emissions

Emissions of greenhouse gases by industrialised nations rose 2.3% from 2000 to 2006, the UN climate change agency says.

The company attracts $2.3 million in funding and launches a service for modeling emissions at corporations looking to reduce their carbon footprint.

EU leaders look set to give way to demands from some members to water down the bloc's ambitious climate change plans.

The UK's official climate advisers say an 80% emissions cut by 2050 should include international aviation and shipping.

The UK has been living under a delusion over its claim to be cutting greenhouse gases, according to two reports.

The government unveils plans its hopes will help it become the first in the world to make its computer use "carbon neutral".

World leaders at the G8 summit in Japan agree aggressive targets to cut carbons emissions in an effort to tackle global warming.

Farmers in New Zealand criticise a bold plan by the government to make the country carbon neutral by 2040.

Progress towards developing a global strategy to cut emissions is too slow, say environmental campaigners.

Environment ministers from the world's biggest economies call for leaders to set a target to halve emissions by 2050.