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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that the country holds fast to the Durban outcome and will work with the international community to promote negotiations on climate change.

After three days of bare-knuckled fight, India, backed by the Asia Pacific group, claimed a victory at the Bonn climate negotiations with its nominee being declared co-chair of the most important track of climate change talks which will thrash out a new global climate regime by 2015, along with western Europe’s candidate from Norway.

* Agenda for work on new global climate deal is adopted * Agreement breaks week-long deadlock over procedure * Mistrust between countries remains * Urgent climate action needed to limit global warming (Adds further context, quotes) By Nina Chestney BONN, May 25 (Reuters) - More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda...

BONN, Germany (AP) -- The latest round of U.N. climate talks has failed to resolve how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries don't agree on who is rich and who is poor....

Today I read about two individuals who decided on political defections over perceived anti-science amongst their former political allies- one due to climate change, the other for anti-GMO. From the right, we have Michael Fumento, who in Salon describes his break with the right, spurred by Heartland’s campaign comparing those who believe in climate change…

The latest round of UN climate talks is nearing its end, with observers saying little progress has been made against a "coalition of the unwilling".

A butterfly species in England is expanding its range, thanks to climate change. In the current issue of Science, researchers at the University of York report that the brown argus butterfly has spread its reach in England northward by about 50 miles over 20 years as a warmer climate allow its caterpillars to feed off wild geranium plants, which are widespread in the countryside...from ...

THE ABC has issued a correction acknowledging that 11 emails sent to climate scientists contained abuse, but no death threats.

THOSE inside the national broadcaster see the world very differently from their external critics.

Less than six months after the world agreed to craft a new climate pact by 2015, negotiations stumbled at a crucial preparatory phase on Friday as rich and poor countries butted heads.

Brussels files a complaint with the WTO accusing Buenos Aires of restricting foreign imports and points to a deteriorating investment climate in Argentina

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A new study has shown how a butterfly has changed its diet, and consequently has sped northwards in response to climate change.

At today's Amazon shareholder meeting in Seattle the company announced that it is dropping support for ALEC, while fudging questions about its taxes and...

The once rare brown argus butterfly is on the move, expanding its range and numbers in the U.K.—and it’s all thanks to climate change. Thus far, the world’s climate has warmed roughly 0.8 degree Celsius over the course of the last century or so, thanks to a rise in greenhouse gas concentrations now approaching 400 [...]

Playwright Laura Wade updates her 2010 play Posh to reflect the changing political climate for its West End transfer.

BONN, Germany (AP) -- The advances made in U.N. climate talks last year appeared at risk Thursday as a rift between rich and poor countries reopened in negotiations aimed at crafting a global pact to stop the planet from overheating....

ATHERTON, Calif. – President Barack Obama told an intimate crowd gathered at the family estate of the heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune that he has started to steer the ship in the right direction. “We’ve set a path and a target," he said, "and a direction where this is again a country where everybody gets a fair shot, everybody does their fair share, everybody plays by the same set of...

Forget Kyoto. There’s a much better way to persuade the developing world to fight climate change.

Flowers that fail to open early in spring may be taking cue from previous autumn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Killer heat fueled by climate change could cause an additional 150,000 deaths this century in the biggest U.S. cities if no steps are taken to curb carbon emissions and improve emergency services, according to a new report.

Musician Will.I.Am has been criticised for arriving at a climate change debate in a private helicopter, producing the same amount of CO2 most people do in a month.

When WILL.I.AM arrived at a climate change debate in Oxford recently, he showed a shocking lack of judgement. The 37-year-old Black Eyed Peas star arrived for the talk in his private helicopter.

A controversial field trial of technology to mitigate climate change has been cancelled, but research continues. A robust governance framework is sorely needed to prevent further setbacks.

Many young Hungarian entrepreneurs are trying to emulate firms like Prezi, which makes cloud-based software for more dynamic presentations.

We hear Black Widow herself was the belle of the ball Saturday night at Hollywood's Redbury Hotel. Inside the swanky doors of Cleo, Scarlett Johansson arrived at 9pm for a girl's night out in thick-rimmed glasses and vintage apparel. She only stayed until 11, but two hours of ScarJo is really all her friends need, right?? [...]

One of the most exotic-looking items in high-end produce departments is Buddha’s hand citron, a palm-sized fruit that sells for as much as $10. It’s a steep price to pay for something with no juice, no pulpy flesh and just a mild-tasting white pith. The appeal here is all in the highly aromatic rind: The fingers of the fruit can deliver eight times the surface area for zest compared with other ...

Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a Nato summit.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit....

Una de las joyas de la flora acuática mundial corre serio riesgo de desaparecer a lo largo del siglo XXI. Las praderas de posidonia, que solo se encuentran en el mar Mediterráneo perderán el 90% de su densidad en 40 años. Esa es la previsión que ha realizado el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) después de estudiar el comportamiento de estas plantas y su evolución en los últ...

CLIMATE Change Minister Greg Combet's own seat is one of the biggest winners from a new carbon tax campaign to teach people how to beat power rises.

At the Camp David Summit, G-8 Leaders recognized that the development of and universal access to environmentally safe, sustainable, secure, and affordable sources of energy is essential to global economic growth and to their overall efforts to address climate change.  As such, they identified several actions for the G-8 to take together: Pursue a Comprehensive Energy Strategy – Safe...

WILL AMERICA do anything significant to slow climate change? Cap-and-trade died in 2010. Clean-energy subsidies are expensive and inadequate to address the sprawling issue of global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon regulations have the same drawbacks. Read full article >>

South Africans’ penchant for civic activism, starting from the days of apartheid, has severely damaged the country’s image and investment climate

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has rejected claims he's "over-egged the pudding" with his warnings on the climate tax.

Fluffeh writes "A recent study of over 1,000 folks for a paper published in Nature Climate Change has found that the average US citizen is inclined to pay a premium to ensure that by 2035, 80% of US power comes from clean energy. At random, respondents received one of three "technological treatments" or definitions of clean energy that included renewable energy sources alone, renewable sources ...

Divisions over who should lead the fight against climate change should be laid aside say ministers from some of the world's poorest countries.

Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend.

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In today's tough economic climate even industrial robots are having a hard time finding work. So it's nice to see that researchers at Chiba University in Japan have successfully taught a robot arm how to juggle. An important skill that will let robots continue to earn a living by busking on the streets. More »

Urban areas need additional capacity to adapt to the range of threats posed by climate change, such as flooding and rising temperatures, studies show.

US discount retailer remains cautious in uncertain economic climate but posts a 6% revenues rise despite costs of entry into Canada taking their toll

PESHAWAR - Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Climate Change, Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan, called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar at the Governor’s House here on Tuesday. Provincial Minister for Finance Muhammad Hamayoun Khan was also present on this occasion.They discussed various matters pertaining to effects of climate change and environmental protection and the ...

PESHAWAR - Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Climate Change, Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan, called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar at the Governor’s House here on Tuesday. Provincial Minister for Finance Muhammad Hamayoun Khan was also present on this occasion.They discussed various matters pertaining to effects of climate change and environmental protection and the ...

PESHAWAR - Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Climate Change, Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan, called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar at the Governor’s House here on Tuesday. Provincial Minister for Finance Muhammad Hamayoun Khan was also present on this occasion.They discussed various matters pertaining to effects of climate change and environmental protection and the ...

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Shutterstock Two of my favorite people talk about one of my favorite topics, all on the same radio program. Our own Maggie Koerth-Baker was interviewed by my friend (and former NPR colleague) Alex Chadwick on KCRW's daily show "To the Point" today, to talk about "Geoengineering and the fight against climate change." Everybody talks about [...]

Study: Hundreds of species of mammals in the Western Hemisphere may not be able to migrate with the projected speed of climate change.

Long-running arguments over who needs to do what to stop the planet from overheating are back in focus this week.

Despite my family's rootedness in Southern California, migration has had an inordinate effect on my life. Now that it has come to a virtual halt, how do I see myself? Angeleno, as always.The news that Mexican immigration to the United States has come to a virtual halt has me thinking about all the ways that will change things. It will affect politics, culture, labor and the nation's racial clim...

Livebookings, the restaurant booking and marketing service that competes with services like OpenTable, is announcing today that it has picked up another $24 million (£15 million) in funding to continue growing its business in Europe and beyond. The news highlights two trends we've seen emerging recently around here: companies dedicated to eating out are not going hungry in the current economic ...

In a world weary of war and economic crises, and concerned about global climate change, the consensus is that Barack Obama has not lived up to the lofty expectations that surrounded his 2008 election and Nobel Peace Prize a year later.

Andrew Coyne: Every party agrees there’s a problem, every party agrees on its cause, every party agrees on its solution. And no party has a serious policy to achieve it

With film financing in crisis, moviemakers are resorting to guerrilla tactics

From Monday, scientists will pump carbon dioxide into the sediment below Ardmucknish Bay at Benderloch., hoping to slow down climate change by capturing carbon dioxide.

Countries in the Asia-Pacific region must find ways to continue to grow economically and lift millions out of poverty while also responding to climate change and environmental concerns, according to a United Nations report released today, which stresses that new methods of production are needed to meet this goal.

If Canada exploits the oil in its tar sands, civilization will be at risk.

Gassy dinosaurs may have spewed so much methane into the air that it could have helped warm the climate tens of millions of years ago, a team of U.K. scientists reported.

From gas-mileage standards to tax breaks for windmills, public support for "green" energy measures to tackle global warming has dropped.

Belching dinosaurs may have spewed so much methane into the air that it could have affected the climate tens of millions of years ago, a team of U.K. scientists reported.

Dinosaur flatulence may have manufactured methane greenhouse gas emissions that kept the ancient world toasty, an analysis suggests.

In a major new climate finding, researchers have calculated that dinosaur flatulence could have put enough methane into the atmosphere to warm the planet during the hot, wet Mesozoic era.

Professor Graeme Ruxton of St Andrews University, Scotland, said the giant animals spent 150 years emitting the potent global warming gas, methane.

“Findings have extensive consequences for predictions of species diversity, ecosystem services,” expert at UCSD says.

The noted academic and presidnet of PEN International discusses the current climate for Press Freedoms around the wold with the Globe's Marina Jimenez

Structural Reform Plan progress updates for each UK Government department for April 2012.

BUCKING THE general trend in domestic football in the current economic climate, Shamrock Rovers yesterday handed midfielder Ronan Finn a two-year contract extension, committing the 24-year-old to the club until the end of the 2014 season.

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South Korea's parliament has approved a long-delayed bill to start trading carbon dioxide emissions in 2015, joining the vanguard of countries battling climate change. The legislation approved late Wednesday means it will become one of the first Asian countries to implement a nationwide cap-and-trade system.

Richard S. Lindzen, a professor of meteorology at M.I.T., says the earth is not especially sensitive to greenhouse gases because clouds will react to counter them.

Environmentalist praises Beijing’s ambitious targets in its five-year economic plan to decouple emissions growth from economic development

TORONTO (Reuters) - Whether it is melting glaciers, coastal erosion or drying lakes, a new app displays the impact of climate change on the planet by using before and after satellite images.

Quick quiz: Which country is the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after the United States and China? The answer, at least in recent years, has been Indonesia. That’s surprising. It’s not the world’s third-largest economy. It’s not an industrial powerhouse. But Indonesia has been clearing its vast rain forests of late, releasing huge stores of carbon into the air. One culprit h...

Renewable energy may have met its loudest foe yet, with ‘The Donald' threatening to take his millions elsewhere if turbines ruin the view from his new golf course

‘It’s not an environmental issue, it’s a bottom-line issue’

GOVERNMENTS have been warned that meddling in the insurance business could stop households and businesses making the tough decisions required to adapt to dangerous climate change.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three out of four U.S. voters favor regulating carbon dioxide as a greenhouse-gas pollutant, and a majority think global warming should be a priority for the president and Congress, a survey of American attitudes on climate and energy reported on Thursday.

Plus, Obama says Keystone XL not 'make or break' climate issue

A medieval art museum models the building's climate using wireless sensors to better maintain its collection.

A study suggests that unless American farmers develop more heat-tolerant corn varieties or move production into Canada, frequent heat waves will cause sharp price spikes.

Last Wednesday Thomas Friedman wrote a very silly column in which he called for Michael Bloomberg to enter the presidential race because he had an annoying experience at Union Station he thinks the United States needs a real leader:  [W]ith Europe in peril, China and America wobbling, the Arab world in turmoil, energy prices spiraling and the climate changing, we are facing some real sto...

Unhappy over the investment climate in India, corporate America has told the White House there is a "vacuum" at the Centre & political power is devolving to state leaders.

EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard said today officials were looking at a Chinese plan for its aviation carbon emissions, but did not yet have enough information to see if it could count as an "equivalent measure" under EU carbon law.

LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - Private equity company SVG Capital, which puts much of its capital into buyout firm Permira, said the tough economic climate meant the timing of any future payouts to its...

I can discuss the finer points of Green Zebra, Mortgage Lifter, and Goliath tomatoes. I can identify lady bug eggs and tree hopper nymphs and a pickleworm. Pruning fruit trees? Organic pest control? Compost? Be still my heart. While I'm still learning about gardening in this new climate of mine, I can certainly answer some of Ariane's questions.

The president of Turkmenistan, which has a hot desert climate, orders government ministries to set up their own ice hockey teams.

John Ioannidis (from Stanford University) recently posed a question that many doctors might ask themselves privately, but few dare to raise in public: “do medical conferences serve any purpose?” There is not one shred of evidence, he suggested, that medical meetings benefit health or health care. Worse, since most conferences are based upon “questionable values”, they are more likely to be harm...

Google's Guatam Gandhi took home the top prize at the Rice University Business Plan Competition in 2004. He talks to Fortune about the startup climate in the U.S. and what aspiring entrepreneurs ought to know.

(Reuters) - A new Tennessee law protects teachers who explore the "scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses" of evolution and climate change, a move science education advocates say could make...

With the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend ten days away, international attention is once again focusing on the critical situation in the troubled island kingdom in the Persian Gulf. Daily clashes continue between protesters and the security services, and the beleaguered Al-Khalifa regime faces a growing international backlash over its treatment of jailed human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, ...

Latin America is in need of better water management to cope with the new global climate reality, as well as an improved legal framework to guarantee water access for agriculture, according to Benjamin...

There is evidence that more lives are being lost to heart and respiratory ills, as well as infectious diseases spread by carriers whose habitats are expanding.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A huge avalanche buried more than 120 soldiers at a major Pakistani army base on a Himalayan glacier close to India on Saturday, military officials said. Prospects for finding survivors seemed slim, given the fiercely inhospitable climate and dangerous terrain. Read full article >>

We look at the options for those who want to try and profit from the battle against water shortages, climate change - or who just to be a more ethical investor.

by mayur D Dicosta No country can possibly produce all the goods and services its people need. Even the richest countries of the world cannot do it. Factors like land, climate, technology, machine and money prevent or limit the production of certain goods and services. Take for example Japan. Japan is among the wealthiest nations of the world, but it is poorest when natural resources are conc...

Down Goes Brown: Tonight, people all around the world are being encouraged to dim their lights between 8:30 and 9 p.m. for Earth Hour. The international event is meant to raise awareness of environmental issues and climate change

Progressive US states and Canadian provinces are working on a bold agenda to cut emissions, writesFRANK McDONALD

Soybean prices have soared this year. But investors betting on a reversal could get crushed.

Jon Shenk’s documentary “The Island President” aims to raise awareness about climate change and issues of democracy.

In making Inescapable, Ruba Nadda drew on childhood memories of a country in which spies were everywhere

Construction Equipment and Volvo Buses have joined the Volvo Group's cooperation with the World Wide Fund For Nature Climate Savers program.

SHARES IN Independent News & Media closed down 2 per cent in Dublin yesterday as the company indicated that its profitability could deteriorate in 2012 due largely to the continued difficult economic climate in Ireland.

The factor that pushes anti-Semitism from the political extremes to the political center – that makes it active, rather than passive – is the socioeconomic climate.

BOB Carr has used his maiden speech in the Senate to warn of a potential environmental disaster caused by climate change.

This winter on a canal in Ottawa, the weather allowed only 28 skating days, which approached the record for the shortest season: 26 days, set in 2002.

The recent death of Sherwood Rowland, whose work helped us avoid one of the world's great environmental disasters, should be a reminder that we can't afford to ignore the lessons of chemistry. Chemists Mario Molina (above left) and Sherwood Rowland, shown in 1976, calculated that CFCs used in aerosols, refrigeration, and air conditioning were destroying the ozone layer. Credit: Associated Pres...

The tiny town of Maria Stein, Ohio, which is situated near the Indiana border, a two-hour drive northwest from Columbus, undoubtedly has many things to recommend it. For example, a former citizen is credited as the inventor of the world's first mechanized manure spreader. One thing that Maria Stein does not have is a temperate climate -- and that, as it does for many pitchers who do not grow up...

Von der Energiewende könnten die Netzbetreiber profitieren. Und Unternehmen, die Energiespeicher entwickeln. Armin Sandhövel von Allianz Climate Solutions sieht mittelfristig Investitionsmöglichkeiten.

Fearing that climate change could wipe out their archipelago, Kiribati leaders are considering a backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji.

The new game will feature issues like natural disasters and climate change

Headline Title:  Moldova: Banning LGBTI demonstrations creates a dangerous climate 02 March 2012 The Moldovan government should reverse a move by four local councils effectively to ban outright demonstrations by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, ...

Concur Tech will also see a moderating climate for enterprise software.

The current rate of ocean acidification puts Earth on a track that, if continued, would likely be unprecedented in last 300 million years.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Big banks, facing declining revenues and a regulatory climate that leaves them fewer creative ways to make money, are quietly introducing or experimenting with fees that are sure to outrage customers....

Group says Gore, a board member, using position to influence Apple's public stand on global warmingChina's Proview Takes Apple iPad Fight to US CourtWikipedia Has Yet to Solve Media Site's Porn Problem

Want to get Sophia Bush all fired up? Then simply ask the stunning One Tree Hill actress how she feels about today's divisive political climate and you're sure to get an...

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday held a meeting with the financial sector regulators and discussed their proposals that could be incorporated in the federal budget to improve the investment climate in the country.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to stoke enthusiasm in California about his 2012 re-election drive, saying he wanted another chance to overhaul immigration and tackle climate change with a second term.

A small group of countries led by the United States is starting a program to address short-lived pollutants like soot, methane and hydrofluorocarbons that account for 30 to 40 percent of global warming.

It was only after arriving in Britain six months ago from Singapore, where the climate is warm all year around, that Clarissa Tan experienced autumn and winter for the first time.

Chris Huhne, the energy and climate chief, is accused of perverting the course of justice in a 2003 speeding case.

"Facebook reported in its SEC filing that it owns 'network equipment' valued at $1.016 billion at the close of 2011," reports Rich Miller of Data Center Knowledge. "The number reflects the expense of rapidly building a massive Internet infrastructure, including Facebook's shift from buying vendor gear and leasing data centers to building its own servers, racks and custom data centers." ...

An application to acquit a Kildare-based doctor of charges he made false and misleading claims in relation to "salt cave climate therapy" has been made before the Medical Council.

Everyone is calling for calm, telling one another to shake hands, behave with respect, be professional and skip to the ground carrying little posies of peace, or something like that. If only.

Österreichs Klimaforscher bündeln ihre Kräfte. Schon 2011 wurde das "Climate Change Centre Austria" (CCCA) gegründet, dem mittlerweile fast 20 Institutionen - darunter zahlreiche Unis und Forschungseinrichtungen - als Mitglied angehören.

It is widely thought that the U.N. forum for negotiating international climate change policies is an ungainly mess, but its most recent meeting in South Africa has given the process new life.

Johnny Rajoo saw the melting effect of climate change in the Canadian Rockies

Another bad year for house price growth has given the real estate industry a tougher climate as commission earnings for agents decline.

A noted science education organization Monday announced a turn to battling climate science naysayers.

Shocking discoveries from the underground may shake up climate science

Im Dezember hat Richard Alley von Climate One in San Francisco den ersten Stephen H. Schneider-Preis erhalten. Stephen Schneider ist leider im July 2010 verstorben, und war Zeit seines Lebens ein starker Advokat für die Kommunikation der realen Risiken des Klimawandels und für einen angemessenen Umgang damit. Anlässlich der Preisverleihung wurde dieses Video vorgestellt, das vielleicht das best...

A three-decade trend shows a steady global increase in weather and climate related disasters.

Strong energy policy is needed now more than ever, but the chances that Congress will pass one in 2012 are slim. Prospects for passing some sort of long-term energy policy were good just two years ago, but a lousy economy and some aggressive lobbying by opponents of climate change policy derailed those efforts, and there's no reason to think things will get back on track in 2012.

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US vice-president Joe Biden spoke by phone on Sunday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about violence in Baghdad and concerns about the political climate in Iraq following the US troop pull-out, the White House said.

The technologist turned venture capitalist describes his approach to investing in technologies that can avert climate change.

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With the increasingly tough economic climate a number of Bangladeshis who emigrated to the UK have decided to return home.

France, China and Japan criticise Canada for formally withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, but Australia defends Ottawa's decision.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, dealing a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty.

His 1994 reelection campaign in Georgia's 6th District may have been the only time in Newt Gingrich's congressional career that he faced an opponent with a funnier-sounding first name: Cooter. That's how most red-blooded Southerners knew Ben L. Jones, who played the good 'ol boy mechanic Cooter Davenport on the CBS series "The Dukes of Hazzard" before entering politics.At the time, the Newt-Coo...

Animals discovered in a biodiverse region that is threatened by habitat loss, deforestation, climate change and overdevelopment

THE Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition are in dispute  over whether the UN climate change conference was a success or failure.

... ein guter Kommentar von Bernhard Pötter von der taz zum Abschluss des Klimagipfels in Durban: Klimaschutz muss man schon selbst machen - egal, was bei UN-Prozessen herauskommt. Lesenswert....

UN climate talks agree deal on global warming; vulnerable states say accords leave them on the line; number of key issues deferred until 2012.

DURBAN (Reuters) - U.N. climate change talks inched towards a compromise pact on Sunday that for the first time would aim to force all the biggest polluters to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Nigeria is seeking aid to help it cope with the effects of the changing environment.

La Belgique occupe la treizième place du Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), le classement qui établit les pays selon les efforts qu’ils fournissent pour lutter contre le réc...lire la suite

NEW YORK (AP) -- Discovery Channel says its documentary series "Frozen Planet" will premiere March 18 with seven episodes, including a program on climate change hosted by David Attenborough....

Black lesbians and transgender men in South African townships and rural areas face an overwhelming climate of discrimination and violence despite protections promised them in the country’s constitution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. (Johannesburg) – Black lesbians and transgender men in South African townships and ru...

BEIJING (AFP) - China on Sunday accused the United States of “protectionist attitudes” towards Chinese solar panel makers and warned that a US investigation could hurt global efforts to cut emissions cheaply.A US trade panel vote to continue a probe into Chinese imports “betrayed the insincerity of America ... in pushing climate talks while being indifferent to cutting emissions in an affordabl...

A market shake-out is in prospect but the appeal, and likely returns, of climate change investing are fading fast

EUROPE WOULD only be prepared to agree to renew the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change if the US, China and other major economies agreed to a “roadmap” leading towards a legally binding international agreement, the EU has warned.

The Times Editorial: The UN's top official for climate change, Christiana Figueres, has warned that finding a solution to the global warming crisis will require "nothing short of the most compelling energy, industrial and behavioural revolution that humanity has ever seen".

(Reuters) - Cellphone market growth slumped in the third quarter, with the grim economic climate prompting consumers to cut back or delay purchases, particularly in western Europe, research firm Gartner said.

It's near midnight and I'm holed up in a rickety hotel in Proserpine a whistle-stop town on the northeast coast of Australia Yasi a Category 5 hurricane with 200-mile-per-hour winds that's already been dubbed "The Mother of All Catastrophes" by excitable Aussie tabloids is just a few hundred miles offshore...

2011 domain sales got off to a slow start with no 7-figure sales in the opening quarter of the year. However, the climate changed in the 2nd quarter when the year's five biggest sales to date were logged, including a pair that broke the million dollar barrier - Social.com at $2.6 million and DomainName.com at $1,000,000.

A study of beleaguered butterflies in California provides some of the best clues yet as to how other animals may react to climate change, scientists say.