Herald Sun

The Government's failure to ratify the Kyoto protocol is costing the nation $3.8 billion a year in lost investment opportunities, according to a study released by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

PRIME Minister John Howard's new climate change funding is just part of an election-year "greenwash", says Greenpeace.

AUSTRALIA'S military will be called on to assist in more disaster and relief missions at home and abroad because of climate change, a policy body says.

ANCIENT ponds in the Arctic are drying up during the polar summer as warmer temperatures evaporate shallow bodies of water, Canadian researchers have said.

The world's top media company, News Corporation, will slash its global carbon footprint to zero under a bold plan revealed by its chairman, Rupert Murdoch. By Saffron Howden

AUSTRALIA'S agricultural zones have shifted due to climate change and serious scientific assessment of the effect is needed, Greens senator Christine Milne said.

A set of principles released today by state and territory leaders would form the basis of a national carbon trading scheme, NSW Premier Bob Carr said today.

Oscar winner Jessica Lange was among a clutch of Hollwood stars today who helped deliver an anti-par petition - signed by more than 1 million people - to the US mission to the United Nations.