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Global warming is hitting the Arctic harder and faster than scientists expected, causing unforeseen changes to the frigid region’s ice, wildlife, atmosphere and oceans, the conservation group WWF said.The most prominent differences observed over the last three years include a “massively accelerated” decline in summer sea ice and “much greater” shrinking of the Greenland Ice […]

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Tata Steel are among the companies that have recently joined a UN climate change initiative for business leaders, according to the UN Global Compact, which partners industry.Some 230 companies from around the world have signed up for this “Caring for the Climate” initiative since it was launched in […]

French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the world’s biggest carbon polluters on Friday that global warming was becoming a driver of hunger, unrest and conflict, with the war in Darfur a concrete example.”Climate change is already having a considerable impact on security,” Sarkozy said in a speech to ministers from 16 economies that together account for […]

On Friday, April 18, U.S. Governors and top state-level environmental officials will meet at Yale University to exchange ideas on how the state and the federal governments can develop a strategy for future action and combat global warming.

“This is the first time such a prestigious group of state officials have come together to have […]

Rich countries are failing to set a good example for developing countries on tackling climate, the head of the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change has said.
According to Rajendra Pachauri, many developed countries have failed to lead the way and do what is necessary to make the developing nations commit to a new global […]

The next U.S. president should signal a shift in global warming policies before taking office to help a U.N. meeting in Poland in December take steps to work out a new climate treaty, Poland said on Wednesday.Under President George W. Bush, the United States is the only rich nation opposed to the U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol […]

The US Environmental Protection Agency used to insist that it lacked the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions - until the Supreme Court ruled otherwise a year ago. Since then, scientific research has provided new evidence for the urgency of acting to slow global warming. But the Bush administration drags its feet anyway, leaving the […]

Outraged poor nations bearing the brunt of global warming have become increasingly bold in UN-led climate talks, but some worry that recent trysts of large countries are leaving them out in the cold.A grouping of 192 countries under the United Nations is leading the way in negotiating a groundbreaking climate change treaty, and most of […]

Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday launched a three-year, multimillion dollar advocacy campaign calling for the U.S. to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.The Alliance for Climate Protection’s “we” campaign will combine advertising, online organizing and partnerships with grassroots groups to educate the public about global warming and urge solutions from elected officials.
A slick advertising […]

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged India to exercise leadership in the global concerns on climate change.”I think India got to play a role in this. I think this is the moment when India can exercise leadership on the issue. It is such a powerful developing nation because the Prime Minister made it […]