Climate Change

Climate Changes Could Cause Worldwide Crisis, says Report
A new report released by the National Intelligence Council makes dire predictions about a global destabilization scenario that could be in our near future.

UN Climate Change Conference Brings Grim Warnings, Angry Protests
The second meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol is being held in Kenya, and tensions are running high.

Global warming and the spread of disease
Climate change accelerates the spread of disease in part because warmer global temperatures enlarge the geographic range in which disease-carrying insects, like this mosquito, can survive.

What are the implications of the massive thaw that is taking place right now in Western Siberia?
Russian researchers returned from an exploratory mission in Western Siberia last year to report that the world’s largest frozen peat bog there, land as large as France and Germany combined, was quickly melting away "into shallow lakes."

Rural Communities Best Equipped to Cope With Climate Change: Un Report
Sustainable use of resources and environment will give 2bn of world's poor greatest chance of surviving extreme change

Arctic 'methane Chimneys' Raise Fears of Runaway Climate Change
Scientists claim to have discovered evidence for large releases of methane into the atmosphere from frozen stores off the northern coast of Siberia

Clash Over Plan to Save Tropical Forests
Developing countries and human rights groups will clash today at a key UN climate change meeting intended to arrest the destruction of tropical forests. By John Vidal

Time for Individuals and Businesses to Start Using Online Carbon Offsets Services
Private individuals or even small businesses employing hundreds of people can’t afford the luxury of expensive consultants or staff to measure their carbon emissions and when they do these groups need clear actionable advice and easy cost-effective solutions with sensible pay backs measured in years and not decades.

Climate Change: How Quest for Zero Waste Community Means Sorting the Rubbish 34 Ways
Japanese village's strict recycling regime looks to a future free of incinerators and landfill

The Sticky Issue of Climate Change
Dan Glass: Gordon Brown gave me the slip when I superglued myself to him this week. Here's what I would have said if he'd stayed stuck

Aviation and Climate Change
This article describes how the aviation world is affecting our climate.

Don't Be Fooled By the Climate Change Bill. Carbon Trading Torpedoes It
George Monbiot: The rigged statistics and exported emissions will render worthless the apparently radical targets labor is now setting

Climate Change: Time for Deeds Not Words to Reach Emissions Target, Pwc Study Warns
If politicians don't act now global carbon emissions from energy use will double by 2050, report warns

Climate Change and Human Health
The Threats of diseases relating to climate change are not fairly distributed and have become a global issue. There are actions every one of us can take to promote health,such as reducing your carbon footprint.

Tony Blair: G8 Must Bridge Chasm on Climate Change
Ex-PM's report calls for radical action and says G8 must agree on way forward towards future targets

Big Oil's Big Lie
George Monbiot: Lobbyists have sponsored the junk science of climate change denial. But putting energy executives on trial is not the answer

Put Oil Firm Chiefs on Trial, Says Leading Climate Change Scientist
Speech to US Congress will criticize lobbyists and call for 'revolutionary' policies to tackle crisis

Conflicts Fuelled By Climate Change Causing New Refugee Crisis, Warns Un
'Unprecedented' number of people displaced by conflict and persecution as figure rises by 3m to 37.4m

Satellite Atlas Reveals a Changing Africa
A new atlas charts Africa's changing landscape over recent decades, highlighting the effects of humans - both positive and negative

Reformed Carbon Scheme Could Drive Global Change, Says Report
Trading scheme designed to cut Europe's carbon dioxide emissions by setting limits for big polluters

Act on Climate Change, Top Scientists Warn Us
1,700 leading scientists present letter to government calling for immediate reduction in US carbon emissions

Exxon to Cut Funding to Climate Change Denial Groups
The oil giant has admitted that its support for lobby groups that question the science of climate change may have hindered action to tackle global warming

Climate Change Threat to Us Crops and Water
American south-west faces dramatic challenges in next 50 years from drought, wild fires and changing ecosystems

Climate Change and Your Retirement - Is Your Future In Good Hands?
People's retirement planning will need to include changing environmental conditions which may in the near future begin to have as serious impact on lifestyles.

UK's Climate Aid Plans 'undermine' Global Deal
A senior diplomat for the world's poorer countries has accused Britain of undermining a UN treaty on climate change by seeking to channel funds for developing countries through the World Bank

Earlier Spring in Arctic Could Hit Caribou Diet
Study into effect of climate change on plant distribution reveals worrying impact on caribou populations

Campaigners Attack Uk Government Over Climate Change 'loans'
British plans to offer £800m to poor countries to help prepare for climate change has come under renewed fire from debt campaigners and developing countries

World's Wildlife and Environment Already Hit By Climate Change, Major Study Shows
90% of environmental damage around the world explained by rising temperatures driven by human activity

Time Magazine's Profitable Use Of Climate Change
Article about the use of the issue of global climate change by Time Magazine.

Is This Climate Change?
There is still debate about whether global warming is making episodes like Cyclone Nargis worse

Chateau China, a Taste of Wines to Come With Climate Change
Report on predictions for wine-making identifies world's top producers in 50 years

Taking The Temperature Of Global Climate Change
Article about the world food crisis and global climate change.

'They Cheat, I Tell You'
He wants to convince us that fears of climate change are overblown. Should we take Nigel Lawson seriously? By Julian Glover

Q&A: China's Climate Change Plans
Q&A: David Adam on China's climate change plans, and what they mean for the UN process

US Air Force Calls for Mission to Combat Climate Change
World's top scientists to come together in program to develop greener fuels and tackle global warming

Rich States Failing to Lead on Emissions, Says Un Climate Chief
Developing countries are unwilling to sign up to new global climate change pact to replace Kyoto protocol

How to Save the World
Harvard prodigy Jeffrey Sachs helped take capitalism to Russia. Now he's tackling Africa and climate change, he tells Ed Pilkington, and 'negativism' is all that stands in his way

Gore to Recruit 10m-strong Green Army
Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend $300m to force politicians to act on climate change

Gore Unveils $300m Climate Ads
Nobel laureate Al Gore rolls out advertising blitz to try to force debate on climate change during the US elections

Remote Control
While the least developed countries suffer the worst effects of climate change, brought about by the actions of the rich, they have no voice in global warming talks. Now Bangladesh is leading a fightback. By John Vidal

Carry on Polluting
Leader: Ministers cannot claim to take climate change seriously - and then trivialize the measurement of progress

Concessions to Merkel Threaten Climate Change Plan
Germany secures pledges that several of its heavy industries could be protected from international competition

Blair to Lead Campaign on Climate Change
Former PM to lead new international team aiming to secure deal on climate change that would be backed by China and America

True Scale of C0₂emissions From Shipping Revealed
Scale of climate change emissions from shipping is nearly three times higher than previously believed, says leaked UN report

Climate Change May Spark Conflict With Russia, Eu Told
Alert over scramble for control of energy resources in the Arctic

EU Told to Prepare for Flood of Climate Change Migrants
Global warming threatens to render a fifth of planets population homeless, EU officials say

Food Crisis Will Take Hold Before Climate Change, Warns Chief Scientist
Professor John Beddington raises food security and the global rush to grow biofuels in his first major speech

Did the Standard Tell the Truth About the Heathrow Climate Change Camp?
George Monbiot: The press watchdog mostly looks the other way when complaints are made, but it mustn't brush this one under the carpet

Sumatran Deforestation Driving Climate Change and Species Extinction, Report Warns
The destruction of Sumatra's natural forests is accelerating global climate change and pushing endangered species closer to extinction, report warns

Promised Green Revolution Still Seems a Long Way Off
Climate change to have profound impact on agriculture in coming decades

Juggle a Few of These Numbers, and It Makes Economic Sense to Kill People
George Monbiot: Britain's official approach to climate change puts a price on human lives. And the richer you are, the more yours is worth

Are We in for a Good June?
Stephen Moss: The Met Office is reasonably encouraging (or discouraging if you take an apocalyptic view of climate change).

Huge Study Gives Wake-up Call on State of World's Oceans
Fishing, climate change and pollution have left an indelible mark on virtually all of the world's oceans

True Scale of C02 Emissions From Shipping Revealed
Scale of climate change emissions from shipping is nearly three times higher than previously believed, says leaked UN report

Camel 'plague' Puzzles Scientists
An unprecedented number of camels across North Africa and the Middle East died last year, researchers have discovered, with scientists exploring causes ranging from antibiotic pollution to climate change

In About Turn, Bush Signs Climate Change Bill
President George Bush, after years of holding out against proposals to combat climate change, yesterday signed into law an energy bill establishing higher fuel-economy standards for new cars and other conservation measures

Twisting the Pope's Words on Climate Change
Ben Goldacre: 'The Pope condemns the climate change prophets of doom,' roared the headline on Thursday. Basically, if the Daily Mail goes out of business, I'll have to give up this column

Climate Talks Edge Towards Deal
Europeans push for explicit 25-40% cuts by 2020 but US resists

US Proposal Threatens Climate Change Deal
· Bali conference may end in failure after opt-out leak · EU threatens boycott if emissions cuts ignored

Ron Paul Has Nothing for Climate Change
Republican Ron Paul does not have global warming on his agenda. In fact, he thinks the issue has been overblown.

The Real Answer to Climate Change is to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground
George Monbiot: All the talk in Bali about cutting carbon means nothing while ever more oil and coal is being extracted and burned

This Crisis Demands a Reappraisal of Who We Are and What Progress Means
George Monbiot: Outdated figures have been hiding the full extent of climate change. But I am still advocating action, and not despair

Climate Change Will Destroy Asia's Gains, Study Says
Global warming will send Asia's social and economic progress into reverse unless immediate action is taken to tackle climate change, according to a report today

Cry Wolf, But Gently
Leo Hickman: Hyperbole has weakened the argument on climate change. But Aesop has a salutary lobbyist's tale

Spain Shown Perils of Climate Change
It's an apocalyptic view of the future, a stark warning to Spain of what the country could look like if action is not taken to reduce the effects of climate change.

Scientists Have a New Way to Reshape Nature, But None Can Predict the Cost
Madeleine Bunting: Synthetic biologists say their technology could tackle climate change and feed the hungry, but its dangers are terrifying.

How YOU can Affect Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
The Nobel Committee has recognized Al Gore for his many efforts to raise the awareness of greenhouse gases and their detrimental effects. You may not qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize - but you can begin your own personal crusade to save our planet.

Climate Change Disaster is Upon Us, Warns Un
Emergency relief chief calls for swift action · 12 out of 13 'flash' appeals in 2007 related to weather

Rice Defends Bush's Un Climate Talks
The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, yesterday defended President George Bush's climate change conference in Washington against accusations that it was a spoiler intended to undermine UN efforts to secure a global compromise.

How Climate Change Will Affect the World
The effects of climate change will be felt sooner than scientists realized and the world must learn to live with the effects, experts said yesterday.

Global Food Crisis Looms As Climate Change and Population Growth Strip Fertile Land
. 'Ignorance, need and greed' depleting soil . Experts warn competition will lead to conflict.

India and China Urged to Cut Emissions
A UN climate change conference began yesterday with a call from the most vulnerable developing nations for large and rapidly developing countries such as China and India to do more to tackle global warming.

The Editorials Urge Us to Cut Emissions, But the Ads Tell a Very Different Story
George Monbiot: Newspaper exhortations on climate change sit uncomfortably alongside promotions for budget flights and oil companies.

Its Van der Es – The World in Action – Interview Part Two
Why then to dig for the leftovers of oil, while the alternatives are almost readily available? The potential of these endless energy techniques is thousands of times bigger than the worldwide energy consumption.

Interview – Its Van der Es – The World in Action - 1/2
Climate change is altering the face of the planet. The magnitude is greater and it's - apparently the fault of humans. It looks now we are slowly waking up. A lengthy talk with Its Van der Es of Climate Policies International.

We Must Face Up to the Flooding, Not Flee to the Sun
The turbulent weather we've seen is a warning of what lies ahead for us. Only a new politics can address climate change. By Jackie Ashley

Climate Change 'is Ravaging Everest'
Sons of first two men to scale mountain say so much ice has melted that their fathers would not recognise terrain.

China Rejects Binding Target to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
China will not agree any form of binding target to reduce its soaring greenhouse gas emissions as part of a new international deal on climate change, a senior official confirmed yesterday.

Useful Tips for Avoiding Flood Damage
Climate Change and Global Warming has seen some extraordinary weather conditions throughout the World in recent years. This article gives just a few tips on how businesses can potentially avoid losses when flooding occurs.

Gore Show is Set to Be Biggest on Earth
China will broadcast Live Earth, giving the climate change concerts an audience of 2 billion. Will that silence the skeptics? David Smith reports.

Is The Electric Tumble Dryer A Doomed Appliance?
As Global Warming and Climate Change start to show us that they are indeed a real advent of our modern society, when do we get to a point and say, well some things just have to change!

Darfur Conflict Heralds Era of Wars Triggered By Climate Change, Un Report Warns
Drought and advancing desert blamed for tensions - Chad and southern Africa also at risk from warming

We Must Take the Lead
China, now the world's biggest polluter, will only act on climate change if we lead by example. By Isabel Hilton

It Has Got to Be Al Gore
If he is as serious about climate change as he says he is, he has to run for the US presidency. By Peter Preston

Exxon Attacks Greenpeace But Says It Wants to Save the Planet
ExxonMobil criticised Greenpeace, the Kyoto treaty and the European carbon trading system yesterday but insisted it was not a "climate change denier".

G8 and Climate Change: a Concession or a Convenience?
The G8 is not collectively committed to a single target. Angela Merkel, the German chancellor has failed in securing a statement that global warming needs to be kept below 2C. By Patrick Wintour

Indoor Washing Lines-What Everyone Should Know
With the new worldwide movement of environmentally friendly products and services increasing at a very rapid rate, the new range of indoor washing lines is one way people can help in the fight against climate change. Indoor washing lines are now available in a range of models and sizes and can reduce home energy bills dramatically in a short period of time.

US Negotiator Casts Doubt on G8 Climate Change Deal
George Bush's senior climate change negotiator today poured cold water on Tony Blair's hopes of achieving a concrete US commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions at this week's summit.

Bush Under Eu Pressure to Sign Up on Climate Change
US sticks by demand to include India and China - Bypass White House, urges Greenpeace

Britain's Environment Secretary to Criticise America Over Climate Change Delays
British environment secretary David Miliband is to criticize George Bush for trying to delay talks on greenhouse gas targets

I Can Persuade George Bush on Climate Change - Blair
Exclusive interview with PM on eve of G8 summit - Claim that US will agree to greenhouse gas target

China's Climate Change Plans: Q&a
Q&A: David Adam on China's climate change plans, and what they mean for the UN process.

China's Climate Plan: the Main Points
China unveiled its first national climate change plan today.

China Unveils Climate Change Plan
China vowed to "blaze a new path to industrialization" today as it unveiled its first national plan on climate change.

Brazil Rejects Bush Move on Climate Change Talks
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has flatly rejected President Bush's proposals for parallel global negotiations to combat climate change, insisting that countries come to agreement at the United Nations, and not under US leadership.

Hurricanes Are More Powerful Than Words
Katrina blew open US minds on climate change and Bush can no longer ignore it. By Larry Elliott

Truth About Kyoto: Huge Profits, Little Carbon Saved
On the eve of a G8 summit focused on climate change, Nick Davies reveals major flaws in the global system designed to reduce emissions.

Bush Calls for Action By Biggest Greenhouse Emitters
George Bush today called on the world's biggest polluters to set goals on curbing greenhouse gases, in his clearest admission yet of the threat posed by climate change.

Action Plan or Stalling Tactic? Key Questions in Global Crisis
President Bush says the US is now a global leader on climate change. But how effective will his proposals be?

Bush Kills Off Hopes for G8 Climate Change Plan
George Bush yesterday threw international efforts to control climate change into confusion with a proposal to create a "new global framework" to curb greenhouse gas emissions as an alternative to a planned UN process.

Hope Dries Up for Nicaragua's Miskito
Central American indigenous people are among first to suffer from climate change but least equipped to adapt.

G8 Leaders Fight Over Global Agreement on Climate Change
US softens on deal to halt rising temperature - Race against time to rescue talks before summit

US Rejects All Proposals on Climate Change
Embarrassment for Blair as G8 draft covered in red ink - Little hope of any deal at summit in two weeks

Beckett Urges Japan to Take Lead on Climate Change
The foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, today urged Japan to join Britain in taking the lead in building a low-carbon global economy, as a divided G8 prepares to discuss climate change at next month's summit in Germany.

Beckett to Focus on Climate Change on Japan Visit
The foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, is expected to call on Japan to sign up to more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets as part of the international fight against climate change , when she arrives in Tokyo next week.

CO2 Sponge Losing Ability to Soak Up Extra Emissions
Climate change 'feedback effect' in Southern Ocean - Stronger winds reduce efficiency of carbon sink

Eastern European Woes Ruin Merkel's Grand Plans for Eu Alliance With Russia
Poland and Lithuania wanted summit called off - Germany had hoped for a deal on climate change

Climate Change: New Global Plan to Tie in Worst Polluters
Tony Blair believes he is close to persuading George Bush to accept an ambitious plan to bring the world's greatest polluters into international partnership to fight climate change for the first time.

Climate Change to Force Mass Migration
1bn likely to be displaced by 2050, says report - Environmental factors will exacerbate existing crisis

Climate Change Could Lead to Global Conflict, Says Beckett
Foreign secretary warns of battle for scarce resources - UN vote on Zimbabwe taking environment chair

Flights Reach Record Levels Despite Warnings Over Climate Change
2.51m take-offs scheduled worldwide this month - UK most popular country for international flights

Wrong Targets To Tackle Climate Change
Our governments have set the wrong targets to tackle climate change using outdated science, and they know it. By George Monbiot

UN: We Have the Money and Know-how to Stop Global Warming
Report obtained by the Guardian spells out strategy to reverse climate change.

Pope Issues New Green Message for World's Catholics
Pope addresses climate change conference - US church leaders lobby Bush on global warming

Protect God's Creation: Vatican Issues New Green Message for World's Catholics
Pope addresses climate change conference - US church leaders lobby Bush on global warming

New York to Follow London's Example With Congestion Charge
Mayor says climate change leaves no other option - Green scheme to prepare city for population surge

Global Warming is a Security Threat to Us All
The debate on climate change at the UN top table is a sign that the big powers are at last beginning to see sense. By Jonathan Freedland

Climate Change Threatens Security, Uk Tells Un
Council debates 'weather of mass destruction' - US claims other factors more important for peace

Death in the Rainforest: Fragile Creatures Give the World a New Climate Warning
Amphibian and reptile numbers fall by 75% in reserve meant to save them.

UK to Raise Climate Talks As Security Council Issue
The British government will make a concerted effort this week to push climate change up the global agenda when it raises the subject for the first time within the UN security council.

Chinese Pm Strengthens Ties With Japan
Japan and China yesterday agreed to put aside their political differences and work together to tackle climate change and enhance security in east Asia, as Wen Jiabao became the first Chinese premier to visit Japan for almost seven years.

There is Climate Change Censorship - and It's the Deniers Who Dish It Out
Global warming scientists are under intense pressure to water down findings, and are then accused of silencing their critics. By George Monbiot

European Union's Climate Change Goals Will Cost €1 Trillion
Report outlines daunting task of CO2 targets - Insulation more effective than new power stations

Triumphant Gore Brings Message Back to Washington
Oscar-winner returns to Capitol Hill with well-honed warning on climate change.

Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
In a stroke of sheer brilliance, The journal of unlikely science, weird science Null Hypothesis has cracked the climate change problem.

Climate Change Expert Slates Us 'interference' in Research
The Bush administration's interference in climate change science has revealed "flaws that have developed in the functioning of our democracy", according to a leading US climate scientist.

Bush Appointees 'watered Down Greenhouse Science'
The Bush administration ran a systematic campaign to play down the dangers of climate change, Congress was told yesterday.

Plague of Beetles Raises Climate Change Fears for American Beauty
Colorado's distinctive lodgepole pine trees are under attack from a beetle infestation described by scientists as a "perfect storm" which could destroy 90% of the western American state's pine forests.

Interview: Sir Nicholas Stern, Economist
This week's ambitious climate change bill demands big cuts in carbon emissions. David Adam meets Sir Nicholas Stern, the globetrotting economist who seems reluctant to take the credit.

Don't Let Truth Stand in the Way of a Red-hot Debunking of Climate Change
The science might be bunkum, the research discredited. But all that counts for Channel 4 is generating controversy. By George Monbiot

Europe Sets Benchmark for Tackling Climate Change
Merkel steers through 20% cut in emissions - Nuclear power included among energy options

Merkel Urges Quicker Action on Climate Change
Europe has everything to lose if it does not move faster to cut carbon dioxide emissions and invest in more environmentally friendly energy sources, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, warned EU leaders today as they met to decide on a new green fuel strategy.

Nuclear Question Splits Eu Climate Talks
Deep divisions over nuclear power and renewable energy threatened to derail the EU's campaign to assume a global leadership in the fight against climate change at the 27-strong bloc's spring summit which began last night.

Split on Nuclear Power Threatens Agreement on Global Warming
Divisions over nuclear power and renewable energy threatened to derail the EU's campaign to assume a global leadership role in the fight against climate change at the bloc's spring summit.

British Push on Co2 at Security Council
Diplomats seek to put climate change on agenda - Foreign Office argues it is a matter of global stability

The Point of No Return
Of course we must make plans for climate change, but the sense of resignation is troubling. By Bibi Van Der Zee

A New Rhetoric on Climate Change
Despite new rhetoric over climate change, China is unlikely to see any real progress in environmental policies until its political system is overhauled, says Jonathan Watts.

Build Inland, Un Climate Report Warns
An international panel of scientists has proposed that all countries cease building on coastal land that is less than a metre above high tide so as to avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change.

New Species, Warm Water and Whales: the Antarctic's Secrets Revealed By Melting Ice
Scientists research world sealed off for 12,000 years - Marine life transformed by rapid climate change

Climate Change: Scientists Warn It May Be Too Late to Save the Ice Caps
A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments.

Global Leaders Reach Climate Change Agreement
Leading world politicians and industrialists have reached a new, non-binding agreement at a meeting in the United States on tackling climate change.

Water Found Under Antarctic Ice to Raise Sea Level Forecasts
Scientists have detected a network of lakes and rivers of rapidly moving water under the thick ice sheet of West Antarctica, a discovery that will force a revision of predictions of global sea levels as the sheet melts due to climate change.

Blair Has Fixed on His Legacy Plan: Tony Saves the World
Life after No 10 is to be devoted to lobbying for a new climate-change deal. Grandstanding? Maybe, but let's hope it works. By Jackie Ashley

Climate Change Gives Palace A Frosty Touch
Solar energy, the melting Arctic and the environment have been top of Prince Albert of Monaco's agenda for the last year, but as he continues his campaign to highlight the environment as a top political issue, press reports suggest that two of his staff have left. Will climate change be too hot an issue for some of his subjects too?

Worse Than We Thought
Report warns of 4C rise by 2100 - Floods and food and water shortages likely.

Q&A: The Ipcc Report on Global Warming
The report the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published today in Paris was almost three years in the making.

The Scientists Spoke Cautiously But the Graphs Said It All
This is how the world ends: not with a bang, nor with a whimper, but with a PowerPoint presentation.

Scientists Offered Cash to Dispute Climate Study
Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.

Bush Administration Accused of Doctoring Scientists' Reports on Climate Change
Inconvenient conclusions censored, hearing told - Researchers warned not to talk about global warming

Don't Be Fooled By Bush's Defection: His Cures Are Another Form of Denial
The president's avowed conversion on climate change is illusory. He is just drumming up new business for his chums. By George Monbiot

Experts Split Over Climate Danger to Antarctica
Serious disagreement has broken out among scientists over a United Nations climate report's contention that the world's greatest wilderness - Antarctica - will be largely unaffected by rising world temperatures.

Bush is Left Isolated As America Turns Green
For years, the most powerful voice in the US Senate on the environment was a conservative Republican from Oklahoma, James Inhofe, who famously declared "global warming is a hoax", and compared warnings about climate change to Nazi propaganda.

Call for Higher Taxes to Pay for Damage to Planet
Sir Nicholas calls on world governments to act - Climate change dominates first day of summit

Nicholas Stern Tackles Climate Change for India
The author of the UK government's report is to advise the Indian government on the issue, arguing that developed countries should bear some of the economic burden. By Randeep Ramesh in New Delhi.

Will Green Taxes save the Environment?
Is green tax a money making scheme or a great effort to reduce climate change and greenhouse gases.

What is Organic Composting?
Organic composting uses recycled household waste and reduces landfill and climate change.

Bush Set for Climate Change U-turn
Downing Street says that belated US recognition of global warming could lead to a post-Kyoto agreement on curbing emissions.

EU Warns of Global Climate Chaos
Report forecasts wars, famine and migration - Strategy aims for world's first low-carbon economy

Bush Backtracks on Global Warming With Plan to Protect Polar Bears
Melting arctic ice prompts climate change concession- Campaigners hope to force cuts in carbon emissions

Practical Action Lights Up Future for Nepalese Villagers
Mountain smallholders adapt to climate change and rise above life of subsistence.

Not a Week Goes By Now Without Hair-raising New Climate Reports
David Miliband's plan for carbon allowances raises a red/green standard that the blue/green Tories can never match. By Polly Toynbee

Pistes Feel the Heat of Climate Change
Some of Europe's best-known ski resorts could be ruined by global warming, a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, warned today.

In the Rice Paddies of Sri Lanka, a New Enemy: Salt
Practical Action is backing seed trials to help farmers hit hard by climate change.

How We Slept Through The Climate Alarm
It was not until the dawn of this century that science finally woke up to the fact that climate change could occur abruptly and has done so several times in the Earth's history. Climate science is now scrambling to catch up with the escalating climate changes induced, this time, by anthropogenic global warming.

Nepal's Farmers on the Front Line of Global Climate Change
Himalayan communities face catastrophic floods as weather patterns alter.

The Untold Truth About Global Warming
The inconvenient truth about global warming is that it's a lot more than a moral issue that will mainly affect future generations. Climate change is happening now, could rapidly escalate, and could have a profound impact on every person alive today.

Will Global Warming Unleash More Seismic Activity?
Recent climate change research predicts that we will see more earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis as global warming unfolds. What's the connection between global warming and seismic activity? This report reviews the latest evidence.

Save the Cheerleader, Save the World
The television series "Heroes" reflects a deep human need to simplify the horrors of the world. While the real world is infinitely more complex, there is a cause that trumps them all: Global Climate Change.

WWF Award for Nasa Scientist Who Sounded Climate Alarm
A leading Nasa researcher who pioneered the case for tough action to combat climate change in the US has been awarded the WWF's top conservation award.

The Ebb and Flow of Your Vibratory Seasons
No matter where you live in the world, the changing of the seasons has some sort of effect on your local climate, workplace, home life, or your day to day activities. Your mind, however, does not change significantly with the seasons, and you need to make sure that you remember how to stay focused on consciously creating your life – no matter what season it is.

The Gas Guzzlers Muzzled
The coming change in leadership of a key Senate committee could finally help the US get its head out of the sand on climate change, writes Ed Pilkington.

Air Travel Carbon Emissions are destroying the Environment
Car and air pollution is contributing to climate change as car and air travel increases around the globe.

This is a Dazzling Debunking of Climate Change Science. It is Also Wildly Wrong
Deniers are cock-a-hoop at an aristocrat's claims that global warming is a UN hoax. But the physics is bafflingly bad. By George Monbiot

African Nomads to Be First People Wiped Out By Climate Change
Kenya's herdsmen are facing extinction as global warming destroys their lands.

UK Presses for Climate Change Fund for Africa
· Sub-Saharan region is 'victim of aid injustice' · Multimillion pound effort sought from rich countries

Stern Measures and Green Hopes
After Sir Nicholas Stern's bleak warning on climate change, James Cameron tells Oliver Morgan that the profit motive is the most realistic solution. And with burgeoning China and India seen as critical stumbling blocks, Heather Connon in Shanghai and Anto Joseph in Mumbai assess their reaction.

Britain to Push for Global Climate Deal By 2008
The UK is to use the warnings of irreversible climate change and the biggest economic slump since the 1930s, outlined in yesterday's Stern review, to press for a new global deal to curb carbon emissions.

Sceptics Scorn Climate Report Prediction of Global Chaos
· Study warns of economic crash over CO2 emissions · Doubters rubbish findings even before publication

This Arsenal of Facts Brings Brown's Big Green Chance
The Stern report on climate change equips the chancellor with the case for a radical new approach to taxation. By Jackie Ashley

WWF further their efforts to protect endangered species
As the issue of climate change grows ever more prevalent, organisations like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are doing their best to remind us about other environmental concerns, such as the protection of endangered species.

Tackle Climate Change or Face Deep Recession, World's Leaders Warned
· Economic review turns cost argument on head · Technologies investment 'could stimulate growth'

Blair Warns of Climate Change 'tipping Points'
Tony Blair will warn today that the world will reach "catastrophic tipping points" on climate change within 15 years, unless serious action is taken to tackle global warming.

Germany to Put Debt and Aid for Africa at Top of G8 Agenda
Germany pledged yesterday to use its presidency of the Group of Eight leading industrial countries next year to continue to push for a better deal for Africa and promote action on climate change.

Carbon Trading– What’s all that about?
There is an emissions trading scheme in operation internationally but many people aren’t aware that this is perceived to be the cornerstone of the climate change policy in the EU and USA.

Climate Change – What’s all that about?
Well….. The greenhouse effect is the natural process by which the atmosphere traps some of the Sun's energy, warming the Earth enough to support life as we know it!

Carbon Offsetting
What exactly is carbon offsetting and why do we need it?

Methane Levels to Rise Again After Slowdown
Scientists have uncovered evidence that levels of the greenhouse gas methane will rise sharply in the next few years, warming the planet faster than previously expected.

Pundits Who Contest Climate Change Should Tell Us Who is Paying Them
Covert lobbying, in the UK as well as the US, has severely set back efforts to combat the world's biggest problem. By George Monbiot

Tourist Hotspots at Risk of Closure
Some of the world's most famous tourist attractions, such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Italy's Amalfi coast, could be closed to visitors within a few years because of worries about environmental damage and climate change, a report warns today.

The Threat is From Those Who Accept Climate Change, Not Those Who Deny It
If the biosphere is ruined it will be done by people who know that emissions must be cut - but refuse to alter the way they live. By George Monbiot

Siberian Thaw to Speed Up Global Warming
The release of trapped greenhouse gases is pushing the world past the point of no return on climate change.

We Can't Reverse Global Warming By Triggering Another Catastrophe
Sulphate pollution killed hundreds of thousands of Africans. A plan to use sulphur to fight climate change risks the same. By George Monbiot

Britain Can Still Lead the World - on Climate Change
Having been sidelined over the Middle East crisis, Tony Blair should focus on an area where he can make a difference. By Polly Toynbee

The Climate-change Deniers Have Now Gone Nuclear
When the rightwing tradition of bad science comes onside, it's time to look seriously at other energy technologies. By Polly Toynbee

Japan Aims for Breakthrough on Carbon Gas Storage
Japan plans to capture a sixth of its carbon dioxide pollution and store the gas underground in a bid to tackle climate change, according to a report yesterday.

Desert Cities Are Living on Borrowed Time, Un Warns
· Climate change threatens conditions for 500 million · But report points to huge solar energy potential

Looking for Answers
Like the Tories in Britain, the new Conservative government in Canada is seeking serious policy proposals to tackle climate change, writes Ed Vaizey.

Housing Inspectors Could Make a Huge Impact on Climate Change
Housing inspectors could make a huge impact on climate change - by enforcing the laws on energy efficiency. By George Monbiot

Confronting the Imminent Dangers of Climate Change
Ministers may have wet feet before they confront the imminent dangers of climate change. By Peter Preston

Blair Calls for Wide-ranging Un Reform
Tony Blair today called for wide-ranging reform of the United Nations, IMF and World Bank to foster a more effective response to global problems such as terrorism, climate change, poverty and unfair trade.

Global Warming Predictions Are Underestimated Say Scientists
Climate change models have dramatically underestimated the extent to which global warming will raise temperatures, scientists warned yesterday.

Forget Drought: First We Have to End This Cowardice
Our early brush with climate change shows what an unequivocal scandal the privatisation of water represents. By Polly Toynbee

His Adequacy Hits Out Over Climate Change
Former vice-president Al Gore opted for the big entrance at Cannes for the European premiere of An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary on the "planetary emergency" of global warming.

Africa Climate Change 'could Kill Millions'
· Report urges poor nations to switch to clean energy · Higher oil prices could reverse years of progress

Secrecy Breach By Us Officials Steals Thunder of Climate Change Report
· Draft findings posted on internet months early · Action on global warming undermined, experts fear

Diary
We are not in the least bit amused to hear that Margaret Beckett's ministerial Jag warmed its engine for fully 15 minutes yesterday while waiting for the environment secretary to emerge from a climate-change review press conference. By Jon Henley

Emission Control
If the government is serious about tackling climate change it must target domestic and aircraft pollution, writes Neasa MacErlean.

Al Gore, the Movie, a Festival Hit
It does not exactly have blockbuster written all over it: a documentary about Al Gore, the famously wooden vice-president and failed presidential candidate, wheeling his suitcases from town to town and presenting a slideshow about climate change.

Germany's Oaks 'could Die Out'
Germany's once magnificent forests are feeling the effects of climate change, with one in every two oak trees officially sick, researchers said yesterday.

Boiling Point for the Fight Against Climate Change
Environmentalists must use their anger at the government's betrayal on global warming to mobilise the mainstream.

Private Sector Will Defeat Climate Change, Us Tells Anti-kyoto Summit
The United States yesterday announced it would rely on the private sector to tackle global warming by devising more fuel-efficient technologies.

US Retreats at Climate Change Talks
'Obstructive' White House stung by criticism of its stance as 157 nations extend the Kyoto agreement.

US Isolated After Climate Talks Walkout
The US administration was facing condemnation last night after it refused to sign up to a UN statement intended to reopen worldwide talks on how to tackle climate change. The American move, at a high-level summit in Montreal, after two weeks of talks appeared to renege on a commitment...

Climate Talks 'turning Sour', Warns Beckett
The environment secretary, Margaret Beckett, this morning warned that make-or-break talks in Montreal on a successor treaty to Kyoto had "started to go sour".

Beckett Urges Binding Targets to Fight Climate Change
· US criticised for reliance on voluntary action · Push for new worldwide agreement at conference

US Resists Climate Change Pressure at Un Conference
Crucial talks aimed at combatting the threat of global warming opened in Montreal yesterday with the US government signalling that it will resist attempts to be drawn into a new international process to cut emissions.

Pacific Atlantis: First Climate Change Refugees
For more than 30 years the 980 people living on the six minute horseshoe-shaped Carteret atolls have battled the Pacific to stop salt water destroying their coconut palms and waves crashing over their houses. They failed.

The Perks of Global Warming!
Good News! Those pesky glaciers are finally melting off. At first, news of devastating global climate change might seem a bit of a bummer. Relax. Your faith is about to be restored.

The Chief Scientific Adviser Has Become a Government Spin Doctor
The man who told the truth about climate change is now selling nuclear power for his political masters.

50m Environmental Refugees By End of Decade, Un Warns
· States urged to prepare for victims of climate change · Natural disasters displace more people than wars

Climate Change and Pollution Are Killing Millions, Says Study
· Poor sanitation to blame, says World Bank report · Economic growth stalled by environmental factors

Global Warming Could End Sahara Droughts, Says Study
Global warming could significantly increase rainfall in Saharan Africa within a few decades, potentially ending the severe droughts that have devastated the region, a new study suggests.

Global Companies Snub Survey on Climate Change
More than 100 of the world's largest companies have been accused of not facing up to global warming after they snubbed a global survey of corporate attitudes to climate change.

Prescott Links Global Warming to Katrina
John Prescott sparked controversy yesterday by linking America's refusal to tackle climate change to the devastation of the New Orleans hurricane.

Republicans Accused of Witch-hunt Against Climate Change Scientists
Some of America's leading scientists have accused Republican politicians of intimidating climate-change experts by placing them under unprecedented scrutiny.

Visitors Rush to Glimpse Vanishing Glaciers
Attention turns to Alaska where climate change is transforming the landscape.

Faced With This Crisis
Instead of denying climate change is happening, the US now denies that we need proper regulation to stop it. George Monbiot

G8 Set to Agree on Climate Change and Aid Deal
World leaders at the G8 summit are expected to conclude their meeting this afternoon with twin communiques on Africa and climate change.

US Close to Climate Change Concessions
The United States is edging towards important concessions on climate change at this week's G8 summit, it has been revealed.

No Favours on Climate Change, Says Bush
George Bush will today warn that he will not make concessions on climate change in return for Tony Blair's staunch support over Iraq.

Bush Says: I Put Us Interests First
President George Bush today sounds a warning to those hoping for a significant deal on Africa and climate change at Wednesday's G8 summit, making clear that when he arrives at Gleneagles he will dedicate his efforts to putting America's interests first.

One in six countries facing food shortage
One in six countries in the world face food shortages this year because of severe droughts that could become semi-permanent under climate change, UN scientists warned yesterday.

Which Would Blair Prefer - an Id Card or a Windmill?
We are at a tipping point on climate change and ministers can be braver. Polly Toynbee

Hurricanes 'to Get Stronger'
Hurricanes are likely to get more extreme as a result of climate change, say scientists.

Bush's Climate Row Aide Joins Oil Giant
A senior White House official accused of doctoring government reports on climate change to play down the link between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming has taken a job with Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil company.

Putin Offers Backing for Uk's G8 Agenda
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, today offered his support for the British G8 agenda on Africa and climate change.

$55bn Africa Debt Deal 'a Victory for Millions'
· Geldof hails historic agreement but seeks more
· Brown signals climate change progress

Ex-oil Lobbyist Watered Down Us Climate Research
A former oil industry lobbyist edited the Bush administration's official policy papers on climate change to play down the link between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, it was reported yesterday.

US Scientists Pile on Pressure Over Climate Change
US scientists have increased the pressure on George Bush and other world leaders to tackle climate change by signing a joint statement calling on G8 nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Tories Have Done Better Than Blair on Climate Change
The Tories and the US have done better than Blair on climate change. Michael Howard

Blair Seeks Us Backing for G8 Programme
Tony Blair will fly to Washington next week to try to persuade the US president, George Bush, to support his plans to tackle climate change and global poverty at the G8 summit in July.

US Told to Face Up to Climate Change
The environment secretary, Margaret Beckett, says Washington is not doing enough to help the fight against global warming.

Berlusconi Backs Blair on G8 Agenda
Tony Blair today declared he had the backing of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi for his twin G8 agendas of Africa and climate change, as the pair met in Rome.

Junk Science
David Bellamy's inaccurate and selective figures on glacier shrinkage are a boon to climate change deniers. George Monbiot

An Ugly Face of Ecology
We need to be honest. Wind farms are a necessary evil, but they will not overcome the crisis of climate change. George Monbiot

900,000-year-old Ice May Destroy Us Case on Kyoto
An Italian expedition to the Antarctic has taken a sample of ice which could give scientists evidence of past climate changes which would discredit global warming doubters.

Antarctic Glaciers Retreat Under Climate Onslaught
Glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula are shrinking rapidly as a result of climate change, scientists have found.

UK Urged to Turn to Wind Power
Germany's Green party environment minister said yesterday that Britain should emulate Germany's example and build thousands more wind turbines if it wanted to prevent climate change.

Mocking Our Dreams
George Monbiot: The reality of climate change is that the engines of progress have merely accelerated our rush to the brink.

Climate Change 'will Hit Africa Hardest'
Urgent action must be taken in order to prevent Africa from bearing the brunt of global warming, a scientific conference on climate change was told today.

Hotter World May Freeze Britain
Fifty-fifty chance that warm Gulf Stream may be halted. The chance of the Gulf Stream, which brings warm waters around the British Isles, being halted, sending temperatures plummeting by more than 5C, is now more than 50%, a scientific conference on climate change was told yesterday.

Disaster Plan Talks Stalled
Negotiations over a disasters action plan stalled yesterday when the US demanded that references to climate change as a cause of natural calamities be removed from the final document.

America's War on Itself
George Monbiot: Bush's wrecking tactics over climate change follow an established pattern of self-destruction.

Greenhouse effect 'may benefit man'
Claims by pro-Bush think-tank outrage eco-groups. Climate change is 'a myth', sea levels are not rising and Britain's chief scientist is 'an embarrassment' for believing catastrophe is inevitable.

Russian Vote Saves Kyoto Protocol
The Russian parliament yesterday voted to ratify the Kyoto treaty, bringing the international climate change protocol to within months of coming into effect. The lower house of the parliament, or duma, yesterday voted 334-73 to approve the treaty. This means that the protocol's 126...

Climate Change Least of Our Worries Say Nobel Winners
Economists brought together by controversial scientist say money would be better spent on Aids, water and free trade.

Russia to Ratify Kyoto Treaty
Putin joins fight against climate change, leaving Bush isolated and US cut out of carbon trading market.

Bush U-turn on Climate Change Wins Few Friends
In a dramatic reversal of its previous position, the White House this week conceded that emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases were the only likely explanation for global warming. Citing the "best possible scientific information," an administration official, James...

4x4s Replace the Desert Camel and Whip Up a Worldwide Dust Storm
Winds carrying 3bn tonnes a year threaten environment and human health. Dust storms emanating from the Sahara have increased tenfold in 50 years, contributing to climate change as well as threatening human health and destroying coral reefs thousands of miles away.

Goodbye, Kind World
People choose to believe the climate change deniers because the truth is harder to accept. "We live," the cover story of the current Spectator tells us, "in the happiest, healthiest and most peaceful era in human history." And who in the rich world would dare to deny it?

Climate Change
The dismissal of climate change by journalistic nincompoops is a danger to us all. Picture a situation in which most of the media, despite the overwhelming weight of medical opinion, refused to accept that there was a connection between smoking and lung cancer.

Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy Us
· Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war
· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years
· Threat to the world is greater than terrorism

Climate Change Gives Insurers a Headache
Economic losses in Europe because of the summer drought exceeded £7bn in the agriculture sector alone because of loss of crops and livestock, the insurance industry announced at the climate talks in Milan. Premiums are having to be increased across Europe to cope with the number and...

EU Nowhere Near Meeting Kyoto Targets
The Kyoto climate change pact looked to be in trouble last night after the European commission warned that 13 of the EU's 15 member states were set to miss their emission reduction targets by a huge margin. In a separate development, Russia appeared to turn its back on the protocol...

EU Alarmed As Putin Backtracks on Kyoto
President Vladimir Putin refused yesterday to commit Russia to ratifying the Kyoto treaty designed to cut global warming, backtracking on previous pledges and causing alarm in the EU and among environmental groups. Opening a conference on climate change in Moscow, Mr Putin said Russia's...

Bush Covers Up Climate Research
White House officials play down its own scientists' evidence of global warming. White House officials have undermined their own government scientists' research into climate change to play down the impact of global warming, an investigation by The Observer can reveal.

American Pika Doomed As 'first Mammal Victim of Climate Change'
Scientists believe the American pika, a mountain-dwelling relative of the rabbit, is heading for extinction and will be one of the first mammals to fall victim to climate change. Ochotona princeps, a stocky tail-less animal about the size of a hamster, lives between the tree-line and...

George Monbiot on Climate Change
Climate change threatens the future of humanity, but we refuse to respond rationally. We live in a dream world. With a small, rational part of the brain, we recognise that our existence is governed by material realities, and that, as those realities change, so will our lives.

World to Warm By 8c, Says Thinktank
Latest predictions show that climate change is going to be far worse than earlier forecasts and that Labour's drastic aim of a 60% cut in carbon dioxide emissions for the UK may not be enough, says the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR). The leading leftwing thinktank examines the...

Global Warming May Be Speeding Up, Fears Scientist
Alarm at 'unusual' heatwaves across northern hemisphere. One of Europe's leading scientists yesterday raised the possibility that the extreme heatwave now settled over at least 30 countries in the northern hemisphere could signal that man-made climate change is accelerating.

Scientists Seek to Uncover Hidden Half of Creation Living in World's Treetops
Scientists want to spend more than £12m in a 10-year programme to explore life's last great mysterious domain - the treetops. An estimated 40% of creation dwells in the forest canopies. But 22 out of 25 of the world's forest "hotspots" are threatened by climate change and human...

Do not let the rich cry poor
Tackling global poverty is like protecting the environment: it's something for the good times. There's no reason why we should stop caring about poor people when times are tough, any more than we should stop caring about climate change or the destruction of the rain forest, but that's the political reality.

Russia Urged to Rescue Kyoto Pact
Pressure on Russia to ratify the Kyoto protocol is intensifying amid fears in the European Union that Moscow may scupper the agreement to combat climate change by refusing to sanction it. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, promised last year that the ratification process would be under...

How weather brought down Mayan empire
Climate change is inevitable, unpredictable, and has been responsible for bringing down some of the world's greatest civilisations. Soon it may do the same to ours.

Eastern Europe's Change of Climate
The 185 member states of the United Nations Climate Change Convention met last week in New Delhi to contemplate what steps may be needed to implement the Kyoto protocol, already ratified by 95 countries, including the European Union. Signatories have ten years - starting in 2003 - to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Dirty dealing in Delhi
The Bush administration has never disguised its contempt for the Kyoto protocol, which aims to curb global warming. George Bush pulled out of the climate change deal on arriving in office, saying it would place unacceptable limits on American growth.

Just so much hot air
Any hope that this week's climate change talks in New Delhi would produce a meaningful outcome has virtually disappeared, writes Luke Harding

India Ensures Heated Start to Climate Conference
A global conference on climate change got off to a bad start yesterday when the Indian government omitted all reference to the Kyoto protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the draft declaration to be signed by more than 180 countries, including Britain. The draft includes no...

Blair's Summit Rebuff to Bush
Tony Blair last night launched an unexpected broadside against George Bush over climate change and said the leader of the world's most polluting nation must be persuaded to change his ways. In a speech in Maputo, Mozambique, delivered 12 hours before arriving in Johannesburg for the earth...

Big Business and Greenpeace Urge Action on Climate Change
Two organisations with a history of mutual distrust and recrimination - big business and Greenpeace - have sunk their differences to appeal to the world to take action on climate change. The World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and Greenpeace held an unprecedented...

What Do We Really Want?
Economic growth is seen as good, yet it makes many in the rich world miserable. There is scarcely a discussion of climate change on the radio or television that does not involve a "climate sceptic" - someone who believes there is no problem. This would be unexceptionable if the media always promoted dissent:

Chinese Hailstorm Kills at Least 16
A violent storm in central China, with hailstones said to be the size of bread buns, has killed at least 16 people and injured 200, increasing fears that the country is suffering serious climate change. The storm in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, on Friday toppled buildings,...

World sickens as heat rises
Infections in wildlife spread as pests thrive in climate change. Climate change is favouring pests and parasites and triggering widespread outbreaks of disease in wildlife, according to US scientists.

US Dashes Hopes for Climate Deal
It is wishful thinking to believe that the United States will "trash its economy" in order to take action on climate change and there is no chance of the Bush administration reconsidering its position on the Kyoto protocol, America's senior climate negotiator has said. Harlan Watson told...

US and Oil Lobby Oust Climate Change Scientist
The head of the international scientific panel on climate change, which has called for urgent action to curb global warming, was deposed yesterday after a campaign by the Bush administration, Exxon-Mobil and other energy companies to get him replaced. At a plenary session of the...

Antarctica sends 500 million billion tonne warning of the effects of global warming
Scientists stunned as ice shelf the size of Wales falls apart in a month. An area of ice the size of Wales thought to weigh almost 500 million billion tonnes has broken off the Antarctic continent and shattered into thousands of icebergs in one of the most dramatic examples yet of the effects of climate change.

Gigantic Ice Shelf Splits From Antarctica
An area of ice the size of Wales has broken off the Antarctic continent and shattered into thousands of icebergs in one of the most dramatic examples yet of the effects of climate change.

US Will Not Set Target for Cut in Emissions
In a challenge to the rest of the world's increasing fears about the effect of climate change, the United States has decided not to set any targets for reducing its own massive emissions and to adopt "a gradual approach" instead.