Climate

Governments Meet on Climate: No Excuse for Inaction
Governments meet in Bonn from Monday to seek ways to fight global warming, with the U.N.'s top climate official warning there is "no excuse" for inaction after bleak new forecasts. >> Read the Full Article
Arctic Leaders Blame Warming for Wolves, Suicide
Global warming sent marauding wolves into an Alaskan hamlet, killed Norwegian reindeer with unlikely parasites and may even spur suicide among Inuit youth, Arctic leaders said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Bhutan To Pay for the Climate Sins of Others
orests cover nearly three quarters of Bhutan, and help to absorb the greenhouse gases others emit. Its strict conservation policies help to guard one of the world's top 10 biodiversity hotspots, often to the chagrin of its own farmers. Yet Bhutan could pay a high price for the sins of others -- global warming is a major threat to its fragile ecosystem and the livelihoods of its people. >> Read the Full Article
International Delegates Reach Climate Change Deal, Conclude Immediate Action Necessary
International delegates agreed Friday that the world has the technology and money to limit catastrophic global warming, but that it must act now to reduce the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions. >> Read the Full Article
U.S. Environment Satellites in Jeopardy, Scientists Say
Environmental satellites that monitor global warming are in jeopardy because of cost cuts, as military and human spaceflight programs get larger shares of the U.S. budget, a science policy expert said Wednesday. >> Read the Full Article
WHO Says Fighting Global Warming a Win-Win To Prevent Health Problems, Save Money
Countries that start battling global warming now won't have to wait generations to see the rewards: burning cleaner fuels can yield immediate health benefits that save lives and money, world health experts say. >> Read the Full Article
Poor Nations Brake Greenhouse Gas Rise
Developing nations that are fast industrialising, such as China and India, have braked their rising greenhouse gas emissions by more than the total cuts demanded of rich nations by the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. >> Read the Full Article
Beijing Car Ban Cut Air Pollutant by 40 Percent, Study Shows
When officials in Beijing kept about 800,000 cars off the road for three days last year, it cut the amount of nitrogen oxide air pollution almost instantly by about 40 percent, scientists reported Monday. >> Read the Full Article
China Climate Offensive Has Eye on Growth
China, soon to be the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluter, has gone on the offensive in global warming politics, opposing emissions caps likely to shape contentious negotiations about solutions. >> Read the Full Article
For Asian Countries, Targeting Rice Paddies Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
As delegates at a global warming conference hash out the best ways to reduce greenhouse gases, one of the problems -- and a possible solution -- may lie just outside Thailand's teeming capital in the country's rice fields. >> Read the Full Article