Each year since 1995, the nations of the world have gathered to try to reach a global agreement on carbon dioxide emissions. These ‘Conferences of the Parties’, or COPs as they are usually termed, involve all of the members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and take place towards the end of […]

Ajay Mathur, a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, director general of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency and India’s principal media interface on the Paris climate change talks, speaks to Nitin Sethi on India’s interests in the negotiations. What are India’s objectives at the Paris talks? There are two. The whole world […]

The world is losing interest in “global warming” a survey has found on the eve of the UN’s COP21 climate talks in Paris. Most people in most of the 20 countries surveyed say they don’t want their leaders to set ambitious climate targets. Fewer than half describe climate change as a “very serious” problem. The […]

Public support for a strong global deal on climate change has declined, according to a poll carried out in 20 countries. Only four now have majorities in favour of their governments setting ambitious targets at a global conference in Paris. In a similar poll before the Copenhagen meeting in 2009, eight countries had majorities favouring […]

India on Sunday hit out at U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his remarks that India will be a “challenge” at the upcoming crucial Paris climate meet, saying they were “unwarranted” and made it clear that it is “not in the habit of taking any pressure from anybody”. Terming Mr. Kerry’s comments as “unwarranted […]

Bookmakers have made a fortune this year from punters silly enough to believe what the Met Office tells them. A brave surfer takes on huge waves whipped up by storm Barney off the coast of Cornwall at Porthcurno; Photo: Apex On returning from a trip abroad, I found out what fun had been going on […]

The National Trust has blamed changes in the weather for damage to historical collections in some of its buildings. Rare books, stately home gardens and tapestries have all been affected by changing weather patterns, it claimed. The Trust said that it had seen its insurance claims rise as a result of extreme weather. Monthly claim […]

China will not improve on its pledges to control emissions, the country’s top climate negotiator said on today ahead of key UN climate change talks in Paris. The world’s largest polluter also chastised developed countries, with Xie Zhenhua, a vice minister at China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission saying they have […]