A US submission to UN-backed negotiations shows how a scaled-down global climate deal which falls short of a full treaty can be agreed in 2015.

Climate experts from European Union governments will next discuss a proposal to bolster prices in the bloc’s carbon market on May 27, an EU official said.

The European Parliament's Environment Committee today voted for new cars sold to achieve an average fuel economy of 95g per kilometre, or 3.9 litres per 100km, by 2020 from the current 130 grams.

Ireland is at significant risk of not meeting its EU 2020 targets even under the best-case scenario, according to figures released by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today.

EU politicians on Wednesday backed a compromise deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles from 2020 and also called for a 2025 target that would make cars even more fuel efficient.

After the vote to prop up the carbon market failed, prices dropped 40% to €2.63 a tonne

European Union politicians rejected a plan to prop up the world’s biggest carbon market on Tuesday, sending it plunging to a new record low and raising questions about its survival. After months of bitter debate, a plenary session of European Parliament in Strasbourg, France rejected by 19 votes a commission proposal to temporarily remove some of the oversupply that has overwhelmed the market for permits to emit carbon dioxide.

Customers in Northern Ireland will be charged for each single use carrier bag they take home

For nearly 20 years, any company interested in green energy has known exactly where the global epicentre of renewable power is located: Europe.

Northern Ireland has become the latest region within the British Isles to introduce a levy on disposable carrier bags as the European Commission draws up plans to clamp down on their use.