Former US President, Bill Clinton, has told the Financial Times the US needs to unleash “the greatest concentration of economic activity since we mobilised for World War II” by embracing new energy technology and regulatory incentives to tackle climate change.
His comments come as leaders of 80 countries are expected to attend a special UN meeting […]

The Arctic ice cap has collapsed at an unprecedented rate this summer and levels of sea ice in the region now stand at a record low, scientists have warned. Experts said they were “stunned” by the loss of ice, with an area almost twice as big as Britain disappearing in the last week alone.
So much […]

More bad news on the climate. Yesterday we blogged on how Arctic ice may be melting faster than previously thought. Now other scientists are warning that the tipping point for climate change could be closer than previously thought.
They are predicting that the loss of the massive Greenland ice sheet may now be unstoppable and lead […]

The sea ice of the Arctic will melt further and faster than at any time since records began nearly 30 years ago, according to the latest data collected by a satellite survey of the polar region.
Scientists warned yesterday that the sea ice is already approaching the record minimum set in September 2005, even with a […]

Days after Russia planted a flag on the sea-bed at the North Pole, Canada responded by sending Stephen Harper, the prime minister, on a three-day trek to the region.
“Our government has an aggressive Arctic agenda,” Dimitri Soudas, Mr Harper’s spokesman, said. “The Russians sent a submarine to drop a small flag at the bottom of […]