Insured losses from Thai floods are still be counted and the disaster could lead to a re-assessment of weather risks to industries in Asia.
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/ 27 October 2010
Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a UN deal to protect nature.
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/ 22 October 2010
Climate change is set to drive the spread of invasive plant and animals species, threatening forests, fisheries and crops, a report said on Friday.
Sea levels are rising unevenly in the Indian Ocean, placing millions at risk along low-lying coastlines in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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/ 19 December 2009
A global warming deal worked out by US President Barack Obama and four other countries, including SA, faces mass opposition at Copenhagen.
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/ 15 December 2009
Ministers strived to break a deadlock in global climate talks on Tuesday, three days before world leaders are meant to agree a new pact.
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/ 7 December 2009
The biggest climate meeting in history opened on Monday with hosts Denmark saying an unmissable opportunity to protect the planet was ”within reach”.
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/ 9 November 2009
Targets and trust. These are at the heart of a tougher new global climate pact possibly just weeks away.
Advice to university Vice-chancellors: A successful tenure at an institution amounts to being at the right book launches, presiding and pontificating.
Poorer countries’ efforts to fight climate change are being stymied by rich nations’ lack of commitment, the UN said on Thursday.