Extreme weather to worsen with climate change: IPCC

An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth’s climate warms, U.N. scientists said on Friday.

EPA to propose utility carbon rules next year

The top U.S. environmental regulator will propose early next year twice-delayed rules on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, she told the energyNOW television show.

EU resolution to nudge higher goal for carbon cuts

European politicians are expected to vote through a resolution on Wednesday that nudges higher the bloc’s ambitions to deepen its carbon reduction, ahead of climate change talks this month in Durban, a European Parliament source said.

Get ready for climate change, says UN panel

The toll from ever-more intense floods, drought, and heatwaves will crescendo this century unless humanity anticipates the onslaught, according to a UN report set to be unveiled on Friday

Denmark says higher EU carbon goal politically vexed

Persuading the European Union as a whole to accept an increase in its target for cutting carbon emissions to 30 percent by 2020 would be politically very difficult, Danish Climate and Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard said on Tuesday.

Australia passes landmark carbon price laws

Australia passed landmark laws on Tuesday to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade and injecting new impetus into December’s global climate talks in South Africa.

UK Carbon League Table Published

Today the government published the largest ever public disclosure of UK companies’ carbon emissions. The Performance League Table ranks the carbon performance of over 2000 organisations that fall under the government’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme legislation

Analysis:”Blood oath” on CO2 laws to haunt Australia’s Abbott

Australia’s Senate is set to pass laws on Tuesday putting a national price on carbon emissions, one of the country’s most sweeping and divisive economic reforms that have been a decade in the making.

Taiwan EV Industry Moving from Parts Manufacture into Original Brands

Taiwan’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is moving from parts manufacturing to marketing Taiwan’s own brands, with the island’s solid base in information and communication technology (ICT) helping it to make its name on the EV stage.

Mexico pleads for U.S., China agreement on climate

Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged Washington and Beijing on Thursday to agree to curb the release of climate-warming gases to ensure the success of United Nations climate talks in South Africa later this month.

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