Topic: China

A European drive to forge a legally-binding deal on climate change by 2015 that would include all major carbon polluters is "too much", a senior Chinese negotiator said at UN talks here."I exchanged views with my European colleagues before I came here ...

On the US political stage, skepticism and denial of climate change are as popular as ever, and experts say that world talks which opened Monday in Durban, South Africa are unlikely to turn the tide.But while a binding deal on harmful carbon ...

Sharp increases in temperature driven by global warming are melting China's Himalayan glaciers, an impact that threatens habitats, tourism and economic development, says a study released Tuesday.Of 111 weather stations scattered across southwestern China, 77 percent showed significant upticks in temperatures between ...

The world's highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet's tallest peak.The solar-powered camera, set at 5,675 metres (18,618 feet) on Kala Patthar, ...

With nations facing gaping shortfalls meeting pledges on climate change, several governments and activist groups are pushing to put a price on shipping emissions to fund aid to poor countries.Commercial ships virtually always run on fossil fuels and produce nearly three percent ...

Eating used to be so simple. If you liked it and could afford it, down the hatch it went. Yum-yum, end of story.But the days of carefree consumption of food, alas, are a thing of the past, especially for meat lovers.If nonstop ...

China's soaring coal consumption in the last decade held back global warming as sulfur emissions served as a coolant, according to a study that takes head-on a key argument of climate skeptics.While 2005 and 2010 are tied as the hottest years on ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Rising forest density in many countries is helping to offset climate change caused by deforestation from the Amazon basin to Indonesia, a study showed on Sunday.The report indicated that the size of trees in a forest -- rather than ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Rising forest density in many countries is helping to offset climate change caused by deforestation from the Amazon basin to Indonesia, a study showed on Sunday.The report indicated that the size of trees in a forest -- rather than ...

The US administration said that assistance to poor countries worst hit by climate change was crucial to US credibility as it struggled to convince a skeptical Congress.Wealthy economies -- namely the United States, Japan and European Union -- have promised billions of ...