Australia PM Abbott defends emissions targetPrime Minister Tony Abbott defended Australia's carbon pollution reduction target as in line with those of other countries after the nation's climate change authority criticised the goal as "disappointing".
Obama hails pope's 'clear and powerful' message on climatePresident Barack Obama praised the pope's call for action on climate change and said the United States should lead global efforts to cut carbon pollution and bolster clean energy sources.
Climate change compounding natural disasters - ObamaUS President Barack Obama warned that climate change was making natural disasters worse, as he toured the National Hurricane Center ahead of the annual storm season.
29 May 2015
Time short for global climate deal in Paris, warns HollandeFrench President Francois Hollande warned that time was short for a year-end deal on climate change and called on world leaders to unlock the complex process in the months ahead.
21 May 2015
Nazarbayev calls Kazakhstan paradiseNursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about Kazakhstan's economic performance as compared to the rest of the world during a youth forum in Astana.
22 April 2015
Obama: Republicans will change views on climateUS President Barack Obama has predicted Republicans will eventually ditch their skepticism about climate change in order to keep favor with voters.
Thousands without power on Thanksgiving after US stormA winter storm that wreaked travel chaos across the US northeast wound down, but hundreds of thousands of people were left without power on the Thanksgiving holiday.
Eastern China set for record-hot summers: studyBy 2024, more than half of summers in eastern China will be as hot as in 2013, when the region was hit by a record-busting heatwave and devastating drought.