16 march 2010
China's Wen says not to blame for Copenhagen problems

China's Premier Wen Jiabao hit back at critics who blamed China for the feeble outcome of the Copenhagen climate conference, saying he was not even invited to a key meeting he was accused of skipping.

15 march 2010
Climate report shows Australia getting warmer

Australia's top scientists on Monday released a "State of the Climate" report at a time of growing scepticism over climate change as a result of revelations of errors in some global scientific reports.

12 march 2010
Council “green planning rulebook” launched for consultation
Planning proposals aiming to increase the amount energy produced from renewable sources and help councils approve such applications quicker have been hailed as "the most dramatic and significant steps forward in spatial planning" after they were released for consultation.

11 march 2010
Political ads: new weapon in U.S. climate change war?

Big business is now free to blitz the airwaves to attack politicians who support action against climate change, which could smother messages from environmentalists.

11 march 2010
Unveiled: Scotland's carbon capture plans to challenge climate change

THE Scottish Government has unveiled a vision for Scotland to lead the way globally in key technology to capture carbon dioxide from power stations and store it underground.

10 march 2010
EU 'imports' a third of its carbon emissions
Rich countries including several EU nations are "importing" about a third of their CO2 emissions, says a study.

10 march 2010
When Goods Get Traded, Who Pays for the CO2?

Popularly, China is a villain in climate change. Many people who attended last year's chaotic U.N. climate-change talks in Copenhagen — especially those who belonged to the U.S. delegation — singled out China as the main reason the summit nearly collapsed. Chinese diplomats fought hard against any form of emissions regulation, even though their country is now the world's No. 1 national carbon emitter, and will emit far more carbon in the future than any other.

9 march 2010
ANALYSIS - Global climate battle plays out in World Bank

The United States and Britain are threatening to withhold support for a $3.75 billion World Bank loan for a coal-fired plant in South Africa, expanding the battleground in the global debate over who should pay for clean energy.

5 march 2010
NZ opens centre to tackle agriculture emissions
New Zealand has pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars on research to reduce emissions from agriculture, the first step from a global alliance which has been established to target reductions in the sector.

5 march 2010
EPA would require permits to spur biggest polluters to cut emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency intends to require that power plants, refineries and other major sources of global-warming pollution get permits beginning in 2011 that would require them to cut emissions, the agency's leader said.

4 march 2010
EU May Raise Emission Cut to 30% Even Without Global Treaty

The European Union will discuss raising its target to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to 30 percent from 20 percent regardless of whether other countries agree to specific goals, a European Commission official said.

4 march 2010
EPA Waits for 2013 on Carbon Emissions of 50,000 Tons a Year

U.S. regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions won’t target stationary sources emitting 50,000 to 75,000 tons a year until at least 2013, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said.

3 march 2010
Indonesian-Australian carbon project in Sumatra

 Indonesia and Australia announced on Tuesday a multi-million dollar initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

3 march 2010
NZ opens centre to tackle agriculture emissions

New Zealand has pledged to spend tens of millions of dollars on research to reduce emissions from agriculture, the first step from a global alliance which has been established to target reductions in the sector.

2 march 2010
EU needs new CO2 strategy for global talks - Poland

The European Union's aim to lead the world in adopting ambitious emission cuts has failed and the bloc needs a new strategy for global climate talks, a Polish official was quoted as saying.

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