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As the world's governments work towards a new international treaty on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the trade implications of countries' climate change policies have emerged as a point of serious contention.

The United States will agree to a goal to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius at next week's Group of Eight summit, a senior European official involved in preparing the meeting said on Wednesday.

Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday.

Vegetation helped save Earth from runaway cooling that would have encased the planet in ice, according to a study published on Wednesday.

India will not sign up to targets to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but will instead focus on fighting poverty and boosting economic growth, the environment minister said on Tuesday.

The European Commission yesterday (30 June) adopted a template for national renewable energy action plans (NREAPS), requiring member states to detail how they intend to reach their national targets for the share of renewables in their energy mix.

The European Union risks driving industry out of the region if it continues to push for deeper cuts in carbon dioxide emissions than other economies, according to the chief executive of Eon , one of the world's biggest renewable energy companies.

In a world-first, limousines transporting heads of state and other VIPs at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen will drive on bio fuels made from agricultural waste products.

The UN Secretary-General labels suggestion from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to finance mitigation and adaptation in developing countries “leadership at a critical time”.

Last weeks climate change bill will not ad additional momentum to development of renewable energy, green power industry fears.

While 130 years ago polar explorer Nordenskiöld struggled his way through the North-West Passage on a two-year long journey, an expedition will prove it can be done in a few weeks now.

Today the Danish Minister for Climate and Environment meets with colleagues in Greenland for informal discussions on how to reach the goals at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen.

JOHANNESBURG Monday, June 29, 2009 (IRIN) - Under-resourced media are failing rural people in developing countries, who are most vulnerable to climate change and in greater need of information to protect themselves from more intense cyclones and longer droughts, according to a new study.

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, June 25, 2009 (IRIN) - The debate on providing protection to possibly several million "climate refugees" displaced by the vagaries of nature is heating up.

The WBCSD's Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), representing the collective effort of 18 leading cement companies from around the world, today released the report “Cement Industry Energy and CO2 Performance: ‘Getting the Numbers Right'.”

The Obama administration announced today that it will give California the waiver it needs to begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, ending the state's seven-year battle to enforce its own stringent tailpipe standards.

Dow Chemical and Algenol Biofuels, a U.S. start-up company, were set to announce Monday that they would build a demonstration plant that, if successful, would use algae to turn carbon dioxide into ethanol for use as a vehicle fuel or an ingredient in plastics.

The Obama administration announced today that it will give California the waiver it needs to begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, ending the state's seven-year battle to enforce its own stringent tailpipe standards.

Denmark on Tuesday said negotiations on a new global climate deal were proceeding "too slowly" and called for speeding up the process before a crucial UN summit in less than six months.

Over a third of the global shipping fleet could easily switch to liquefied natural gas as a fuel source, according to Per Magne Einang, research director at Norwegian research group Marintek.