Evidence of green business profits and more direct industry engagement may be needed to push UN climate talks out of stale rich-poor rivalries.
China accused some developed nations on Friday at the UN climate talks of seeking to kill the Kyoto Protocol pact to curb global warming.
Negotiators at UN talks in Mexico on Tuesday struggled over proposals that would abolish a two-decade divide between rich and poor on scrutiny of gree
International action on climate change looks likely to drift over the next two years as politicians waver on tougher carbon caps.
Electric cars are riding high, as incentives and new models make them a realistic option, but the fresh attention may highlight flaws.
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/ 6 November 2009
Climate negotiators prepared to ditch a December deadline for agreeing a new pact as United Nations talks in Barcelona drew to a close on Friday.
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/ 19 October 2009
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged leaders to intervene personally to break deadlocked talks to agree a global climate-change deal.
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday he was confident the world would sign a global deal to combat climate change in December.
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/ 3 February 2009
John Fitzpatrick is in a buoyant niche of construction. Building subsidised homes with solar panelled roofs, he is funded by the government.
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/ 13 December 2008
A UN conference made progress on Friday towards agreeing a fund to help poor nations cope with the impacts of climate change.