State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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Out of the frying pan
The developing countries of Asia stand to lose the most if an international agreement to combat global warming collapses because of U.S. opposition : a
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Another bad year for penguins
Around the world, many penguin populations are declining, researchers say, and evidence is mounting that global warming, whether natural or human induced, is a prime cause. Unless things change, they
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Japan, EU lock horns over COP6
Japan and the European Union remained at odds Monday after separate discussions among negotiating blocs of mostly industrialized countries on a compromise plan that would lead to ratifying the Kyoto
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States huddle over climate change ahead of Bonn
Ministers from dozens of countries yesterday pored over the latest proposals to curb global warming gasses at a final gathering before key U.N. talks next month in Bonn. The talks, billed as an
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Taking out insurance against climate change
After two unusually warm winters melted profits at his natural gas distributing company in Dallas, Robert Best decided he needed protection. So he spent $4.9 million on a new tool called weather
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Penguins in trouble worldwide
Late last year and early this year, the summer breeding season in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins did disappear at sea. Thousands more washed up dead on the beaches north of Punta Tombo.
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German govt, industry sign CHP-subsidising deal
An extended deal on encouraging heat and power (CHP) plants as part of a scheme to lower greenhouse gases emissions was signed by the German government and industry yesterday, the economics ministry
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New steps to cut greenhouse gases
German utilities and the Government agreed on Monday to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by promoting power plants that produce both heat and electricity, just weeks before Germany plays host to
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Global warming needs more than just another study
On the eve of his first trip to Europe as President, George W. Bush unleashed a torrent of anger from environmentalists and Europeans by digging in his heels on global warming. When a
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EU drafts ambitious climate emissions trade plan
A wide range of major European Union industries will be forced to take part in buying and selling the right to emit carbon dioxide (CO2), under a draft EU law seen by Reuters on Friday. Oil refiners,