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The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at U.N. climate change talks in Copenhagen in December with an eye toward winning support from U.S. lawmakers who must agree to put it into law.
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
Greenhouse gas emissions have kept increasing, reaching a record level since the pre-industrial era, the UN climate agency warned Monday, just weeks before a crucial climate change summit.
A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's global climate summit in Denmark.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that Indian and U.S. officials will sign a memorandum intended to improve cooperation on energy security, clean energy and climate change.
World Meteorological Organization Says Carbon Dioxide Levels Still Rising Faster Than Ever
The readings at this 2-mile-high station show an upward curve as the world counts down to climate talks: Global warming gases have built up to record levels in the atmosphere, from emissions that match scientists' worst-case scenarios.
Thousands of emails and documents were stolen from a prominent climate research center in the UK recently and posted online, firing up a fresh controversy over global warming. More than 1,000 emails and several thousand documents were apparently included in the hack attack on the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, which is dedicated to tracking past and present causes of climate ...
Greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere reached record highs in 2008, with carbon dioxide levels increasing faster than previously, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.
An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the e-mail server at a prominent climate-research center, stole more than a thousand e-mails about global warming and posted them online.
The UN's top climate negotiator voiced optimism Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must offer a target and financing.
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Since the 1997 Kyoto accord, climate change has worsened and accelerated
A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December. (AP Graphic)
The UN's top climate negotiator voiced optimism Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must first get on board.
The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at a U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, the White House said Monday.
The UN's top climate official voiced optimism Monday that some kind of agreement could be salvaged at world talks on global warming next month, sensing US President Barack Obama will come with a target and financing.
The climate problem has changed since the Kyoto Protocol was drafted -- it's gotten much worse, according to new research.
Why Must the U.N. Be Central to Addressing Global Warming? A statement issued by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit conceded a long-suspected reality: The upcoming Copenhagen conference will not produce a legally binding climate pact to succeed the failed Kyoto Protocol.
A group of 12 Mississippi Gulf Coast homeowners is using a novel legal strategy to try to recoup losses suffered during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
AP Photo/Francis SpeckerThis Oct. 4, 2009 file photo shows Daniel Fawcett of the U.S. Forest Service setting a back-fire to combat a wildfire in Wrightwood, Calif. Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened...
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