European Union leaders will lock horns on Thursday over how to pay for a global climate change agreement at a two-day summit that is expected to remove the last important obstacle to the bloc

The International Air Transport Industry Association has sharply criticised European Union plans to include airlines in its emissions trading system, warning that the measures actually threaten efforts to cut carbon emissions.

Total, the French oil group, has warned politicians that they risk accelerating an oil supply crunch if they enact environmental policies that deter investment in oil and gas before enough viable alternatives are available.

The aviation and shipping sectors would be included in global carbon-cutting measures for the first time under a European Union proposal to be tabled at December

India and China struck an agreement on Wednesday to co-ordinate efforts to combat climate change that has at its core demands that the developed world take the lead in cutting global carbon emissions.

On the outskirts of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, climate researchers twiddle with computers displaying maps of the Himalayas. At the press of a button, rivers and mountain passes change colour and watercourses expand to show villages swept away by simulated flood waters.

Public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic is firmly in favour of China taking on the lion

Public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic is firmly in favour of China taking on the lion

Up to six "clean coal" power stations are set to be built across the European Union after Brussels gave its backing to

The Arctic sea will be ice-free in the summer within 20 years, shortening the global time frame on climate change by a decade, according to a new report released on Wednesday.