Stavros Dimas
Signs are increasing that the worldwide recession is bottoming out. As economic growth picks up again, so will demand for energy

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Monday he was confident the world would sign a global deal to combat climate change in Copenhagen in December.

Barroso urged European industry to gear up for a green technology race instead of shoring up outdated, high-carbon business models.

Terry Macalister
A vital meeting in Copenhagen this weekend that will help shape the agenda for the most important climate change talks since the Kyoto protocol has been hijacked by some of the biggest polluters in the world, critics claimed last night.

Industry should play its part in the fight against climate change by persuading governments to boost carbon cuts rather than lobbying against them, the UN Secretary-General told a business conference.

Coastal states have now made their bids for vast new areas of continental shelf

Sea levels are rising twice as fast as had been thought

The US Congress must pass a "strong" climate change bill before the global warming summit in Copenhagen this December if it is to have a chance of persuading China and India to sign up to a new treaty, says Bill Clinton.

The world faces disputes over the seabed from the South China Sea to the North Pole at a May 13 UN deadline for claims meant as a milestone towards the final fixing of maritime boundaries.

E.ON UK, Dong Energy and Masdar have agreed to push ahead with the London Array wind farm, giving a boost to the UK plan to build up massive offshore wind farms to meet its carbon reduction target.

A $500 million North Atlantic shrimp fishery may be vulnerable to climate change that could disrupt the crustaceans' life cycle and mislead them into hatching when food is scarce, scientists said.