Reuters: Environment

G20 makes little progress on climate financing

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:14:07 -0500

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Rich countries and developing nations fought over climate change on Saturday, failing to make progress on financing ahead of a major environmental summit in Copenhagen next month.

Genetic tests help track food web, climate change

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:32:55 -0500

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - New uses of genetic testing can help track how animal diets may change due to global warming and are helping crack down on wildlife smuggling, experts said on Saturday.

Hurricane Ida strengthens, 42 dead in El Salvador

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:06:54 -0500

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida intensified off the Mexican resort of Cancun on Sunday and aimed for the Gulf of Mexico as the storm's heavy rains killed at least 42 people in El Salvador.

Forty leaders plan to attend climate talks: U.N.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:56:11 -0500

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - About 40 world leaders plan to go to Copenhagen next month to boost the chances of clinching a U.N. climate deal, the United Nations said Friday as preparatory talks wound down with scant progress.

EU to fight for tuna protection at global talks

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:53:57 -0500

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fishing nations must cut the amount of Atlantic bluefin tuna they catch and protect porbeagle and thresher sharks, European fisheries commissioner Joe Borg said on Friday ahead of international talks.

Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:03:29 -0500

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection.

Floods could threaten up to 750,000 in Kenya

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:26:37 -0500

GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 750,000 people in Kenya, nearly half of them Somali refugees, could be caught up in flooding and landslides from heavy rains expected to peak in November, the United Nations warned on Friday.

Dry U.S. Midwest weather bodes well for harvest

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:11:47 -0500

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Midwest weather is seen mostly dry through the next week, ideal for the corn and soybean harvest, a forecaster said on Friday.

China says studying weaker framework climate deal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:20:43 -0500

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is weighing the prospect of reaching only a framework agreement at U.N. climate talks this December, but would want guarantees that principles laid out in previous deals would be retained, a top diplomat said on Friday.

Australia attacks Copenhagen critics

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:31:41 -0500

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched a spirited attack on climate skeptics on Friday, saying a vocal minority is powerful enough to threaten a global deal at next month's Copenhagen climate summit.