Climate Change

LONDON (AFP) - As world leaders grapple with how to tackle climate change in Copenhagen next week, England's winegrowers are embarrassed to admit that global warming is suiting them rather well. Full Story »

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - 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 reach". Full Story »

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Saudia Arabia told global warming talks on Monday that trust in climate science had been "shaken" by leaked emails among experts and called for an international probe. Full Story »

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Saudi Arabia told global warming talks on Monday that trust in climate science had been "shaken" by leaked emails among experts, and called for an international probe. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged Monday world leaders to quickly seal in law any agreement on climate change made during this week's crunch talks in Copenhagen. Full Story »

Around 15,000 delegates, environmentalists, scientists, journalists and others gathered in Copenhagen on Monday to begin two weeks of negotiations on what to do about climate change. Here's a look at what's happening there: Full Story »

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - A landmark 192-nation conference with the task of drawing up a battle plan against global warming began in Copenhagen on Monday. Full Story »

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The largest-ever climate talks formally opened on Monday in Denmark aiming to agree the outlines of global deal to stave off dangerous climate change, such as rising seas and more intense storms. Full Story »

BUCHAREST, Romania - An opposition party in Romania contests the results of presidential elections. Full Story »

Copenhagen - Delegates left the Bali climate change talks in December 2007 with high hopes that a grand bargain on reducing greenhouse gas emissions would be secured by now. Full Story »

Copenhagen - Delegates from more than 190 countries today opened what some are calling a historic round of talks on climate change in Copenhagen. But the final chapters remain to be written. Full Story »

KHUN SAMUTCHINE, Thailand (AFP) - Surrounded by water, a Buddhist temple is one of the last remnants of a Thai village that has vanished beneath the sea -- a scene being repeated across Asia and the world. Full Story »

BEIJING (AFP) - China's state press renewed calls Monday for developed nations to provide adequate funding to help poorer countries fight climate change, as crunch UN talks were set kick off in Copenhagen. Full Story »

KORBA (Reuters) - A thin coat of coal dust covers everything from trees to houses in Korba, a coal mining town which lies at the heart of the country's struggle to balance economic growth with climate change concerns. Full Story »

COPENHAGEN — President Barack Obama’s decision to participate in the end — rather than beginning — of the international climate change conference here stems from some newfound hope that negotiators can reach a deal by the time the conference wraps up at the end of next week. Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's conservative opposition relished a small bounce in opinion polls on Monday after dumping its leader for a maverick right-winger during fierce debate over climate change. Full Story »

LONDON (Reuters) - Humanity faces a profound emergency and unless we combine to take decisive action, climate change will ravage our planet, a joint editorial published in newspapers in 45 countries said on Monday. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - China's greenhouse gas emissions will peak between 2030 and 2040, the country's science and technology minister said Monday, as crunch talks on climate change were set to get under way in Copenhagen. Full Story »