions and environmental policy in China. It notes that China's emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are a matter of global concern because the country is so large and because of the problem of climate change. Topics include bilateral negotiations between China and the U.S. over greenhouse gas emissions, the relationship between pollution and industrialization, and the health impacts of pollution within China.

Discusses the outlook for legislation regulating the production of greenhouse gases in light of a November 2, 1999 United Nations climate-change conference. History of the legislation; The accord reached in Kyoto, Japan; Challenges facing the legislation.