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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Coastal seagrass can store more heat-trapping carbon per square mile (kilmometre) than forests can, which means these coastal plants could be part of the solution to climate change, scientists said in a new study.

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Reluctance to raise ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions due to economic constraints is threatening progress towards limiting global warming, delegates at United Nations' climate talks in Germany warned on Monday.

Unregulated markets have overproduced CO2 because the costs are not priced into the transaction

• This Q&A is part of the Guardian's ultimate climate change FAQ
• See all questions and answersWhen free markets do not maximise society's welfare, they are said to 'fail' and policy intervention may be needed to correct them

In the late 1990s, regulators in some U.S. states began to make electric utilities sell their nuclear reactors to private operators. They weren’t trying to help head off climate change, yet they managed to do just that.

The dismal performance of wind power around the world should be keeping eco campaigners awake at night. Energy companies and green groups give consistently optimistic theoretical projections for the role of wind turbines in stabilising the climate.

Commission theIEA, in cooperation with International Renewable Energy Agency and other international institutions, to synthesize recent analyses of renewable energy development and deployment policies in G-8 countries, including: Experience with, ...

At the Camp David Summit, G-8 Leaders recognized that the development of and universal access to environmentally safe, sustainable, secure, and affordable sources of energy is essential to global economic growth and to their overall efforts to address climate change.  As such, they identified several actions for the G-8 to take together: Pursue a Comprehensive Energy Strategy – Safely Recognize

By Climate Guest Blogger on May 19, 2012 at 10:20 am by Adam James Ever hear the one about the Icelandic geothermal systems engineer and the Kenyan project developer who walk into a bar? As interesting this meeting might be, it's unlikely to happen ...

Next month's Rio summit on sustainable development will discuss how to strengthen the UN Environment Program (UNEP), Brazil's environment minister said Friday.

Trying to tackle the huge challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harderNo one thinks it will be easy to slash the carbon emissions driving climate change while keeping the lights on and at an affordable price. But trying to tackle the challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harder

Trying to tackle the huge challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harderNo-one thinks slashing the carbon emissions driving climate change, while keeping the lights on and at an affordable price, is easy. But trying to tackle the challenge with policies that contradict each other and silly spin makes a tough job unnecessarily harder

I understand the threat posed by climate change, and I support action to tackle it, but I think the use of on-shore wind turbines needs to be carefully controlled in order to avoid unacceptable damage to the countryside we are seeking to protect.

The Government is considering "tweaking" the start date for the next reduction in solar tariffs, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey has said, insisting there would be no "massive change".

The Government is considering "tweaking" the start date for the next reduction in solar tariffs, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey has said, insisting there would be no "massive change".