Topic: Durban

Greenpeace activists arrested in climate demo

Six Greenpeace campaigners were arrested on the sidelines of the UN climate conference on Monday as they protested against corporate responsibility for carbon emissions.The six were detained as they tried to hang a banner reading "Listen to the People, not the Polluters" ...

Climate change denial still runs strong in US

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 ...

Major polluters say 2011 climate deal "not doable"

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters do not expect a legally-binding deal to tackle climate change at talks in South Africa in December, two leading climate envoys said on Wednesday.U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern and European climate commissioner Connie ...