United Nations

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gathers world leaders to progress action on tackling climate change

New analysis by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon suggests the world will blow its carbon budget by 2048, even if China and USA match the EU's 2030 pledges

Critical talks are underway to bring an end to import tariffs on green goods and services, ending clean tech trade wars

Report is the first of its kind to prescribe concrete actions that the biggest 15 economies must take to keep warming below 2C

Two week summit ends positively as negotiators edge towards an international emissions reduction framework for 2015

Head of the International Monetary Fund urges central bankers to take steps now to deliver carbon pricing mechanisms

Prime ministers Tony Abbott and Stephen Harper say they do not want to harm economy in the fight against climate change

UN Environment Programme report reveals how costs of metals, rubber, and energy have all soared globally since 2000

GLOBE network agrees blueprint for new climate push based on ambitious national legislation

New law, modelled on UK's pioneering Climate Change Act, sets legally-binding target to cut Finnish emissions 80 per cent by 2050