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

Antarctic melt may add less to oceans' rise than predicted 20/11/2015

Melting Antarctic ice will contribute to soaring sea levels, but new estimates show the threat may be less serious than once thought, researchers said Wednesday. ...more

NGO says Brazil cut C02 emissions, cites slowing deforestation 20/11/2015

Brazil cut carbon emissions slightly last year, thanks mainly to a drop in deforestation which offset rises from the farming, energy and industrial sectors, said a report released Thursday. ...more

Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi implements mangrove protection legislation 19/11/2015

New mangrove habitats will receive better care because of new legislation from the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD). ...more

Obama enlists unlikely ally to safeguard climate deal 19/11/2015

Fearing a nascent global climate accord could be strangled at birth by skeptical US Republicans, President Barack Obama is wooing an unlikely ally -- big business. ...more

Polar bear numbers to fall as Arctic ice shrinks: study 19/11/2015

Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30 percent by around mid-century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said on Thursday in the most detailed review of the predators to date. ...more