Poland will exchange its surplus emission permits under the Kyoto Protocol (AAUs) to Japan for the Asian country's energy storage technologies, according to a preliminary agreement between the two,

The increasing importance of climate spending in European Union budget proposals could give the EU Commission more influence over talks for a deeper emissions cut target, which could help lift EU carbon permit prices, Barclays Capital analysts said in a research note on Monday.

"If, when and how this will happen is all unclear..., (but it) does at least provide some upside risk to prices - some

The Government has sought technical cooperation with the Government of Poland in the field of coal and lignite mining and also asked companies from the European country to invest in India.

The Coal Minister, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, who met the Poland Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Waldemar Pawlak, yesterday, also discussed the scope for technical cooperation between both the nations, particularly in

Poland reaffirmed its commitment to developing its shale gas reserves on Wednesday despite French plans to ban drilling, but officials and industry experts said tough regulatory and environmental challenges lie ahead.

The U.S.-based Energy Information Administration (EIA) said last month Poland's technically recoverable reserves of shale gas are the biggest in Europe at an estimated 5.3 trillio

New Delhi: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region registered its first ever recorded drop in permanent-type migration inflows in 2008, a trend that accelerated in 2009, the OECD

Paris: A volcano sneezes, and the whole world gets a major case of paralysis.

As the Icelandic eruption closed airspace over Europe, German soldiers wounded in Afghanistan couldn

Trains, planes and cars halted by snow and ice. Gas and electricity supplies rationed. Sensitive crops ruined. Boats frozen into waterways.

For weeks, images of the coldest weather for decades have filled the media across Europe, Asia and North America.

Up to six "clean coal" power stations are set to be built across the European Union after Brussels gave its backing to