The United States called on Tuesday for a more flexible approach to a new United Nations’ climate deal which balances...
Articles by Nina Chestney and Valerie Volcovici

Global spending to combat climate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most...
A release of methane in the Arctic could speed the melting of sea ice and climate change with a cost...
The development of low-carbon energy is progressing too slowly to limit global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on...
Global temperatures are forecast to be 0.57 degrees [1.026°F] above the long-term average next year, making 2013 one of the...
Rising sea levels cannot be stopped over the next several hundred years, even if deep emissions cuts lower global average...
Global leaders on Friday wrapped up a United Nations development summit with little to show but a lackluster agreement, as...
More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda for work on a new climate treaty by 2015 at United Nations...
The global economy could withstand widespread disruption from a natural disaster or attack by militants for only a week, as...
Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the...