Efforts spearheaded by the United Nations to reach a global deal to fight climate change are "inadequate", a French minister said on Monday in a sign of growing frustration before Paris hosts a maj

A councillor whose campaign against food waste led to a law forcing French supermarkets to donate unwanted food to charity has set his sights on getting similar legislation passed globally.

France's largest insurer will scrap holdings in coal companies because of concerns about climate change, broadening support for the fossil-fuel divestment movement to a major mainstream investor.

PARIS: French bank Credit Agricole said on Wednesday it would no longer finance coal mining or miners as lenders grow increasingly uneasy about funding coal due to environmental concerns.

French President Francois Hollande said he was worried about a lack of progress towards a United Nations climate deal in Paris in December and called on the financial sector to "decarbonize" its in

On the edge of an ancient forest in a remote corner of south-eastern France, a spray-painted sign marked the entrance to the “free zone”.

France’s foreign minister warned Monday that the international community had no option but to combat climate change as there is “no alternative planet”.

Islamabad—Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahidullah Khan has directed senior officials of the ministry to closely collaborate with the provincial governments and stakeholders to pu

French fashion house Louis Vuitton has been announced as the first major sponsor of the UN climate conference in Paris in December, in a move criticised by consumer groups.

New scorecards rating donors’ commitments to improving nutrition across the world show the UK meeting its targets, with other rich nations lagging behind