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Low-carbon Scotland eyes 60,000 green jobs
9 Apr 2010
About 60,000 green jobs could be created in Scotland over the next decade by low-carbon industries, according to the Scottish government.
Satellite to check climate change impact on ice
9 Apr 2010
The European Space Agency is launching a satellite that scientists hope will help them to pin down the effects of global warming on the Earth's ice packs more precisely.
Climate scientist Hansen pockets $100,000
9 Apr 2010
American climate scientist James Hansen has won a $100,000 environmental prize for decades of work trying to alert politicians to what he called an unsolved emergency of global warming.
Climate change faces the trillion-dollar question
1 Apr 2010
Political and business leaders gather in London today to try to revive the world's faltering challenge to global warming.
We’re too stupid to stop it, says Lovelock
1 Apr 2010
Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades.
Obama changes mind on offshore oil drilling
1 Apr 2010
US President Barack Obama has unveiled a controversial plan to extend drilling for oil and gas off America's coasts.
US oil company paid sceptics, says report
1 Apr 2010
A little-known, privately owned US oil company has been named as the paymaster of global warming sceptics in the US and Europe.
Repentant Pachauri slips into neutral
1 Apr 2010
The outspoken chairman of the UN’s climate change body is to adopt a neutral advisory role and has agreed to stop making statements demanding new taxes and other radical policies on cutting emissions.
Did climate bring about the collapse of Angkor?
1 Apr 2010
Decades of drought, interspersed with intense monsoon rains, might have helped to bring about the fall of Cambodia's ancient Khmer civilization at Angkor nearly 600 years ago, according to a new report.
Russians rally to save world’s oldest lake
1 Apr 2010
Hundreds have protested in Moscow against the reopening of a factory environmentalists say will lead to waste being dumped into the world's oldest lake.
UK to set up green investment bank
26 Mar 2010
The UK government will set up green investment bank with £2bn of equity to fund low-carbon transport and energy schemes
It’s getting hot in here, weather figures show
26 Mar 2010
The first decade of the new millennium was the warmest on record, the United Nations weather monitoring agency has announced.
Carbon market a no-no, says Democrat
26 Mar 2010
A group of United States senators trying to revive stalled climate-change legislation should abandon a European-style carbon market to win more support, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, said yesterday.
France bids au revoir to carbon tax
26 Mar 2010
France has abandoned plans to unilaterally introduce a tax on greenhouse gas emissions in a move hailed by industry but criticised by environmentalists.
Don't blame cows for climate change, says scientist
26 Mar 2010
A scientist in the United States has questioned the impact meat and diary production has on climate change and has accused the United Nations of exaggerating the link.
UN launches global gas emissions calculator
26 Mar 2010
The United Nations has launched the first common system of calculating the amount of greenhouse gases produced in a given city.
Obama looks at carbon trading shortcut
19 Mar 2010
The Obama administration is considering a carbon-trading system under existing law if the US Congress doesn't pass cap-and-trade legislation that allows companies to buy and sell the right to pollute, a US Environmental Protection Agency official said.
UK claims carbon capture will make 100,000 jobs
19 Mar 2010
The UK's carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector will be able to sustain 100,000 jobs by 2030 and generate up to £6.5 billion a year, the Government has claimed.
In 10 years, we'll be flying on flax and food scraps
19 Mar 2010
Within 10 years, passenger planes will be flying on jet fuel largely made from flax, marsh grass, and food waste as airlines seek to break away from the oil market and do their part to fight climate change, aviation experts say.
Battle over California climate law takes shape
19 Mar 2010
The campaign to put suspension of California's climate change law before voters in November started taking shape this week as warring parties revealed key sources of funding and traded barbs over the nature of their financial support.
Los Angeles launches green tax on electricity
19 Mar 2010
The city of Los Angeles is introducing a carbon reduction surcharge that will raise $170 million to fight climate change.
UK companies race to stock up on smart meters
19 Mar 2010
British technology companies attribute a boom in sales of smart meters to preparations for the government's Carbon Reduction Commitment energy efficiency scheme (CRC), which comes into force next month.
Watchdog rules ads overstate climate change risk
19 Mar 2010
Two UK Government adverts which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks, a watchdog has announced.
Arrogance undid Copenhagen summit, says Stern
19 Mar 2010
The "disappointing" outcome of December's climate summit was largely down to "arrogance" on the part of rich countries, according to Lord Stern.
Time to stop pointing fingers, says Maldives
19 Mar 2010
The climate change debate should be reframed in economic and security terms ahead of a year-end UN summit in Mexico seeking a binding climate deal, the president of the Maldives says.
UN chief sees progress toward next talks in Mexico
19 Mar 2010
Countries responsible for more than four-fifths of global emissions of greenhouse gases have now backed the accord that emerged from last year’s climate change summit in Copenhagen, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday.
World watches for a green world cup in South Afica
19 Mar 2010
The international community is hoping that hosting the world’s largest sporting event will have a positive impact on South Africa’s green energy projects.
Report lists 10 ‘fat cats’ getting rich from carbon
12 Mar 2010
Windfall profits from Europe’s system for trading industrial carbon quotas could discourage big regional polluters from doing anything to curb emissions.
EU might cancel carbon auctions if price too low
12 Mar 2010
As part of a plan to centralise carbon emissions allowances auctions, the European Union might suspend auctions if allowance prices fall “abnormally low,” according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
IPCC review scientists won't revisit landmark report
12 Mar 2010
An outside review of the work of the United Nations’ climate change panel will not re-check the body’s controversial latest report but will instead focus on improving procedures for the future.
China and India sign, but keep climate stand
12 Mar 2010
China said it will not deviate from its stand on climate change even after it gave qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord this week.
More Americans stop worrying, poll shows
12 Mar 2010
Americans are less concerned about the threat of climate change than they were two years ago and almost half say the seriousness of global warming is overblown, a Gallup poll shows.
Vietnam to get $790m climate change funding
12 Mar 2010
Vietnam has received $790 million in pledges from donor countries and international organisations to devise measures to cope with climate change and curb carbon emissions.
Big Oil asks Senate for carbon fee on industry
5 Mar 2010
Key United States senators are weighing a request from Big Oil to levy a carbon fee on the industry rather than wrap it into a sweeping cap-and-trade system that covers most of the nation’s economy.
UK adviser calls for carbon tax on China
5 Mar 2010
Britain should consider a carbon tax on imports to help struggling manufacturers, according to one of the government's key advisers, despite fears such a measure could lead to a global trade war.
Britain plans soft loans for home efficiency
5 Mar 2010
British households will be able to take out soft loans to improve the efficiency of their homes, under a new proposed law to fight climate change and cut fuel poverty.
Houses with low energy efficiency will lose value
5 Mar 2010
British homes with low energy efficiency will lose value under government plans to intervene in the property market to help to cut greenhouse gas emissions from homes by a third by 2020.
Uncertainty dries up Aussie carbon market
5 Mar 2010
The carbon market in Australia has come to a complete halt since the Labor Government announced last May that it would delay the introduction of emissions trading.
Green tech now must fight off the fakes
5 Mar 2010
Recycling used tech gear has a far less desirable, unintended consequence - contributing to a rise in fake computer chips.
New body to watch UN climate change panel
5 Mar 2010
The head of the United Nations-backed panel tasked with preparing scientific reports on the impact of climate change has announced the establishment of an independent review body to ensure that procedures are closely followed.
Australia, Indonesia sign forest carbon agreement
5 Mar 2010
Australia and Indonesia have signed a multi-million dollar pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation on Sumatra.
US no wiser as Obama chats up business leaders
26 Feb 2010
US climate experts and the energy industry were no wiser about how Barack Obama will manage the country’s greenhouse gas emissions after the president spoke to top CEOs yesterday.
Aussie trading scheme bogs down again
26 Feb 2010
The Australian government's emissions trading scheme is again bogged down in parliament and now might not go to a vote in the Senate until May.
Climate problem urgent, says Chinese leader
26 Feb 2010
Chinese President Hu Jintao has said his country must urgently confront climate change and make it a central part of the government's development strategy.
Antarctic ice shelves melting, says report
26 Feb 2010
The ice shelves in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula are disappearing because of climate change, according to a new report from the US Geological Survey and the British Antarctic Survey.
Weather experts agree to collect better climate data
26 Feb 2010
World weather agencies have agreed to collect more precise temperature data to improve climate change science, officials said this week.
Solar builders chase $1.5b for power stations
26 Feb 2010
Fifty-two applications have been received for grants to construct large-scale power stations under the Australian Government’s $1.5 billion Solar Flagships programme.
UN climate talks to resume in April
26 Feb 2010
The United Nations says formal negotiations on an international treaty to control global warming will resume in Bonn in April, four months after the failed climate change summit in Copenhagen.
Thailand eyes up nuclear power in energy plans
26 Feb 2010
Thailand is looking to build nuclear power plants as it studies ways to ease its reliance on imported oil and gas.
Food supply cracking under people pressure
26 Feb 2010
With global population expected to increase by about 2.5 billion by 2050, it might be time to rethink what we eat and how we produce food, says a Harvard Medical School authority on health and environmental change.
Australian Nationals formally abandon commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050
Mon 3 Nov 2025
Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party would shift its focus to climate adaptation instead of being "focused solely" on reducing emissions, noting Australia's small share of the global effort.
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process.
Why climate change now threatens China’s future
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Extreme weather is hurting its economy and worrying its leaders.
Norway faces European Court climate ruling over oil licences
29 Oct 2025
The European Court of Human Rights will decide on Tuesday if Norway breached its climate obligations when it awarded Arctic oil exploration licenses in 2016.
Bank of England must better address climate risk to tackle inflation
Tue 4 Nov 2025
The central bank is being urged to take a series of actions to better respond to environmental risks.
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.
For Indian women workers, a just transition means surviving climate impacts with dignity
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) members call for just transition talks at COP30 to help them become more resilient to climate shocks by building social protection systems that secure their livelihoods.
Mystery heatwave warms Pacific Ocean to new record
21 Oct 2025
The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists.
Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica
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".
Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa’s biggest oil refinery
Fri 31 Oct 2025
The billionaire owner of Africa’s largest refinery plans to expand its capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day to meet growing fuel needs in the continent and beyond.
Police raids in Brazil’s Rio kill 64 ahead of events related to COP30 climate summit
Thu 30 Oct 2025
At least 64 people died on Oct 28 in Rio de Janeiro’s most deadly police operation ever, which targeted a major gang days before the city hosts global events related to the United Nations climate summit known as COP30.
Brazil opens three weeks of COP30-linked climate events
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Brazil on Monday opens three weeks of events linked to the COP30 climate summit, hoping to showcase a world still determined to tackle global warming
