UK isn't alone in tackling carbon emissions    • 03 Mar 2014,
16:30   • Robin Webster  Opponents of the UK's climate policies
often argue that green measures are forcing the country to cut
emissions faster than its competitors. In fact, new analysis
says the UK isn't acting alone.  At least 62 countries around
the world are moving ahead with laws to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions - and every major economic power has taken some kind
of action. Two new papers lay out international progress on
emissions legislation.  Flagship climate policies around the
world  An audit of climate legislation across 66 countries,
which together account for 88 percent of greenhouse gas
emissions, finds that 62 of them have a 'flagship law' serving
as a "comprehensive, unifying basis for climate change policy". 
Only a "handful of countries" have not yet engaged with climate
change as a policy problem, or fail to see it as a legislative
priority, according to a report, published last week by the
Global Legislators Organisation (G