Green political parties from around the world vowed yesterday to launch a boycott against multinational oil companies such as Exxon Mobil in an attempt to rescue world climate change talks. Meeting

For two decades and counting, with a growing mix of fascination and concern, scientists have been measuring big changes in the environment around the North Pole. These include a chilling of the high

Australia said on Sunday the international community had to start a new process for cutting global greenhouse gases following last month's decision by the United States to reject the Kyoto treaty on

For petitioners in the high court case on vehicular pollution in Mumbai, this week could mark the beginning of the end. On Monday, almost a year after the V.M.Lal committee submitted its

The Australian government indicated that it would not ratify the Kyoto agreement on climate change, drawing immediate criticism from a global meeting of environmental activists. Environment minister

In a bid to curb

Renewable energy certificates find currency in Europe

Technologies exist to arrest global warming. But the political will to implement them is missing

Changes in the climate could cost the world more than US $300 billion annually, predicts a report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The report predicts that by 2050 the losses caused