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- Shun beef to stop climate change, says India
NEW DELHI (AFP) -- India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming."The single most impor... - Energy leaders back climate change deal
by Peter Capella GENEVA (AFP) -- Energy industry leaders on Thursday called for an international deal on climate change to tackle financial uncertainty and prevent potentially catastrophic global ... - Climate change effects on cattle studied
MANHATTAN, Kan., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've studied fecal matter from thousands of cattle across the nation to determine the possible effects of climate change on livestock. Kansas State University Assistant Profes... - Model Helena Christensen examines climate change in Peru
LONDON (AFP) -- Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen urged politicians and world leaders to commit to real changes at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, as she launched a photo exhibition in London documenting climate chan... - Indigenous groups key in climate change debate: Zoellick
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said Wednesday it was critical for indigenous people to be included in climate change talks, saying they were among groups most affected by global warming.Two weeks before the op... - Population link to climate change: UN report
by Richard Ingham PARIS (AFP) -- Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report published on Wednesday that draws a link between demographic pressure... - Bangladesh wants 10 billion dollars to fight climate change
DHAKA (AFP) -- Bangladesh said Tuesday it would need 10 billion dollars from rich countries in the next four years to offset the effects of climate change -- double its original estimate.T... - Climate change transforming humanitarian work: survey
NAIROBI (AFP) -- Climate change is the leading cause of new challenges for the humanitarian community, a survey of G20 governments commissioned by the Red Cross revealed Tuesday.As the Int... - Climate change bill through coal states
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Several U.S. senators have a message for their chamber's leaders: The road to a climate change rumbles through their coal-rich states. Last week in a letter, a group of 14 coal-state members told Senate M... - Native people's climate change meeting set
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- NASA says it will hold a second national strategies workshop to examine the impacts of climate change and extreme weather variability on native peoples. The workshop, which officials say will study the im... - Ban links food security, climate change
ROME, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A comprehensive plan to combat threats to global food security was presented Monday during a U.N.-sponsored food security summit in Rome. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said global food shortages were aggra... - New climate change study is controversial
BRISTOL, England, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A British study suggests Earth's ecosystems and oceans have a much greater capacity to absorb carbon dioxide than has been previously estimated. The study, led by researcher Wolfgang Knorr at the U... - British voters unsure on climate change
LONDON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Fewer than half of British voters believe human activity is responsible for global warming, a poll released Saturday by The Times of London said. Only 41 percent of those surveyed said they think climate chan... - Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll
LONDON (AFP) -- Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.Onl... - Climate change compounds Ethiopia's food crisis
by Aaron Maasho LOKE, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food ... - Climate change compounds Ethiopia's food crisis
by Aaron Maasho LOKE, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Standing amidst a group of scrawny fellow Ethiopian farmers, Tuke Shika points to the scorching sun when asked why his food reserves have dwindled this year."The weather has changed, it's not ... - Climate change killing sea turtles
PLAYA GRANDE, Costa Rica, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Climate change threatens the extinction of leatherback sea turtles that have called the Pacific Ocean home for 150 million years, scientists said. Warmer temperatures and rising seas are fu... - U.S., Japan commit to fight climate change
TOKYO, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama recommitted to reduce their countries' emissions by 80 percent by 2050, the White House said. Obama and Hatoyama, meeting in Tokyo, issued a join... - Obama must be more engaged on climate change: Greenpeace
BEIJING (AFP) -- Greenpeace, the global environmental group, called Friday on US President Barack Obama to become more engaged on climate change at home and abroad, just two days ahead of his visit to China."The main thing he needs... - U.S. considers interim climate change plan
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. officials are considering an interim climate change pact before next month's summit in Denmark, tackling a more ambitious plan next year, officials said. The two-pronged, scaled-back strategy is bein... - Climate change, California droughts linked
DAVIS, Calif., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've linked centuries-long droughts in California during the past 20,000 years with thawing of arctic ice caps. University of California-Davis Professor Isabel Montanez and doct... - Church bells to ring out warning on climate change
GENEVA (AFP) -- The World Council of Churches on Thursday called on churches around the world to ring their bells 350 times during the Copenhagen climate change summit on December 13 as a call to... - New idea offered to fight climate change
ATLANTA, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. scientist suggests the impact of deforestation and urbanization on the Earth's climate must be addressed along with greenhouse gas emissions. Georgia Tech Professor Brian Stone says delegates to the u... - Britain rallies G20 on climate change
by Katherine Haddon ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) -- Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on S... - Climate change for children in Mexico City museum
MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- Children in one of the world's most polluted cities are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet.A giant polar bear... - Panel OKs climate change bill without GOP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved a climate bill Thursday even as Republican committee members boycotted the meeting. Democrats voted 11-1 to pass the bill, with Sen. Max Bauc... - US Senate panel passes climate change bill
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A key Senate panel on Thursday passed a sweeping climate change bill despite a boycott of deliberations by Republicans opposed to the measure.The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the legisl... - Senate panel ready for climate change vote
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Democrats on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee indicated they would approve a climate change bill despite a boycott by panel Republicans. Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., ... - Countries struggle on climate change
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- African nations walked out of U.N. climate change talks in Barcelona, Spain, threatening to do so again unless wealthy nations commit to cutting carbon. This week's Barcelona meeting is the last gat... - Obama urges stepped up efforts on climate change
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming ahead of key climate change talk... - Merkel: Climate change must be addressed
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Climate change can no longer be ignored from either a scientific or an economic viewpoint, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the U.S. Congress Tuesday. We need an agreement on one objective: Global w... - US Senate Republicans skip open of climate change talks
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Republicans on a key US Senate committee were absent Tuesday as debate opened on a Democratic proposal for sweeping climate change legislation.The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee opened its critica... - UN chief in warning over climate change talks
LONDON (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon played down hopes for the key Copenhagen summit on climate change Tuesday, suggesting that detail on an agreement may be lacking."I'm reasonably optimistic that this Copenhagen (summ... - Religion gets behind fight against climate change
by Anne Chaon and Marlowe Hood PARIS (AFP) -- Leaders from nine major faiths meet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday in an exceptional initiative that supporters predict will harness the power of religi... - Poll: Desire for climate change code high
LONDON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A majority of people say it is vital to reach agreement at the U.N. climate change negotiations in Denmark, a global financial institution survey indicated. The HSBC's 2009 Climate Confidence Monitor, released... - Climate change on U.S.-EU summit agenda
BRUSSELS, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A European Union-United States summit will focus on climate change ahead of next month's U.N.-led climate change conference in Copenhagen, officials say. The summit is set for Tuesday in Washington, and will... - Climate change bill faces Senate trouble
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. senators are deeply divided on a climate change bill, and unless more Republicans give their support, it seems poised to fail, analysts say. Despite strong backing from its chief backer, Se... - European Union urges climate change aid
BRUSSELS, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The European Union Friday said it proposes rich countries provide financial aid to developing countries to help those lands fight the effects of climate change. The Financial Times said the European Union w... - EU leaders to discuss EU presidency, climate change
by Roddy Thomson BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Europe's leaders converged on Brussels Thursday to consider candidates for a coveted new post of EU president, and grapple with differences over helping poor countries fight global warming.Fresh fro... - EU weighs up top job hopefuls, climate change plan
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- EU leaders gather Thursday to weigh candidates to head a new-look European Union, with former British premier Tony Blair and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker vying for the top job.But consultations amo... - Gore touts climate change business hopes
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore told a Dubai conference the climate crisis is the single biggest business opportunity in history. Gore, speaking before Middle East experts at t... - Climate change threatens quarter of Swiss farmland: research
GENEVA (AFP) -- Climate change is already threatening more than a quarter of Switzerland's farmland with frequent and lengthy water shortages, according to official research published Tuesday.The Swiss federal agricultural research... - Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States could cut greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of France's total annual emissions by getting Americans to make simple lifestyle changes, like regularly... - Australians kick off world climate change protest
SYDNEY (AFP) -- Climate activists gathered on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House Saturday and along the city's beaches to kick off an international day of protest about global warming. - Philippines creates climate change commission
MANILA (AFP) -- President Gloria Arroyo on Friday signed a law creating a national climate body that she said will help the storm-devastated Philippines better prepare for natural disasters in the future.The "Climate Change Commiss... - Declining majority in US believe climate change is real
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The number of Americans who believe that climate change is real has declined in the last year, but a majority do see convincing evidence of global warming, according to a new poll.The Pew Research Center for the... - Seabed response to climate change studied
CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Australian scientists say they have created the first preliminary predictions of the potential impact of climate change on the Australian seabed. The results of the five-year study conducted by ... - Climate change map unveiled at London museum
LONDON (AFP) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband unveiled an interactive map Thursday demonstrating the impact of global warming in decades to come, to underline the looming threat. - ASEAN leaders urge rich nation over climate change
HUA HIN, Thailand (AFP) -- Southeast Asian leaders are to urge developed nations to make deeper cuts in carbon emissions, underscoring the rift between rich and poor countries on climate measures, it emerged Thursday.In a draft joi... - Algae may be secret weapon in climate change war
by Ruth Morris MIAMI (AFP) -- Driven by fluctuations in oil prices, and seduced by the prospect of easing climate change, experts are ramping up efforts to squeeze fuel out of a promising new orga...
