Canada's Ontario sets 2050 goal for cut in greenhouse gases 25/11/2015

Canada's most populous province, Ontario, said on Tuesday it would aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050, although it offered only hints of how it hopes to slow climate change. ...more

More than half of the world's primates on endangered species list 25/11/2015

More than half the world’s primates, including apes, lemurs and monkeys, are facing extinction, international experts warned on Tuesday. ...more

Moroccan solar plant to bring energy to a million people 24/11/2015

A giant plant using energy from the Sun to power a Moroccan city at night will open next month. ...more

Climate change root cause of Syrian war: Britain's Prince Charles 24/11/2015

Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe. ...more

U.S. government agencies to slash greenhouse gas emissions 41.8 percent 24/11/2015

U.S. federal agencies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations to 41.8 percent below 2008 levels by 2025, the White House announced on Monday. ...more

China says keeping leaders away is key to climate talk success 24/11/2015

Keeping state leaders away from the negotiations will play a major role in ensuring that crucial talks on a new global climate deal in Paris next week proceed smoothly, China's top climate change negotiator said in an interview on Monday. ...more

Weather disasters occur almost daily, becoming more frequent: U.N. 24/11/2015

Weather-related disasters such as floods and heatwaves have occurred almost daily in the past decade, almost twice as often as two decades ago, with Asia being the hardest hit region, a U.N. report said on Monday. ...more

Red tide activity detected in regional waters 20/11/2015

The UAE Ministry of Environment and Water announced that it has detected red tide activity off the coastal areas of the country over the past couple of days. ...more

US approves genetically modified salmon for food 20/11/2015

US regulators have given the go-ahead to genetically modified salmon, making it the first GM animal destined for human consumption. ...more

France bans imports of lion hunt trophies 20/11/2015

France has banned the import of lion heads, paws and skins as hunters’ trophies, nearly four months after the killing of Zimbabwe’s most famous lion by an American trophy hunter sparked international outrage. ...more