President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a 17 percent emissions reduction over the next decade, on the way to reducing pollution by 80 percent by mid-century, the White House said.
The 17 percent target is …

The Coalition party room had backed Malcolm Turnbull’s stand on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation negotiated with the government.
The negotiated changes include:
-        reduction in assistance for low income earners of $5.8bn to $48.5bn;
-        …

Stavros Dimas, the environment commissioner of the European Union, called on the trade bloc to pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from 1990 levels as a sign of leadership leading into the …

Worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, despite the economic slump that expected to lower emissions, a new study found.
The growth in emissions since 2000 is …

Holding up a new global climate deal will add $500 billion for each year of delay to the total cost of measures needed to keep global warming to a 2 degrees Celsius minimum, the International …

The Canadian government announced this week that it would delay the release of climate regulations until there is a firm agreement on a global approach and clarity on how the United States intends to regulate …

Agriculture will be permanently excluded from the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), a concession to the Coalition that raises hopes that the emissions trading legislation will pass through parliament before the Copenhagen climate summit next month. …

Climate change will exacerbate a wide variety of global food safety issues, ranging from seafood safety to antibiotic resistance, according to a new report by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

“Projections for the …

Key U.S. Senate Democrats this week said it is unlikely that a comprehensive bill to curb greenhouse gas emissions will be voted on until next year.
The Senate Environment Committee approved a version of the cap and …

Coal demand in Japan, Australia’s biggest export market, could plunge by more than half over the next two decades, according to projections from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
In its annual World Energy Outlook the agency …