Hundreds of snow tipped glaciers are retreating in Peru, and scientists say it is the direct result of a warming climate. The glaciers survive only where the air is cold enough to preserve ice, and

Japan said yesterday it would do its best to bring the United States back to the Kyoto climate change pact but gave no sign that it was ready to yield to European pressure to ratify the accord

Japanese and European Union officials agreed on Monday to continue their efforts to persuade the United States to sign on to the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, officials said. Urged by a

Japanese and European Union officials agreed on Monday to continue their efforts to persuade the US to sign on to the Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming, officials said. Urged by EU officials

Forests and farmlands cannot be relied on to sake up environmentally damaging green-house gases, and cuts in emissions are the only long-term way to reduce global warming, scientists said on Monday.

Governments meeting next week to salvage the Kyoto climate change protocol might not be able to finalise a complete deal due to U.S. opposition, a European Commission spokeswoman said yesterday.

Robert Redford has called President Bush "ignorant" on the environment and urged other nations to keep pressure on the United States at a global climate conference next week. Redford, who has become

A high-level mission from the European Union pushed Japan on Monday to quickly ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change to put the treaty into effect, while calling for continued dialogue with the

A senior U.N. scientist yesterday urged the world's rich states to strike a deal over the Kyoto treaty on curbing global warming even if it meant softening targets to accommodate Washington.

Leading European climate change experts yesterday urged the world to forge ahead with the Kyoto agreement even without the participation of the United States, the world's biggest polluter. The head