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A huge explosion has wrecked government buildings in Oslo, including the office of Norway’s prime minister. Several people were injured in the blast.
Investments to create jobs in clean energies risk backfiring by curbing employment in other parts of the economy, a study has shown.
Birds falling out of the sky in the US and Sweden are freak examples of the kind of mass animal deaths that have unusual but not apocalyptic causes.
Almost 200 nations sought to break a deadlock between rich and poor on steps to fight global warming.
Illegal logging has fallen by 22% worldwide in the past decade but remains a huge problem from Brazil to Indonesia, a study showed on Thursday.
The UN has defended its panel of climate scientists from criticisms that an error about the thaw of Himalayan glaciers undermined its wider findings.
Fifty-five countries have formally pledged to cut or limit their emissions in a move welcomed by the UN’s climate-change body.
A global warming deal worked out by US President Barack Obama and four other countries, including SA, faces mass opposition at Copenhagen.
UN climate talks have made progress at the halfway mark but many of the toughest issues are deadlocked, delegates said on Saturday.
Global warming is happening faster than expected and at worst could raise sea levels by up to 2m by 2100, a group of scientists said on Tuesday.
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.
Prospects for a new UN climate pact have brightened but negotiations must speed up to meet a December deadline, a UN official said on Tuesday.
About 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to discuss how to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global warming.
Barack Obama’s negotiators make their debut at UN climate talks on Sunday, but many nations have rowed back on plans, focusing instead on the economy.
Governments broadly support tough 2050 goals for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions but are split on how to share out the reductions.
The world could eliminate fossil fuel use by 2090 by spending trillions of dollars on a renewable energy revolution.
Backers of technologies to curb global warming advocate dumping iron dust into the seas or placing smoke and mirrors in the sky to dim the sun.
Most consumers want companies to do more to protect the environment and reckon that firms should play a leading role in fighting global warming.
United Nations climate talks in Ghana are making progress on ways to help developing nations slow deforestation.
Scientists unveiled the first digital map of the Earth’s geology on Wednesday and said it could guide oil and gas exploration and mining.
