The proposal of a German non-profit organization, Prima Klima to plant a forest in Argentina has generated opposition in the South American country. It has become a test case of how successfully

Scientists have dismissed claims that taxing fuel will stop global warming, because new evidence shows it is caused mainly by the sun. The research, some of it by the European Space Agency (ESA),

An international team of scientists sifting through historical records has found unusual evidence for long-term global warming:Many lakes and rivers in the Northern Hemisphere typically freeze over a

A Swedish scientist working in the Arctic circel says he believes he has found a way in which nature is speeding up the rate of global warming. Dr. Kim Holmen says more carbon dioxide (CO2) is being

Nordic environment ministers plan to use Baltic Sea region as a "testing ground" for so-called Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, such as greenhouse gas emission quota trade, Norway's Environment Ministry

Australia has taken its first step towards carbon trading with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's management of BP Australia's new register of emission reduction units, the bank siad. If carbon

A new study has cast doubts on an important element of a proposed treaty to fight global warming:the planting of new forests in an effort to sop up carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas. The research

Emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases dropped 3.5 percent to the carbon equivalent of 1.336 billion tons in fiscal 1998 from the previous year, according to an Environment

Following inconclusive climate change talks last week, the U.N.'s top official on the issue said world governments must reach clear decisions at talks at the Hague in November, or the entire process

Airline chiefs from around the world have been called to an emergency summit next week to address the growing impact of aeroplanes on the Earth's climate. There is now overwhelming evidence that