At the UN's Climate Summit this week a diverse group of global leaders, from World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to California Governor Jerry Brown, spoke of the need for polluters to pay for each to

Obama administration officials said their signature effort to combat climate change will make only a modest dent in global greenhouse-gas emissions even as they called it an important first step.

European lawmakers will vote next week on whether to force Brussels officials to rethink giving billions of euros worth of carbon allowances away for free to heavy industries, after a senior Green

Carbon emissions are priced in by many companies, including 22 major listed Australian firms.

An increasing number of big corporations expect governments worldwide to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions to help tackle climate change and some are already factoring in the cost to guide fu

Heavily-polluting industries are in line for a €5bn (£4bn) handout from Europe’s taxpayers because of the way the EU is measuring their exposure to unregulated competitors outside the bloc, accordi

The World Bank seeks to expand a plan to buy emission credits from projects including those that capture heat-trapping gas at garbage dumps, underpinning demand in the carbon markets for the first

U.K. lawmaker Ian Swales has already watched one steel plant close in his district, and he never wants to see it again.

U.K. lawmaker Ian Swales has already watched one steel plant close in his district, and he never wants to see it again.