The head of the UN forum on global warning will outline a new plan on Thursday, permitting industrialised countries to use forests and farmlands as carbon absorbing "sinks" in a bid to jump start

The head of the UN forum on global warming will outline a new plan permitting industrialised countries to use forests and farmlands as carbon absorbing "sinks" in a bid to jump start talks to cut

The U.S. ambassador to the European Union said yesterday the EU had overreacted to the Bush administration's decision to quit the Kyoto treaty on global warming but said the spat could have positive

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has emphasised the need for more knowledge of the interactions between global warming, ozone, and the Asian brown haze covering much of the Indian

A world trip by an EU delegation seeking backing for the Kyoto Protocol has found that strong support for the talks process still exists. According to the delegation, Canada , Russia, Iran, China and

Major Japanese pest control company Sanix Inc said yesterday it expects to be able to sell from August 2002 electricity generated from a 74,000 kilwatt (kW) thermal power plant that uses fuel

An ancient lake that once existed between Victoria and Tasmania has been explored by Australian geoscientists who hope to find out whether a mini ice age occurred in the southern hemisphere 11,000

Transporters, who run tourist buses outside Delhi, say that even if they convert to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by September 30 the vehicles will be grounded as there is no CNG station outside the

Australia, already the worst per capita greenhouse polluter in the world, is pumping out more emissions than ever, according to the latest figures. The 1999 National Greenhouse Gas Inventory,

The European Union has gathered strong support for pushing ahead with a 1997 deal to combat global warming, despite Washington's rejection of the pact, EU officials wrapping up a global tour said