World governments are likely to recoil from plans for an ambitious 2015 climate change deal at talks next week, concern over economic growth at least partially eclipsing scientists' warnings of ris

China will be "flexible" in U.N.

It is less than a third developed countries have achieved between 1990 and 2011

The developed countries have committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a paltry three per cent from 2011 to 2020, according to a new data analysis by the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is less than a third of the emission cuts the rich countries have achieved between 1990 and 2011.

US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern (L) and Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China Xie Zhenhua (R) attend the 'Ecopartnership' event highlighting US-Chi

The United States called on Tuesday for a more flexible approach to a new United Nations' climate deal which balances the needs of all countries and has a better chance of success.

South Africa has formally demanded that the new global agreement on climate change be in the form of a protocol with targets, commitments and actions for all parties.

Cuts in EU greenhouse gas emissions have almost reached the 20 percent target set for 2020, official figures showed on Wednesday, stoking a debate on how quickly the bloc should promise deeper cuts

The government of Japan has developed the joint credit mechanism (JCM) to mitigate climate change and help developing countries achieve low-carbon growth by mobilising technology, markets and finan