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GLOBE Climate Legislation Study / T. Townshend, et al. Globe, April 2011, 276 p.http://www.globeinternational.info/wpcontent/uploads/2011/04/GLOBE-CLIMATE-LEGISLATION-STUDY.pdfPresentation (© GLOBE) :The study, completed in partnership with the Grantham Research  Institute at the London School of Economics, reveals some significant  findings:Legislation is being advanced, to varying degrees, in all of the study countriesMost of the legislative activity has taken place over the last year  and a half – contrasting sharply with the difficulties experienced by  the international negotiations over the same timeframeThis demonstrates that the shape of the debate is changing from one  about sharing a global burden – with governments naturally trying to  minimize their share – to one of a realisation that acting on climate  change is in the national interestIt is particularly encouraging that the large developing countries  of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa – who together  represent the engine of global economic growth – are developing  comprehensive laws to tackle climate change.Current legislation does not yet, cumulatively, add up to what is necessary to avoid dangerous climate changeHowever, this legislation is putting in place the legal and policy frameworks to measure, report, verify and manage carbonAn international climate change agreement will only be possible when  countries are already committed to taking the necessary action rooted  in self-interest.  In other words, an international agreement will only  reflect political conditions, not define them. (© GLOBE)