(Reuters) – Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 could rise more than forecast to between 6 billion and 11 billion tons above what is needed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report showed on Wednesday. The gap between countries’ emissions cut pledges and what is needed to remain [...]

(Reuters) – European Union negotiators leading the push to keep U.N. climate talks on track are fighting a sense of despondency as the struggle to save the euro has pushed the one to save the planet down the priority list. In the United States, seen as the biggest single obstacle to a new global climate [...]

(Reuters) – U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa, from November 28-December 9 are aimed at agreeing new measures to stem rising emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Following is a look at how the world discovered global warming and international steps to try to address it: 300 BC – Theophrastus, a student of Greek philosopher [...]