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Reducing greenhouse gases is even better for public health than a European Commission study suggests. The European Commission this week published a staff working paper that...

There are only two paths to choose between at Durban. Your recent report on climate change highlighted the debate in the EU about an extension of the Kyoto Protocol at the UN...

To create green economies, businesses need real commitments from governments. Some political problems can be solved overnight; others take years to tackle. But, in the...

The mobilisation of national-level low-carbon projects and policies is extraordinary. The last two years have been a rollercoaster ride in respect to securing a new global...

A new and realistic approach to climate talks is required. It is fair to say that, because of the lack of progress made at Copenhagen last year and a continuing lack of US...

When someone rich promises his or her friend a thousand euros next year, some goodwill might normally be expected.  But the transfer could easily turn sour if the...

The US's failure to take action on climate change is another guarantee that emerging markets will be hard-wired to intensive use of coal – and that severer climate change...

Report says improving Europe's energy infrastructure and the removal of fossil fuels from the electricity supply are only ways to meet emissions targets. Europe must double...

To curb climate change, we need to restrict free-riding. In the latest letter in our exchange on the role of trade measures in international efforts to curb climate change...

Raising the EU's emissions-reduction target to 30% should be part of a new, six-point plan for the EU in the wake of the Copenhagen summit. In her hearing before the...

The EU must tell the UN by 31 January how far it will reduce carbon-dioxide emissions over the next decade. Here, Madeleine Cobb and Luc Bas of the Climate Group argue that...

Danish commissioner-designate shows nous and know-how in parliamentary hearing. Connie Hedegaard gave a bold and convincing performance at her nomination hearing with the...

Disappointed with the deal struck in Copenhagen, the EU will have to decide quickly whether to continue its climate-change policy of leading by example, or to take a tougher...

The last scheduled day of negotiations has begun in Copenhagen, with signs that serious bargaining has started. COPEHAGEN | “Parties have recognised the urgency of action...

In the end, the European Council of 10-11 December mustered enough unity to make respectable commitments to developing countries faced with immediate challenges from climate...

We need standardised ways to measure and report carbon emissions. As world leaders prepare to go to Copenhagen, the focus is naturally on securing commitments on reductions...

The UN's secretary-general sets out what is needed in Copenhagen. The United Nations climate-change conference that will open in Copenhagen in a matter of weeks is a major...

EU leaders enter summit divided on aid to help developing countries adapt to climate change and on tactics in UN talks. Europe's much-vaunted claim to ‘lead the world' in...

Rich countries are facing a huge bill for finding ways to tackle climate change, but they will need help from the developing world. Developed countries face two major...

Climate campaigners are determined to get the right number across in the run-up to the Copenhagen summit. This autumn will be full of numbers, as politicians seek...