U.N. climate chief urges U.S. action
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The Bush administration has made a "significant" shift on global warming, but still falls short on the "much more aggressive" policies needed to head off its damaging impact, the U.N. climate chief said Saturday.
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Science & environment: UN conference calls for large and rapidly developing countries to do more to tackle global warming.
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Bush administration officials set out Friday to convince the world it can cool the Earth with voluntary "processes," more cooperation and fewer barriers to trade among the U.S., China and other major polluters, contrary to the U.N.'s mandatory approach to global warming.
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Former US vice president Al Gore has called on fast-growing China and India to step up their efforts to tackle climate change.
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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Thursday urged people worldwide to pressure their governments to cut global warming pollution by 90 percent in developed countries and by more than half worldwide by 2050.
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UNITED NATIONS - The head of the Senate's Environment Committee called on the White House Friday to hold a summit grouping the 12 largest greenhouse-gas emitting nations.Sen.
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The former US Vice President Al Gore tells scientists they need to speak out more on the issue of climate change.
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US recognises global warming danger but wants to lead response outside UN.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament Wednesday to take action to stop the world from &quot;sleepwalking&quot; toward nuclear proliferation.
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The EU Commission president urges national leaders to set a landmark in the fight against global warming.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The world faces a global warming disaster if the United States and China do not take decisive action to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a leading economist said at the U.N. Friday.Jeffrey Sachs, speaking at the U.N.
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BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon conceded Wednesday that the United States had succeeded in achieving one of its key objectives at the climate conference here, blocking a proposal that called on industrialized nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40...
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.
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BERLIN - European nations are not doing enough to fight climate change and should show more leadership before they criticize the United States and Asia, the head of the U.N. Environment ...Comment
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the European Union to lead the way in the fight against climate change.Comment
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President Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, on Thursday called for a summit of the United States and other nations that spew the most greenhouse gases on the planet.
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An international group of corporate leaders calls for global targets on reducing greenhouse emissions.