Climate Change

The United States is reluctant to sign off on a collective global climate change fund, undermining already tense negotiations ahead of official U.N. climate change conference to begin on Monday in Durban, South Africa.

Angelina Jolie has started a celebrity following for the upcoming climate change conference in Durban, South Africa.

Wealthier households have the highest emissions overall, a study has found.

Green Party said comments by Duke of Edinburgh undermine the efforts of renewable energy solutions.

The "Climategate" controversy over global warming science erupted again on Tuesday, just days ahead of U.N. Climate Change Conference in South Africa.

Greenhouse gases have increased beyond the worst predictions of U.N. climate experts, a new report shows.

Extreme weather will strike as climate change takes hold. Heavier rainfall, storms and droughts could wipe billions off economies and destroy lives, says a report by 100 scientists.

Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy recently made headlines when she bared all online to protest against the censoring of the female body in Egyptian and Arab society. But she is not the only one to have used nudity as a form of protest.

Green Party councillor James Abbott says wealthy countries should fund the multibillion dollar Green Climate Fund.

The company blames stringent emission policies of the EU environment legislation for the decision.

Durban is implementing a new initiative that supports the local ecosystem and reduces climate change impacts.

Wealthy nations urged to create a global fund to fight to the impacts of severe climate change.

Delegates will meet Sunday and Monday to discuss the impacts of climate change on vulnerable countries.

The International Energy Agency has warned that if fossil fuel infrastructure is not radically and rapidly re-thought, the world will 'lose for ever' the chance to avoid devastating climate change.

Manchester United, Ofgem, Asda, Scottish Power and Center Parcs are among the top 100 names in the performance league table published by the Environment Agency under its Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy (CRC) Efficiency Scheme.

NASA scientists are monitoring an iceberg the size of New York or Berlin forming over a vulnerable Antarctic glacier which is about to break off.

Queen Elizabeth II, in visit in Australia, opened the 21st Commonwealth heads of government meeting Thursday, amid demands to take a tough stand against violation of human rights.

According to the United Nations State of World Population Report 2011, the world's population will reach seven billion people by October 31 and could surpass 10 billion by 2083 pushing us to face new challenges and implications.

There can be no doubt of the bitter disappointment that Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, must have felt when the consortium led by Scottish Power walked away from the chance of establishing and operating Britain's first power plant with Carbon Capture (CCS) and reported by the media on 19 October 2011. The consortium led by Scottish Power, a subsidiary of Spanish utility firm Iberdrola though its headquarters is in Glasgow, also included National Grid and Shell...

Caroline Spelman was said by many commentators to have had her card marked for demotion after her handling of the forest sell off controversy, but her latest comments on the proposed referendum on EU membership prove she may have the makings of a baroness!

British Gas owner Centrica Plc has responded to mounting criticism from politicians about high energy bills by pledging not to raise its energy prices this winter.

Animals and plants across the world are shrinking from the effects of climate change on their habitats, scientists warn.

The profit margin for energy companies has risen to £125 per customer per year, from £15 in June, says regulator Ofgem.

A T-shaped design has been announced of the winner of a competition to find the new design of the next generation of pylons

The discovery of Lake Ellsworth in Antartica has got the world hooked into what may exist in those mysterious waters. It has been miraculously been cut off from the world for at least 125,000 years. The ice sheet covering the lake has trapped the Earth's geothermal heat, preventing it from freezing. The solid ice sheet above the lake is almost 3 kilometers thick. It is one of Antartica's 387 known Subglacial lakes. Now, a team of British explorers are all set for an expedition into the ...

The economic troubles and debt crises currently affecting Britain, the U.S.A. and most obviously the eurozone are not, according to Chancellor George Osborne, an "act of God" but are the result of human folly and will be solved be human ingenuity.

Ahead of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, British Home Secretary Theresa May suggested that this might be a good time to abolish the Human Rights Act.

A Canadian advisory panel on business and the environment is warning that greenhouse gas emissions could cost the Canadian economy up to $43 billion each year by 2050 if the government does not come up with a domestic plan to tackle global warming.

British Holiday Makers Warned Over Deadly Jellyfish Invasion. British holiday makers heading to their favourite Mediterranean spots have been warned of the increase in deadly jelly fish.

Poor farmers worldwide are being displaced and left destitute by land takeovers, a study by Oxfam warns.