Planet Tiger Some Americans feel cost of climate change legislation is greater than benefit Climate change legislation, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, appears stalled in the Senate.  Many conservatives in America simply don't want it.  "No country is more important than the United States in resolving...

Planet Tiger Robert Zoellick says rich countries need to appreciate developing needs of poorer countries The World Bank wants the issue of climate change to be connected to strategies of growth and development. The World Bank also says that strong economic growth in India is helping the...

Planet Tiger The international conference on climate change opens Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark, hosting thousands of participants and observers hoping to reach a deal to combat global warming. Initial expectations have been scaled back, but pressure remains for a substantive political agreement. The international conference on climate...

Planet Tiger Two-week conference aims to achieve legally binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and has been billed as last best chance to clinch a deal. UN officials, climate experts, environmental activists, and more than 60 world leaders gather in Copenhagen for a two-week conference on...

Daily Tiger News On the eve of an international conference on climate change, a top U.N. official is again calling for $30 billion in fast-track aid to help poor countries ramp up efforts to control carbon emissions linked to global warming. For the full story click...

Planet Tiger On 5 December, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Director General of the International Union of Railways (UIC), the initiator of this special train, together with Achim Steiner, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and James P. Leape, Director General of WWF hosted more...

Planet Tiger Dr. George V. Safonov, who is  Director Center for Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, has written an illuminating article. Visit the UN Climate Change Conference website here for the full story. Dr. George V. Safonov, Director Center...

(itsafineday) Planet Tiger The accusation came after emails leaked from British university were posted on the Internet. Climate change proponents say leak intended to derail talks at next week's Copenhagen Conference. The U.N. Panel on Climate Change says it will investigate claims that leading climate change scientists suppressed...

Planet Tiger New research in Australia has shown that coral reef fish can undergo radical personality changes in warmer water, work that suggests climate change may make some marine species more aggressive. Experiments have been conducted on two species of young damselfish on Australia's Great Barrier...

(itsafineday) Planet Tiger Robert Zoellick says rich countries need to appreciate developing needs of poorer countries The World Bank wants the issue of climate change to be connected to strategies of growth and development. The World Bank also says that strong economic growth in India is helping the...