Australia's Pollution Level Seen Rising Beyond Abbott's Target

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise in the next 15 years, missing by a wide margin a target proposed for United Nations talks on global warming, a team of researchers said.

Climate change threatens 50 years of progress in global health, study says

Climate change threatens to undermine half a century of progress in global health, according to a major new report.

Catch them if you can: the pragmatic ways to cut carbon emissions

With an immense scientific consensus that manmade greenhouse gases cause climate change, there is pressure to reduce carbon emissions, but little sign that governments can reach a binding agreement to cut back sufficiently.

G-7 Calls for Zero Fossil-Fuel Emissions by End of 21st Century

Some of the world’s richest nations threw their weight behind a plan to stamp out fossil-fuel emissions by the end of the century in an unprecedented show of unity on climate change.

Nick Stern: Shell is asking us to bet against the world on climate change

Shell is asking investors to bet against the world taking action on climate change or in renewables displacing fossil fuels, says influential economist Nick Stern.

New climate deal push will not repeat Copenhagen mistakes – UN envoy

Efforts to forge a new global agreement on global warming will not repeat the mistakes that dogged the landmark climate summit in Copenhagen five years ago, Ban Ki-moon’s special envoy on climate change has vowed.

Zero carbon and economic growth can go together, UN study says

Australia could slash its carbon emissions to zero by 2050 and still experience average economic growth of 2.4% a year, according to a UN-backed study.

EU energy and climate talks – not Juncker – are the real show in Brussels

Drivers through the European quarter in central Brussels on Friday got a shock as giant banners were unfurled in front of the EU buildings showing political leaders speeding off the edge of a cliff.

Coal's share of energy market at highest level since 1970

Coal has reached its highest market share of global energy consumption for more than 40 years, figures reveal, despite fears that its high carbon emissions make it a prime cause of climate change.

Apparent pause in global warming blamed on 'lousy' data

A widely reported "pause" in global warming may be an artefact of scientists looking at the wrong data, says a climate scientist at the European Space Agency.

Leaks in Natural Gas System Seen Exceeding EPA Estimate

A study funded by a foundation tied to the pioneer of hydraulic fracturing found methane leaks from drilling and transporting natural gas are greater than U.S. estimates, undercutting the fuel’s climate benefits.

Fracking firms 'should pay £6bn a year tax to compensate for climate change'

Shale frackers operating in Britain should be paying £6bn a year in taxes by the middle of the 2020s to compensate for the damage wreaked on the environment, according to a study from Cambridge University.

Scientists Urge Environmentalists to Support Nuclear Energy

Four prominent climate scientists are urging environmentalists to support the development of "safer" nuclear energy systems as an alternative to fossil fuels that contribute to global warming.

UK universities urged to pull cash from fossil fuel giants

An international campaign to urge large institutions to dump fossil fuel investments reaches the UK this week, following rapid success in the US.

Obama proposes carbon limits on new US power plants

US President Barack Obama has unveiled a proposal to limit carbon emissions on new power plants built in the US. It would be the first federal attempt to impose limits on the pollution blamed for global warming.

The green new deal is the antidote that UK desperately needs

What does a recovery look like? On current evidence it involves an increasingly divided workplace with more people, especially the young, caught in low-paid, insecure employment.

Cooling Pacific has dampened global warming, research shows

Cooling waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean appear to be a major factor in dampening global warming in recent years, scientists said on Wednesday.

David Cameron must heed the experts, not the sceptics, on climate change

The prime minister will face a daunting dilemma next month when the world's most authoritative report on climate change is published, providing a clear warning from scientists about the scale of the risks posed by rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

How The Sun got it wrong on green energy costs

"Here we show how power is likely to be burning up your pounds by 2020," The Sun wrote in July, under their graphic of RWE npower's consumer energy forecast.

Industry panning Obama's climate change push

BOW, N.H. (AP) -- President Barack Obama's push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.