Climate Change

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From WORLD May 16, 2013

EU carbon permit surplus doubles in 2012

Brussels says data show need to delay auction of some allowances

Comment & Analysis

Climate Change
Who cares about real threats to life and limb when there are scandals to ponder?
– Gary Silverman
We will watch the rise in greenhouse gases until it is too late to do anything about it
– Martin Wolf
The EU carbon trading scheme needs a serious overhaul
From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Scientists agree global warming is man-made

Study contradicts perception of split on causes of climate change

Burnt trees in a peatland area of Teluk Meranti village in Pelalawan, in Indonesia's Riau province November 10, 2009. Home to about 10 percent of the world's rainforests, deforestation in Indonesia occurred at an average rate of 1.08 million hectares a year between 2000 and 2005, according to the Ministry of Forestry. ©Reuters From WORLD May 15, 2013

Indonesia extends logging moratorium

Environmentalists warn more needs to be done

From WORLD May 14, 2013

Europe’s sea levels could rise by a metre

Study suggests London flood barriers would be overwhelmed

Carbon emissions From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

CO2 at highest level for millions of years

Research from Hawaii to focus attention on risks of climate change

From WORLD May 7, 2013

Ministers back rise in EU carbon prices

Germans split over intervention in emissions trading system

British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, shakes hands with President of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed at al Nahyan at Al Rawda Palace in the city of al Ain in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ©AP From COMPANIES Apr 29, 2013

UAE in talks with UK to boost green energy schemes

Abu Dhabi seeks to invest up to £1bn in alternative schemes

©Getty From WORLD Apr 25, 2013

More US cities join ‘no fossil fuel’ push

‘New apartheid’ disinvestment campaign gathers pace

From UK Apr 24, 2013

Climate watchdog eyes tax reform

Tough emissions countries could raise import tariffs for states with lax rules

Carbon emissions From GLOBAL ECONOMY Apr 21, 2013

Research supports global warming theory

Study backs idea that humans caused temperature rise

From UK Apr 18, 2013

Met Office probes Britain’s cold snap

Arctic melting and North Atlantic Oscillation among possible causes

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Apr 19, 2013

Energy sector seen as threat to stability

Climate change rules could devalue assets in vast industry

From WORLD Apr 17, 2013

Eurozone woes shift climate change focus

Carbon market has added to energy price, say business groups

From COMPANIES Apr 17, 2013

Energy no cleaner despite renewables boom

Report finds slow progress on energy saving technologies

From MARKETS Apr 16, 2013

Europe’s carbon market left in disarray

Vote sends prices in trading system to record low of €2.63