Climate Change

On 21 June 2011, the first sea-ice thickness map of the Arctic was presented by the European Space Agency (ESA) at the Paris Air and Space Show. From an altitude of just over 700 km and reaching unprecedented latitudes of 88º ESA's CryoSat mission has spent the last seven months delivering precise measurements to determine changes in the thickness of Earth's ice, which is necessary to fully understand how climate change is affecting the fragile Polar Regions.

The state of the world's oceans are in a far worse state than ever previously suspected according to a new report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean. The new report has detailed the severe damage the human race has directly and indirectly had on the world's oceans.

ust a few days after the 2011 G8 summit in Deauville, Oxfam warns that the prices of staple foods will more than double in 20 years unless world leaders take action to reform the global food system.According to the organisation's forecast, by 2030, the average cost of key crops will increase by between 120% and 180% and insists that half of that increase will be caused by climate change.In its newly published report, "Growing a better future", the charity calls on world leaders ...

Created as part of a French initiative to address the first oil crisis in 1975, the G8 is an informal group of advanced economies, which meets once a year at a Summit of Heads of State and Government.

Us President Barack Obama's trip to Europe is indeed quite a trip as it will include visits to Ireland, Britain, France and Poland and a G-8 summit. The visit will start with Ireland, and finish with Poland.

The government's new environmental deal counters criticism from environmental charities that the coalition is failing to live up to its ambition of becoming the "greenest government ever".

Shares in Drax were down on the FTSE 250 in morning trading despite the power station owner reporting a rise in earnings and pre-tax profit in the full year ended 31 December 2010.

Last night BBC Four aired a documentary which took a look at climate change sceptics and in particular one of the movement's most prominent poster boys, Lord Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount of Brenchley.

Powerfuel Plc, the owner of Hatfield Colliery and Powerfuel Ltd, has gone into administration, it was announced today.

The latest Wikileaks "revelations" have got the internet and the media all abuzz with excitement and yet they pale into insignificance when compared with the leaked emails by a group of scientists in what came to be known as "Climategate".

With the Comprehensive Spending Review to be announced this month Chancellor George Osborne is set to tell the country what he the government will be spending taxpayer's money on, or perhaps more accurately, what the government will no longer be spending taxpayer's money on.

Labour's new leader and possible next UK Prime Minister, will be announced on the 25th of this month. The contest started from the moment Gordon Brown conceded defeat and stood down as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party after May's General Election gave the Conservatives the largest number of seats, though not a clear majority. There are five candidates standing: Diane Abbott, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, David Miliband and his brother, Ed Miliband. These candidates offer those e...

The changeover in Marks & Spencer's executive team has finally been completed today with the news Ian Dyson is to be replaced by former Wh Smith finance director, Alan Stewart.

Drax Power, owner of the UK's largest coal plant, co-firing biomass and petcoke, announces EBITDA of £184 million.

Leaders of the Group of Eight Industrialised Nations have ended their summit without an agreement on an international bank tax.

John McDonnell has abandoned his bid to become leader of the Labour Party just hours before the deadline for nominations closes.

Hopefuls looking to become the next leader of the Labour Party have until tomorrow to secure the 33 nominations from their fellow Labour MPs, if they are to run in the race proper in which their names will be put before the wider party.

Labour leadership contender Ed Miliband is currently leading the race to take over the party, following the resignation of Gordon Brown after the general election.