MAD Climate – Making a Difference

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders on Monday to take urgent action to combat climate change for the sake of "the future of humanity."

U.S. Senate Democrats announced on Monday a new delay on climate change legislation, which could make it more difficult for President Barack Obama to win progress on that front before a global environmental summit in December.

U.S. Senate Democrats said on Monday they will delay introducing a climate change bill for a few weeks and aim to unveiling legislation that is high on President Barack Obama's agenda later in September.

The fate of U.S. climate control legislation is in the hands of the Senate where it faces an uphill climb, as a year-end international meeting in Copenhagen on coordinated action to slow global warming looms.

Meteorologists opened the World Climate Conference on Monday in what a US official called a "critical" attempt to share information globally and help communities worldwide adapt to climate change.

Nepal's prime minister opened the first climate change conference of Himalayan nations on Monday with a warning about the dangers of melting glaciers, floods and violent storms for the region.

Climate camp activists stage two new protests in London - at the Treasury and at City Airport.

A UN conference in Geneva is to discuss ways of coping with the effects of climate change, such as floods and drought.

BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen , Monday 31 August 2009 at 00:15:00 Draft proposal reveals African leaders will join with China and India in calling on industrialised nations to deliver more ambitious emission targets African leaders gathering in Libya this week are to discuss plans to establish a common negotiating position ahead of the UN's Copenhagen climate change talks, which would ...

An illustrated look at the potential impacts of climate change, focusing on examples from around the globe. Environments including African drought plains and the diverse Bangladeshi topography are analysed.