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UN climate chief optimistic over Copenhagen talks

The UN’s top climate negotiator voiced optimism on Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming.

Prospects for UN climate deal ‘brighter’

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.

After lull, war on climate change faces crunch year

After a year in which it nearly lost its compass, the campaign against climate change heads into 2009 needing top-level political commitment.

‘Clock ticking’ on global warming

Time is running out in the fight against global warming, the United Nations’s top climate change official warned as new talks got under way.

Rich states ‘failing to lead on carbon emissions’

Developing countries, including China and India, are unwilling to sign up to a new global climate-change pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 because the rich world has…

Tough road lies ahead for global climate deal

There have been numerous disagreements during a week of intense climate-change talks in Bangkok but there is one point all sides agree on — a long, tough road lies ahead. The…

World grapples with aviation’s climate-change footprint

Air travel is booming as the world’s population grows and fares fall, but its impact on the Earth’s sensitive climate must be taken into account in any new global-warming pact,…

UN calls for compromise in climate-change talks

The United Nations climate chief on Thursday called for rich and developing nations to reach a compromise as they held talks in Japan in their bid to forge a new deal on fighting…

Bali breakthrough launches climate talks

Nearly 200 nations agreed at United Nations-led talks in Bali on Saturday to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the United States…

India, China object to Bali climate draft

India and China objected on Saturday to a draft deal at United Nations talks meant to launch negotiations to fight climate change, saying rich nations should do more to lead the…

Battle of the batiks breaks out in Bali

In the interests of the planet, delegates at a climate summit in balmy Bali have cast aside their collars and ties and donned airy clothing, prompting an explosion of batik…

Bali climate talks advance despite squabbling

A 190-nation climate meeting in Bali took small steps towards a new global deal to fight global warming by 2009 on Tuesday amid disputes about how far China and India should curb…

Bali climate talks skirmish over China, India

A 190-nation climate meeting in Bali began a hunt for a new global deal to fight global warming by 2009 on Tuesday with skirmishing about how far China and India should curb…

Bali talks seek new climate pact

About 190 nations met in Bali on Monday seeking a breakthrough to a new global pact to fight climate change by 2009 to avert droughts, heatwaves and rising seas that will hit the…