The Framework Convention on Climate Change FCCC, signed by 152 nations at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, was the initial international response to global warming. The

Britain called for the United States to commit to the Kyoto treaty on cutting the pollution blamed for global warming. The U.S., the world's number one polluter, pulled out of the pact last year

On March 4th, in a unanimous vote, EU environment ministers formally agreed to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, which legally binds member states to their greenhouse gas reduction commitments, averaging an

At a time when several donor agencies are threatening to withdraw their projects from Nepal due to lack of security, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the United Nation's Development Programme

Global warming is becoming an increasing threat to forests in much of the world, paving the way for fires, droughts and pest infestations, officials told an environmental conference.

Denmark's self-styled 'sceptical environmentalist', Bjorn Lomborg, is no stranger to controversy, but his recent elevation to one of the country's senior environment jobs has shocked green

Two influential Canadian business groups urged Ottawa not to ratify the Kyoto protocol on global warming, saying that to do so would cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars.

The tiny South Pacific state of Tuvalu appealed to regional power Australia to take a tougher stance against global warming that threatens to sink the low-lying island nation. Prime Minister Koloa

Hailing a step forward in attempts to save the planet, the EU reaffirmed its commitment to the Kyoto treaty on global warming - and told the US that it should make the same commitment. EU environment

The 15 European Union member states agreed to be formally bound by the Kyoto treaty on cutting the pollution blamed for global warming, a pact that the U.S. has rejected. The Kyoto Protocol to the