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The leading sponsor of a U.S. Senate climate bill says action to combat global warming will raise energy prices, but also create ...

The world can still agree a deal in December to curb greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for a warmer world, co-chairs of a meeting of major polluters in London -- Britain and the United States -- said on Sunday.

Efforts to convince rich nations to toughen emissions cuts have failed to make much headway at climate talks in the Thai capital, the U.N. said on Friday.

At the U.N.'s highest-level conference yet on climate change, China on Tuesday pledged ambitious plans to plant enough forest to cover an area the size of Norway and use 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources within a decade.

The global aviation industry has agreed to cut its net carbon emissions to half 2005 levels by 2050 under a plan to be set out on Tuesday by British Airways chief, Willie Walsh.

President Obama is wrapping up excruciatingly detailed G-8 talks on economic and environmental challenges and turning to some ...

The breakdown underscored the difficulty in bridging divisions between developed and developing nations.

A landmark climate bill narrowly passed a procedural hurdle in the House, a sign that leadership may have the votes for final passage later in the day.

Global Humanitarian Forum, led by Annan, states that global warming already leading to mass deaths as result of disease, malnutrition.

Lights were going out across the world on Saturday as millions of homes and businesses in major cities went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture to highlight concerns over climate change.