CLIMATE CHANGE

Ahead of the COP 21 conference, scheduled to begin Monday, activists want world leaders to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions and limit warming.

Japan, one of the world’s top 10 emitters of greenhouse gases, has pledged to assist emerging economies to the tune of $10.6 billion a year by 2020.

Parisians have been asked not drive their cars ahead of the COP21 climate summit, and protests ahead of the event have been banned.

The continent requires $5 billion to $10 billion of investment per year to adapt to a 2-degree Celsius increase in temperatures, the World Bank said.

If world leaders gathering in Paris next week resolve to contain global warming, energy companies would need to abandon huge capital spending projects, a report finds.

Storms and other disasters have been linked to 600,000 deaths and more than $1,9 trillion in economic losses in recent years, the United Nations says.

U.S. President Barack Obama is championing urgent measures on climate change, ahead of a global meet in Paris.

The Chinese president spoke after Barack Obama at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation event in Manila Wednesday, before Obama was scheduled to meet the leaders of other TPP countries.

With terrorism a more urgent concern ahead of the Paris climate conference, global leaders may have more resolve than ever to agree on aggressive action.

A new study looking at the impact of the shrinking snowpacks over the northern hemisphere suggests that over 2 billion people could suffer from water shortage.

The French government plans to go ahead with a climate change summit it is due to host at the end of the month.

Paris is gearing up for an international climate conference, and activists want to make sure they literally have a seat at the table.

According to a new report, the U.S. is spending over $20 billion a year on subsidizing fossil fuels -- a 35 percent increase since President Obama took office in 2009.

President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have each backed a big expansion of fossil fuel development.

Spiking global temperatures could push as many as 100 million people into extreme poverty over the next decade and a half.

With temperatures soaring in the Persian Gulf, trending traditional buildings might help offer some relief to people.

Unless the world adopts fast, inclusive and smart development, over 100 million people will be living in extreme poverty by 2030.

Republican presidential candidates, perhaps predictably, slammed President Barack Obama's Keystone XL decision while Democrats, perhaps predictably, praised it.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced Friday that the move was a precaution "because of the terrorist threat or risk of public disorder."

The new information will likely complicate a U.N. conference focusing on climate change scheduled for the end of this month.

A new study conducted by NASA shows the accumulation of snow in parts of Antarctica may offset melting.