climate

Do you want global warming, nuclear power or poverty? Graham Searjeant, Financial Editor CHINA’S economic take-off, closely followed by India’s, is bringing the biggest gains from trade in generations. For those facing competition from cheap goods or outsourcing of services, the process is...

Rising sea levels force millions of Bangladeshis into India, fuelling ethnic and religious tensions that end in bloody riots. In Africa, crops wither in the parched landscape of a once-lush nation, bringing strife to the countryside and leading citydwellers to clash with the army as they loot...

The greenhouse effect could wreck attempts to lift the world's poorest people out of poverty and reverse human progress, campaigners say. A report by a coalition of environment and aid agencies calls for urgent action to avert the threat. The Working Group on Climate Change and Development...

Japan to have 100 days a year over 30 C by 2050 Yomiuri Shimbun Japan will have more than 100 days a year with temperatures of 30 C or above within 50 years due to global warming, according to research results released Thursday by organizations including the National Institute for...