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2 degree Celsius climate target may need to change: UK scientist
Nov 04, 2010 15:54 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - A widely agreed international target to avoid dangerous global warming must take account of local impacts and may need to change, said the chief scientist at the MetOffice Hadley Center, Britain's biggest climate research center.
Norway says more aid needed to save Indonesian forest
Oct 25, 2010 09:19 EDT
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia could match Brazil's success in slowing deforestation but needs far more aid from rich nations such as the United States, Japan and the European Union, Norway's environment minister said on Monday.
Bin Laden criticizes Pakistan relief, urges climate action
Oct 01, 2010 12:34 EDT
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden criticized relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the al Qaeda leader issued on Friday in an Islamist forum.
Bin Laden criticizes Pakistan relief, urges climate action
Oct 01, 2010 12:34 EDT
DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden criticized relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the al Qaeda leader issued on Friday in an Islamist forum.
Graft could jeopardize Indonesia's climate deals
Sep 17, 2010 01:41 EDT
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Billions of dollars Indonesia stands to earn every year in climate change deals could be at risk if it fails to stamp out corruption in its forestry sector, long notorious for graft and focus of an ongoing investigation.
IMF urges stimulus to help "dire" job market
Sep 13, 2010 10:38 EDT
OSLO (Reuters) - The world's rich countries need to extend initiatives to boost spending and support employment to fix a "dire" labor market that could threaten entire societies, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science
Aug 30, 2010 17:05 EDT
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. climate panel should make predictions only when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body.
Analysis: Extreme weather plagues farming, talks flounder
Aug 12, 2010 12:57 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global wheat markets reeling from Russian droughts, thousands of cattle killed by heat in Kansas, and countless crop acres wiped out by floods in Pakistan are glimpses of what can be expected as the world struggles to battle climate change.
Russia says fires burn Chernobyl-tainted forests
Aug 11, 2010 12:51 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fires have scorched forests contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a Russian forestry official said on Wednesday, but it was unclear how dangerous the smoke might be.
Russia says fires burn Chernobyl-tainted forests
Aug 11, 2010 12:51 EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fires have scorched forests contaminated with radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a Russian forestry official said on Wednesday, but it was unclear how dangerous the smoke might be.
Greek unions set anti-austerity strike for July 8
Jul 01, 2010 13:42 EDT
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's main labor unions called a 24-hour strike for July 8 on Thursday in protest against sweeping pension reforms and other austerity measures to help end a debt crisis.
Greek police, rioters clash
Jun 29, 2010 14:22 EDT
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police fired teargas at rioters shouting "burn parliament" in Athens on Tuesday but fewer ordinary Greeks turned out for rallies in a sign of weariness with anti-austerity protests.
Greek police and rioters clash
Jun 29, 2010 14:16 EDT
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police fired teargas at rioters shouting "burn parliament" in Athens on Tuesday but fewer ordinary Greeks turned out for rallies in a sign of weariness with anti-austerity protests.
Greeks strike on Tuesday, test government pension reform
Jun 28, 2010 18:34 EDT
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers stage a new 24-hour strike on Tuesday that will gauge public discontent with government austerity measures, including a radical pension reform aimed at helping the country solve its huge debt crisis.
Blast at Greek police ministry kills top aide
Jun 24, 2010 17:25 EDT
ATHENS (Reuters) - A booby-trapped package exploded next to the office of the Greek minister in charge of the police force Thursday, killing one of his aides, officials said.
Greek anti-austerity strikes hit ferries and tourists
Jun 23, 2010 07:08 EDT
ATHENS (Reuters) - Communist unionists blocked travelers from boarding ships at Greece's largest port on Wednesday, stranding tourist ferries as part of protests against austerity measures in the debt-choked nation.
Whaling commission to seek way out of deadlock
Jun 17, 2010 18:35 EDT
RABAT (Reuters) - Replacing a whaling moratorium with a controlled cull will be discussed by negotiators who gather next week to forge a compromise between nations who say hunting whales is their birth-right and those who call it a crime against nature.
UN urges rich to honor $30 billion climate aid pledge
May 25, 2010 15:08 EDT
OSLO/LONDON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged rich nations on Tuesday to keep a pledge to give $30 billion to poor nations by 2012 to cope with climate change, saying it was "not an impossible call" despite budget cuts in Europe.
U.N. picks Costa Rican Figueres as new climate chief
May 17, 2010 17:35 EDT
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations appointed Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica on Monday to be its climate chief to head stalled international talks on how to contain the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Former Princeton head to review U.N. climate panel
May 03, 2010 10:46 EDT
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A former president of Princeton University will lead a review of the U.N. panel of climate scientists after errors in a 2007 report used as a guide for fighting global warming, science academies said on Monday.
