The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Bill (ACES) last Friday, in a historic vote to advance climate legislation.
The bill, passed by a narrow margin of 219 to 212, would introduce a cap-and-trade scheme and …

The world’s governments must act quickly to develop policies that shift their economies from reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy, a global report says.
It warns climate change is happening much faster than predicted and …

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate if six of the country’s largest companies have made misleading statements regarding the impact of climate policies so they could …

Climate chief Yvo de Boer this week welcomed a near-complete list of post-2012 emission reduction pledges from industrialised countries, but warned that the level of ambition is not high enough.
De Boer said that his confidence …

The head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Ivo de Boer, said this week that there have been encouraging developments recent climate change negotiations. His comments come as the first “negotiating text” …

Australia’s carbon reduction targets are insufficient to reverse severe climate change, Chinese experts warned, urging wealthy nations to rein in their “wasteful and luxurious” lifestyles.
Media reports on April 15 quoted Pan Jiahua from the Chinese …

The world’s first retrofit of a power plant with carbon capture and storage technology will begin operating in April in the south of France, The Guardian reported.
Energy company Total has upgraded an existing gas-fired boiler …

Australia has submitted a proposal to U.N. climate negotiators outlining a scheme to use carbon credits to protect rain forests.
The submission is being reviewed by negotiators meeting in Bonn, Germany, to discuss a new climate …

The United States will host a meeting of major economies in late April to pave the way for an international agreement on climate change and energy later in the year, the White House has announced.
The …

Two new afforestation and reforestation  projects have been approved by the UN Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in March, according to the World Bank, which manages them.
The  Moldova Soil Conservation Project  is run by Moldova’s State …