The EEA report ‘Urban adaptation in Europe’ highlights the urgent need to adapt European cities to climate change and provides an overview of actions they are taking. The report provides a rich source
President George W. Bush's new administration has asked for two-month postponement of the next UN climate conference, due to be held in May, a Dutch Environment Ministry spokeswoman
Africa may face more natural disasters if the world's main economic powers do not ratify a key protocol on climate change as soon as possible, the top United Nations environmentalist said Tuesday.
Global warming could happen twice as quickly as previously forecast over the next 100 years, the most authoritative report yet produced on the science of climate change said on Monday. Global
The voluntary agreement between the European Commission and vehicle manufacturers to reduce cars' carbond dioxide emissions is weak, unambitious and unenforceable, said a scathing study released by
UN: The earth's atmosphere is warming faster than expected and evidence is mounting that human activity is responsible, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Monday.The UN's
The world is steadily getting hotter, according to the latest assessment by leading climate change scientists, who now say global temperatures may rise by as much as six degrees over the next
Spring Festival temperatures in most parts of China are expected to be above average this year. But researchers in Shanghai say for the next century, the Lunar New Year will grow steadily warmer.
In a detailed review of the evidence published, a team of UN-appointed climatologists concluded that surface temperatures could rise by between 1.4 and 5.8 degrees centigrade over the next 100
In its latest warning, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggests that global temperatures may rise by between 1.4 degree C and 5.8 degree C by 2010, a significantly bigger increase than
The debate over global warming gained new intensity with the release of an authoritative new report showing that global temperatures are rising faster and higher than most experts feared only a short
