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Paris climate pact success 'not certain': Hollande

Nov 04, 2015 (AFP)

President Francois Hollande of France, host of a crucial year-end conference to agree a global pact on climate change, said Tuesday the meeting's success was "p...

The most vulnerable countries miss out on climate change knowledge

Nov 02, 2015 (SPX)

Collaborations on climate change research are divided into separate regions of the world with little knowledge exchange between them shows a new Danish-Brazilia...

France, China agree on climate change checks

Nov 02, 2015 (AFP)

China and France agreed Monday that an international deal to tackle climate change to be negotiated in Paris should include checks on compliance, in what visiti...

Brazil, land of water, goes thirsty

Oct 31, 2015 (AFP)

The sign -- "risk of drowning" -- outside one of Rio de Janeiro's freshwater reservoirs looks like a joke: there's no water here left to drown in. Instead, the ...

For climate talks, Paris site must be greener than green

Oct 30, 2015 (AFP)

The organisers of the COP21 climate conference starting in Paris in a month's time are faced with an unenviable task as they prepare for an event that it is hop...

India's Modi urges 'comprehensive' climate deal

Oct 29, 2015 (AFP)

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for a "comprehensive and concrete" agreement on climate change in December, as he addressed African leaders...

Failing to account for climate change in mining land reclamation may cost billions

Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Waterloo are warning that plans to reclaim mined land risk failure and could cost industry and government billions in future cl...

American businesses come round, slowly, on climate

Oct 28, 2015 (AFP)

American business attitudes to climate change were long a mix of resistance and denial, but the US corporate world is beginning to face up to the challenge. In ...

Obama, Xi, Modi to attend Paris climate summit

Oct 27, 2015 (AFP)

At least 80 world leaders, including Barack Obama, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, will attend a summit tasked with inking a global climate pact in Paris in Decem...

Persian Gulf: too hot for humans by 2100?

Oct 26, 2015 (AFP)

Global warming could create peaks of humid heat in the Persian Gulf beyond human tolerance by century's end, according to a study published Monday in the journa...

A mixed blessing for Germany's climate plans

Oct 26, 2015 (UPI)

While it will help Germany meet its climate protection goals, moving some power plants to a reserve capacity will hurt businesses, energy company RWE said. Germ...

Global bishops call for 'complete decarbonisation' by 2050

Oct 26, 2015 (AFP)

Bishops launched a global appeal Monday for a break-through at upcoming Paris climate talks, including a "complete decarbonisation" of the world's economy and m...

El Nino to cause 80% rise in East Africans needing aid: UN

Oct 23, 2015 (AFP)

Heavy floods and drought sparked by the El Nino weather phenomenon in East Africa in coming weeks could see the number of people needing aid soar by over 80 per...

Will climate change make the world lazier?

Oct 23, 2015 (UPI)

Sometimes it's just too hot to do anything, let alone work. If climate change continues, that might be the case more often. Researchers think rising temperature...

Climate pact: The rocky road to Paris... and beyond

Oct 23, 2015 (AFP)

Diplomats crafting a global pact to defuse climate change are under no illusion that the quest will end in Paris in December. If anything, the latest haggle to ...

World split over carbon-cutting in climate battle

Oct 22, 2015 (AFP)

A pivotal question has split world powers along unfamiliar lines as they haggle over how to avert catastrophic global warming: Should they set a goal of entirel...

Frustration mounts as time runs out at climate talks

Oct 21, 2015 (AFP)

Frustration ran high Wednesday at the snail's pace of talks for a climate rescue pact, with only two days left for diplomats to craft a blueprint for a year-end...

Canada's Trudeau under low-carbon pressure

Oct 21, 2015 (UPI)

The incoming Liberal government in Canada is called on to move away from an oil-based economy, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. The Liberal Party of ...

'Critical week' of climate talks back on track

Oct 20, 2015 (AFP)

Negotiations for a climate rescue pact got back on track Tuesday after an acrimonious start, as France's top diplomat urged "progress" ahead of a year-end confe...

Climate talks teeter as developing nations cry foul

Oct 19, 2015 (AFP)

Developing nations accused rich ones Monday of sidelining their interests at crunch climate talks, as the UN chief and France's president beat the drum for an a...