(October 19, 2009 | Climate Change)
India's environment minister has urged the prime minister to take on carbon emission reductions under a new global deal without insisting on finance and technology from rich nations, a report said.
(October 19, 2009 | Climate Change)
The Maldivian president and ministers held the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday, in a symbolic cry for help over rising sea levels that threaten the tropical archipelago's existence.
(October 16, 2009 | Climate Change)
The European Union has fallen silent on earlier talk of paying up to 15 billion euros ($22.4 billion) a year to poor countries as part of a deal to tackle climate change, draft documents show.
(October 16, 2009 | Energy)
Agricultural commodities could be poised for stardom in 2010 as weather concerns and alternative fuel needs throw up strong fundamentals, after lagging other commodity sectors this year.
(October 15, 2009 | Energy)
The International Energy Agency and the U.S. Secretary of Energy warned that the fast rise in oil prices could pose a risk to global economic recovery.
(October 15, 2009 | Climate Change)
Preventing the destruction of marine life, from plankton to seagrasses and mangrove forests, could help offset between 3 to 7 percent of current fossil fuel emissions, a UN environment report said.
(October 15, 2009 | Demographics)
The negative impact of the recession on European Union public finances is small compared with what the ageing of the EU population will do to budgets unless governments take action, the European Commission said.
(October 14, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Sirens wailed and mosque loudspeakers ordered residents of the capital of Aceh province to seek safety as Indonesia kicked off an Indian Ocean-wide tsunami practice drill.
(October 14, 2009 | Safety & Health)
Scientists in Japan said they have uncovered evidence that shows it may be possible to delay or prevent heart failure in humans.
(October 14, 2009 | Climate Change)
The world needs to build 100 major projects for capturing and burying greenhouse gases by 2020 and thousands more by 2050 to help combat climate change, International Energy Agency chief Nobuo Tanaka said on Tuesday.
