The region's rapid economic growth has fueled its enormous energy consumption. However Asia's heavy dependence on fossil fuels threatens to cause serious damage to the environment as the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere could double over the next 20 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth in China faces mounting headwinds and could fade dramatically in the years ahead due to declining productivity ...

This new Civil Society world will help restore trust in business and confidence in government. It will also let NGOs move from continuous campaigns towards common redelivery of civil commitments. We all have a stake. Now we must hold it.

We need to face it: if we are to make our economic system really sustainable, it is inevitable that we redesign it. This requires an approach in which we will create value on three dimensions simultaneously: People, Planet and Profit.

This new Civil Society world will help restore trust in business and confidence in government. It will also let NGOs move from continuous campaigns towards common redelivery of civil commitments. We all have a stake. Now we must hold it.

DAVOS, Switzerland -- The crisis mood is gone, but that doesn't mean you can slip back into your old ways – that's the message from top internat...

Alvaro Vargas Llosa co-authored the Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot and dismisses any consideration of the interests of the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Any American or European who disagrees that Latin Americans are "idiots" is guilty of "intellectual treason."

* China's economy to overtake U.S. by 2030 * U.S. expected to remain global superpower By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chi...

We live in a globalized, interlinked, economy -- and compared to everywhere else at the moment, America is a good place to be. At present, Europeans feel like passengers on the Titanic.

Thing One: Least-Bad In Show: If you think the U.S. economy is lousy, you should see the rest of the world. According to a goofily named set of ind...