BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After oil prices hit a record high in July 2008, the tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands was forced to declare an economic emergency since around 90

Australia should not attend global talks in Paris refusing to budge on its greenhouse gas emission pledge, the UN's scientific body on climate change has said, ahead of expected international press

Ministers working towards a new UN deal to tackle climate change, due in December, need a negotiating text that is shorter and more manageable than the current draft, the Marshall Islands' foreign

It might be one of the world's smallest countries but the Marshall Islands has set an ambitious target to cut its greenhouse gas emissions - and it wants Australia to do the same.

The Marshall Islands' foreign minister, Tony de Brum, says his job is fast becoming one of disaster manager.

The corals of the South Pacific have been ravaged by bleaching, according to US government scientists.

Small island nations, particularly those in the Pacific, are already experiencing "extreme effects" from global warming, and rich nations including Australia have a "moral responsibility" to help t

In the Mexican Congress at the 2nd World Summit of Legislators (WSL) 2014 organized by the London-based GLOBE International ¬ nearly 300 senior legislators and scientists from more than 70 countrie

The world is losing the battle against diabetes as the number of people estimated to be living with the disease soars to a new record of 382 million this year, medical experts said.