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De Boer departs … delighted, determined
25 Jun 2010
The UN’s outgoing chief climate negotiator, Yvo de Boer, is confident that the world is making progress on global warming.
Summer time clocks could cut carbon emissions
25 Jun 2010
Putting the clocks forward one hour would prevent about 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere each year, UK green campaigners claim.
NZ ranks 57th in $6 trillion low-carbon market
18 Jun 2010
New Zealand ranks 57th in the world, behind Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Morocco, in earnings from low carbon and environmental products and services.
UK minister vows to ease path for nuclear power
18 Jun 2010
Britain’s new coalition government will remove regulatory barriers and encourage nuclear power by establishing a minimum price for carbon.
New PM aims to slash Govt emissions
18 Jun 2010
Carbon emissions from the UK central government will be cut by 10 per cent in the next 12 months, new Prime Minister David Cameron says.
Danes at centre of European tax fraud
18 Jun 2010
A tax scandal rocking the global carbon markets is emanating from Copenhagen, the city that six months ago hosted the world's largest climate summit.
Aussie supermarkets to show carbon labels
18 Jun 2010
The first products to have a label showing their carbon footprint will be on Australian supermarket shelves later this year.
Surprise! Bonn talks make some progress
18 Jun 2010
Delegates from 184 countries meeting in Bonn last week were never going to find it easy to deal with the debris left after the inconclusive result of last December’s UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.
UK farmers show how to cut carbon
18 Jun 2010
While many New Zealand farmers protest against cutting carbon emissions, or paying the price, UK farmers are showing how it can be done.
Zero carbon low on green goals for Asian firms
11 Jun 2010
Zero carbon footprint targets are "unusual" and have their challenges, according to a consultant who points out that green goals are for now still secondary to attaining growth in Asia, particularly China.
Nations work hard on trust at Bonn talks
11 Jun 2010
Climate change negotiators from 194 countries are hard at work in Bonn, not just hammering out details of a future world deal but at rebuilding trust among nations.
New trading platform promises to shake up voluntary carbon market
11 Jun 2010
A new trading platform is promising to shake up the voluntary carbon market by allowing companies of all sizes to carbon offset in a fast, transparent and efficient online exchange.
Wal-Mart went green for the money, says former boss
11 Jun 2010
Wal-Mart Stores‘rationale for going green was purely economic, according to former CEO Lee Scott.
Americans begin to worry again
11 Jun 2010
Public concern about global warming is again on the rise in the United States, according to a survey just released by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities.
Blame it on the mammoth hunters
11 Jun 2010
It's not just for the past century that humans have been messing up the climate … it might have been going on for thousands of years.
US airlines challenge EU emissions rules
4 Jun 2010
American airlines have begun legal action to try to exempt themselves from a European carbon emissions trading scheme due to come into force in 2012.
Figueres believes world deal can be done in Mexico
4 Jun 2010
Agreement can be reached in Mexico this year on the basis for a post-2012 global climate change deal, believes the UN’s new climate chief Christiana Figueres
Obama vows to fight for climate bill
4 Jun 2010
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill should inspire the US to cut its reliance on fossil fuels, President Obama said this week, issuing his strongest promise yet to fight for Senate passage of a climate bill.
We must move from meat diet, says UN
4 Jun 2010
A global shift toward a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report says.
China to start carbon market by 2014
4 Jun 2010
China will set up a domestic market for trading carbon emissions by 2014 and hand companies “half-mandatory” targets for limiting their greenhouse gases, said a government official.
Scientists find islands growing, not shrinking
4 Jun 2010
Climate scientists have expressed surprise at findings that indicate that many low lying Pacific islands are not sinking but expanding.
Indonesia agrees to curb commercial deforestation
28 May 2010
Indonesia has declared a two-year moratorium on clearing natural forests as part of a billion-dollar deal aimed at reviving efforts to fight climate change.
Global carbon market up in 2009, says World Bank
28 May 2010
The global carbon market grew six per cent last year, despite facing tough trading conditions, according to a report by the World Bank.
Europe sees ‘green bond’ reviving carbon trade
28 May 2010
European regulators and businesses are trying to revive carbon trading through the use of a supplemental “green bond” system that would function alongside the current cap-and-trade scheme, according to a report in the New York Times.
Time to pay up, UN tells rich nations
28 May 2010
The United Nations has told rich countries it’s time to front up with the money they pledged in Copenhagen last December to fight climate change.
Blair to earn millions from climate dealings
28 May 2010
Former British prime minister Tony Blair is set to earn millions of pounds advising an American businessman on how to make money from tackling climate change.
Remote-access meters cut energy costs
28 May 2010
A new web-based smart metering system has been developed by Australia’s CSIRO to enable householders, small businesses and electricity retailers to remotely control energy use over a broadband Internet connection.
Pacific climate change could drive droughts
28 May 2010
Climate scientists are concerned a rise in temperature in the Pacific region due to climate change, could increase droughts in New Zealand and Australia.
Coal looks good again, says power chief
21 May 2010
The absence of a price on carbon means more coal-fired power stations will be built in Australia, says the head of one of the country’s leading power companies.
Garnaut: Carbon tax better than nothing
21 May 2010
The architect of Australia’s dumped emissions trading scheme has called for an interim carbon tax to be imposed.
Senate climate bill seems stuck in limbo
21 May 2010
The compromise United States climate change proposal unveiled last week in the Senate is in legislative limbo, its fate apparently uncertain until at least next month.
Slump slashes Europe’s carbon emissions
21 May 2010
The recession last year slashed more than 11 per cent off climate-warming emissions from heavy industry, the European Union's executive said.
Costa Rican to head UN climate body
21 May 2010
The daughter of a former president of Costa Rica has been named the United Nations new climate chief.
Japan talks joint carbon trading with Korea
21 May 2010
Japan will hold talks with South Korea to discuss setting up a joint emissions-trading mechanism.
London gets first look at new green bus
21 May 2010
A new bus for London will use the greenest hybrid technology and enter service in 2012.
US: We’re back on top of the energy world
14 May 2010
The American Power Act, a bill proposing a cap and trade system for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was introduced yesterday in the US Senate.
UK’s green coalition hits a nuclear snag
14 May 2010
Britain’s new governing coalition faces a major sticking point in its cobbled-together plans for a low carbon and eco-friendly economy.
Australia votes $652m for renewable energy
14 May 2010
Australia has announced a $A652 million fund for renewable energy, two weeks after it shelved its carbon trading legislation.
Climate change could make half the world a desert
14 May 2010
Climate change could make half of the world uninhabitable for humans as a rise in temperature makes it too hot to survive, scientists have warned.
How Tokyo became first cap-and-trade city
14 May 2010
Seeking to shrink its Portugal-sized carbon footprint, Tokyo has become the first cap-and-trade city.
Climate dice dangerously loaded, says Hansen
14 May 2010
Evidence for global warming has mounted but public awareness of the threat has shrunk, due to a cold northern winter and finger-pointing at the UN's climate experts, leading NASA scientist James Hansen has warned.
UN bans Bulgaria from carbon trading
14 May 2010
Bulgaria will be banned from carbon emission trading as of June 30 after a United Nations body opened a procedure to revoke its accreditation under the Kyoto Protocol.
China looks likely to levy carbon tax
14 May 2010
China is likely to levy a carbon tax, an environmental tax that is paid for carbon emissions, on its enterprises around 2012, in a bid to encourage the country's energy saving and environmentally friendly industries, the daily Economic Information says.
Philippines bank to sell carbon credits
14 May 2010
The Development Bank of the Philippines has agreed to sell carbon credits to a Singapore-based carbon emissions trading company, becoming the second Philippines bank to take advantage of a recovering carbon market.
World must act to salvage biodiversity, says UN
14 May 2010
A new biodiversity report released by two United Nations environmental bodies says that unless radical and creative action is taken quickly to conserve the variety of life on Earth, natural systems that support lives and livelihoods are at risk of collapsing.
No climate deal this year, says UN climate chief
7 May 2010
Outgoing United Nations climate chief Yvo de Boer believes there will be no comprehensive climate treaty this year, saying that a major UN conference in December would yield only a first answer on curbing greenhouse gases.
India talks tough in runup to Mexico
7 May 2010
India has made one of the strongest formal submissions in recent times for climate change negotiations, hardening its stance ahead of a hectic six months of talks leading to a key meeting in Mexico in November.
US whizkid sells Chicago Climate Exchange
7 May 2010
American financial entrepreneur Richard Sandor and the other shareholders of parent company Climate Exchange have cashed out of their big idea for about $600 million.
Scientists hit the skies to measure gas emissions
7 May 2010
The state of California is about to become a giant playground for more than 200 atmospheric scientists.
US carbon emissions down record 7 per cent
7 May 2010
US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell a record 7 per cent in 2009, officials said this week, citing the economic slump and other factors including increased energy efficiency.
Researchers compare the footprint of meat vs. plant-based dog foods. The differences were staggering.
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Global pet food emissions rival those of a small country. A new UK study reveals that switching dogs to plant-based foods could slash emissions tenfold—without sacrificing nutrition.
Why Trump is not a death knell for global climate action
Tue 14 Oct 2025
In his rambling speech to the United Nations last month, United States President Donald Trump described climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world”.
China carbon prices hit two-year low as market faces oversupply pressures
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Carbon credit prices in China have fallen to their lowest point since mid-2023, pressured by an excess of supply and tepid demand amid ongoing adjustments to the national emissions trading system.
'Not up for discussion': Brussels rejects Washington's pressure on climate rules
Mon 13 Oct 2025
In response to US demands to roll back the EU's environmental legislation, the European Commission defended its autonomous power to adopt laws.
Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
Today 10:45am
The UK should be prepared to cope with weather extremes as a result of at least 2C of global warming by 2050, independent climate advisers have said.
Renewables are a global economic engine, not a culture war threat
2 Oct 2025
Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
India calls on COP30 to focus on lack of funds for developing nations
Today 10:45am
India has said the United Nations climate conference in Belm, Brazil, should focus on tackling the critical shortage of resources that developing countries need to adapt to climate change and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Familiar tensions emerge at the Pacific Islands Forum
26 Sep 2025
With China-Taiwan rivalry, China-Western competition, and big carbon emitters at odds with the islands on climate policy, there is plenty of tension to go around.
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate".
Angola lowers climate ambition in blow to spirit of Paris Agreement
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Angola has scaled back its targets for reducing emissions in its new national climate plan, saying it chose “realism and implementability” over the Paris Agreement's calls for governments to set progressively more ambitious goals.
Four Brazilians to watch at COP30
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Influential Brazilians, from government figures to Indigenous activists, will take center stage during UN climate talks in the Amazon next month.
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Roger Pielke Jr. and oil industry supporters are attacking climate scientist Friederike Otto, whose work has been used in lawsuits against polluters.
