State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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US comes under fire for stand on emission cuts
Led by China and India, developing countries attacked the United States' demand that they do more to fight global warming and told rich countries to concentrate instead on cutting greenhouse gas
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Global warming may lead to wild weather changes
As the Hurricane Hunter plane swooped low over the ocean on a late October day, white caps and green foam flicked across the tropical waters, giving rise to
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Environmental conference prods U.S.
As delegates from 160 countries meet in Buenos Aires to fill out the details in the United Nations Treaty to curb global warming, one country stands out, somewhat like the proverbial skunk at the
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SFE plans greenhouse gas contracts
The Sydney Futures Exchange is planning to launch a market in permits to emit greenhouse gas to take advantage of legislation being drafted by the Australian state government of New South Wales,
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Seven industries revise emission targets upward
Seven industrial sectors, including the automobile and steelmaking industries, have revised their targets for cuts in carbon-dioxide emissions, the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations
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Look who's thawing on global warming
For years, U.S. energy and utility execs had a simple and direct response to the threat of global warming: Rubbish! Not every exec came to the same conclusion, however, American Electric Power Co.
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Schroder faces split with Greens over energy taxes
Gerhard Schroder, Germany's chancellor, faced the first rift in his coalition government as differences emerged with his Green Party allies over planned increases in energy taxes to fund cuts in
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Look who's trying to turn green
For years a powerful industry coalition, led by automakers and coal and oil companies, tried to persuade everyone that global warming was nothing to get overly alarmed about. The barons of fossil
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Developing countries make pitch for aid to stem global warming
Proposals made by a group of developing countries at UN climate talks on how rich nations could help pay to slow global warming were called 'extremely useful' by European Union officials on
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Global warming takes a toll on India
There is bad news for all those brave ones who belong to the school of thought that global warming and the greenhouse effects are humbug creations of the green brigade. Average temperature of the