A United Nations panel will give clean energy project auditors three weeks to study a proposal to make them liable for over-issuing Kyoto carbon offsets, according to a webcast of a panel meeting on Thursday.

An executive board meeting of the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) draws to a close this Friday in Brazil, after which auditors have three weeks to consult on a proposal to force t

The ozone layer that shields life from the sun's harmful rays is projected to recover from harmful chemicals by mid-century, but it will take longer over the polar regions, a United Nations study said on Thursday.

Ozone depletion -- blamed for higher ultraviolet radiation that causes skin cancers and cataracts and damages agriculture

-- will continue for decades as several key damaging subst

Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica, who took over as head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) this July, said she expected rich countries to also indicate the

RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI

UNFCC top boss Christiana Figueres on a day-long visit to New Delhi admitted that there was a strong need to develop clarity and flexibility in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for carbon trading.

As hopes for any deal on global warming dims at the Cancun meet later this year, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Wednesday made it clear that the Kyoto Protocol will continue post-2012 as a second protocol since it does not have a

Mexico is working overtime to save the upcoming UN Climate Change Summit in Cancun from collapse.

NEW DELHI: Pragmatism is a key word for the Mexican hosts of the next major United Nations conference on climate change this December.