Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Europe Feels Left Out in Cold on Climate Change Deal
Dec 23 2009 // It’s a climate deal that has Europe feeling left out in the cold. The continent that used to take the lead in advocating climate action is now taking the lead in climate complaining. And it’s not just upset...
U.N. Climate Talks End ‘With a Bare Minimum’ Agreement
Dec 21 2009 // U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement Saturday, Dec.19, when delegates “noted” an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the...
Economies Slowly Recovering; Climate Change Negotiators Still Talking
Dec 20 2009 // Swiss Re’s recent Economic Forum at the reinsurer’s iconic London headquarters presented a far more encouraging picture of the world’s financial condition than a year ago. Thomas Hess, Swiss Re’s...
UN Climate Talks Resume; US Backs $100 Billion Aid Fund
Dec 17 2009 // Danish hosts revived climate talks on Thursday and Washington backed a $100 billion fund to aid poor countries, as world leaders gathered on the eve of a U.N. deadline to reach a deal to slow global warming. Environment...
World Leaders Try to Save Troubled Climate Talks
Dec 16 2009 // World leaders took the stage at the largest ever climate talks on Wednesday as ministers scrambled to rescue troubled negotiations on a pact to avoid dangerous global warming. Police using truncheons and pepper spray...
U.N. Copenhagen Climate Change Talks to Resume after African Protest
Dec 14 2009 // African nations agreed to resume U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen on Monday after a half-day suspension, accusing rich countries of trying to kill the existing Kyoto Protocol. “We’re going back,” Pa...
Bermuda Study Calls Ocean Chemistry ‘Smoking Gun’ of Climate Change
Dec 10 2009 // The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) recently released a study of the oceans surrounding Bermuda, which, it said, “are arguably the most comprehensively studied marine sites in the world.” The study...
UN Climate Talks Open in Copenhagen; Deal ‘Within Reach’
Dec 7 2009 // The biggest climate talks in history opened on Monday with a stark U.N. warning of the risk of desertification and rising seas and an assurance by hosts Denmark that a deal to combat climate change was “within...
China, Other Big Developing Countries Reject Copenhagen Climate Plan
Dec 3 2009 // China and other big developing nations rejected core targets for a climate deal such as halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 just five days before talks start in Copenhagen, diplomats said Wednesday. China, the...
Scientist Accuses Hackers of Climate e-mails of Attack on Conference
Nov 24 2009 // A leading climate change scientist, whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online, says the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month’s global...
Climate Change Treaty and Doha Round Top International Agenda
Nov 15 2009 // Climate change and Doha Round agreements remain doubtful, as last minute efforts to construct a deal all parties can accept remain stymied by national priorities. Although negotiations have been continuing, it now seems as...
Senator Kerry, UN’s Ban Ki-moon Upbeat on Climate Bill Prospects
Nov 11 2009 // U.S. Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he will try to “outline” a compromise climate control bill before December’s international global warming conference and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave an...
UN Climate Change Treaty May Need Extra Year
Nov 6 2009 // A U.N. climate treaty may need an extra year beyond the December deadline to agree on details, delegates at U.N. talks said on Thursday, even as a U.S. Senate committee approved a carbon-capping bill. The Nov. 2-6 meeting...
ABI Teams with AIR, Met Office in Study of Climate Change Flood Costs
Nov 4 2009 // The Association of British Insurers is increasingly concerned that “rising global temperatures will put the heat on insurance as flood costs rise.” This would in turn “lead to more expensive and harder to...
UN Climate Change Talks Resume as Time Runs Out for Deal
Nov 2 2009 // Time has almost run out to break the deadlock on a U.N. climate deal supposed to be struck in Copenhagen next month, the United Nations and Denmark warned negotiators at a final preparatory meeting on Monday. “The...
Declarations
Nov 1 2009 // Equal Pay, Equal Justice “It’s not about the money. … It’s about equal pay, equal treatment, equal justice.” —Sylvester McClain, 62, a former employee of Lufkin Industries Inc. in Lufkin,...
Southeast States Among Most Exposed to Climate Change Impact: Report
Oct 26 2009 // Poverty and climate hazards make the southeast United States the country’s most vulnerable area to climate change impact, Oxfam America said. A report released by the relief organization identified high-risk...
U.S. Warned to Prepare Now for Disasters Caused by Global Warming
Oct 26 2009 // As Congress considers curbs on carbon dioxide pollution, a U.S. report has urged the White House to prepare now for flooding and other natural disasters brought by global warming. Federal agencies, working with Congress,...
What ‘Plan B’ for Copenhagen Climate Change Conference Might Look Like
Oct 16 2009 // Negotiators are already talking about “plan B” for the Copenhagen climate talks in December, with uncertainty growing that nations will be able to agree in time on a tougher and broader U.N. climate pact. While...
Leaders Warn Time Running Out for Global Warming Deal
Sep 29 2009 // U.N. climate talks kicked off Monday in Bangkok with leaders calling for delegates to break the deadlock over a global warming deal and warning failure to act would leave future generations fighting for...
