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No nation can solve climate change alone

No nation can solve climate change alone

The United States is delivering on its commitment to help developing countries.

Major emitters set carbon goals after Copenhagen

Fifty-five countries have formally pledged to cut or limit their emissions in a move welcomed by the UN’s climate-change body.

Will our grandchildren revile the ‘lost decade’?

The first decade of the 21st century dawned with a global strategy to fight climate change but ended in chaos with the UN system in tatters.

Copenhagen is a disaster for Africa

African countries, worst hit by the effects of climate change, were bullied into a deal that does little to help them.

Copenhagen deal ‘devoid of any sense of responsibility’

High drama in the Copenhagen negotiations last weekend failed to deliver an agreement strong enough to save the world from climate change.

Sonjica: ‘Weak’ climate agreement disappointing

The agreement to which SA was a signatory at the UN climate-change talks last week is ”not acceptable”, Environment Minister Buyelwa Sonjica says.

Britain accuses China over climate talks

British Environment Minister Ed Miliband has accused China, Sudan and Bolivia of having tried to hijack the UN climate summit to stop a deal.

The road from Copenhagen

The talks were chaotic, at times farcical. Where do we go from here? That is the question we are all asking ourselves after Copenhagen.

Copenhagen: Desperately seeking a strong deal

Analysts at the Copenhagen conference believe a strong climate deal may not be forthcoming.

Arnie and the megafauna charm Copenhagen

Until now Copenhagen’s most famous citizen was a girl with a fishy tail sitting on a rock. No more.

UN climate negotiators hammer out initial draft

Negotiators facing a Friday deadline hammered out an initial draft United Nations climate pact overnight.

Celebrity craze and queues at Copenhagen

I saw one journalist klap another in a mad rush to get tickets for an Arnold Schwarzenegger address at the climate change talks in Copenhagen.

Crunch climate talks enter second week

The marathon United Nations climate summit entered its second week on Monday as environment ministers readied closed-door meetings.

Haggling begins at UN climate talks

Negotiators at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen got down to the nitty-gritty on Tuesday.

Copenhagen: How climate change will shape these lives

The fate of five babies, born on different continents, will be dominated by the shifting weather patterns their parents are starting to confront.

Gordon Brown attacks ‘flat-earth’ climate-change sceptics

Gordon Brown leads a chorus of condemnation against climate change sceptics who have tried to derail the Copenhagen summit.

Climate change: Speaking with one voice

Today, over 56 newspapers in 44 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial.

Climate crunch

Unless they end in promises, and a treaty within months, British energy secretary Ed Miliband believes the Copenhagen talks will be a disaster.