adjust to a carbon constrained future, in the context of the ongoing financial downturn. While many see opportunity in the parallel crises of global warming and economic recession, the policy and regulatory links between combating climate change, jump-starting the global economy, and re-regulating markets to prevent future financial crises, demand deeper analysis. This volume of the Carbon and Climate Law Review provides important contributions to this effort. Cuts and caps on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are urgently necessary. Yet, they may prove pol