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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Arctic offers new energy and fishing resources as a result of global warming and new technology, the European Union said on Thursday.
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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Barack Obama’s pledge to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020 is a “huge signal” of encouragement to countries negotiating a new climate pact, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Wednesday.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Half the world’s population could face a shortage of clean water by 2080 because of climate change, experts warned Tuesday.
Wong Poh Poh, a professor at the National University of Singapore, told a regional conference that global warming was disrupting water flow patterns and increasing the severity of floods, droughts and storms […]
Will the world’s economic meltdown stall initiatives to curb global warming?
World leaders in the campaign to address climate change will confront that question as they gather in Beverly Hills tomorrow and Wednesday to shape policies aimed at responding to the mounting threats to […]
Despite new leadership in the United States promising to cap the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, some environmental leaders say it is unlikely that an international climate treaty will pass in the next year.
During his campaign, U.S. president-elect Barack Obama supported a global cap-and-trade […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Australians took part in mass protests around the country Saturday to call for tough government action on climate change, organizers said.
The demonstrations were held as Australia prepares to set national greenhouse gas emissions targets, expected around […]
Global warming will have a broad and devastating impact on California’s economy over the next century, according to a report released Thursday.
Roads and bridges, the water supply, agriculture, public health and […]