The agreement reached 36 hours after the summit was supposed to close is broadly welcomed, but business leaders warn there is a long way to go to deliver sufficiently ambitious climate treaty.
A standoff is continuing in Durban as diplomats prepare to extend summit into Saturday, while the three countries face intense pressure to sign on to an ambitious global climate deal.
The firms are among 340 world-leading companies that are supporting the 2-Degrees Challenge Communiqué, sending a message at COP17 to urge governments to deliver a global climate change...
Despite dire warnings of a looming failure to comply with a deadline to report their progress on measuring and reducing emissions, almost all the companies that fall under the CRC have met the......
The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange will close its doors early next year, in the wake of low trading volume and a lack of political leadership on carbon pricing and regulation....
Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has set out the economic case for accelerated action to curb emissions and get off the 'oil hook.'...
After a year-long review of waste practices in the U.K. the environment agency released a 'light-touch' plan for voluntary recycling initiatives that was poorly received by NGOs....