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Steam rises from a power station in the Latrobe Valley, 150km ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Steam rises from a power station in the Latrobe Valley, 150km east of Melbourne in August. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has urged parliament to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change. Photo:Paul Crock/AFP

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (pictured on November 12) ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (pictured on November 12) has urged parliament to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change. Photo:Raveendran/AFP

Greenpeace activists dressed as nuclear waste barrels hold an ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Greenpeace activists dressed as nuclear waste barrels hold an anti-nuclear protest in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Handout (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

REFILE - ADDING RESTRICTION Greenpeace activists dressed ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - ADDING RESTRICTION Greenpeace activists dressed as nuclear waste barrels walk during an anti-nuclear protest in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Member of the European Parliament from France, Christine de ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Member of the European Parliament from France, Christine de Veyrac attends a debate on the upcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change in Strasbourg November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE POLITICS)

Members of the European Parliament attend a debate on the upcoming ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the European Parliament attend a debate on the upcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change in Strasbourg November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)

Quebec Premier Jean Charest is introduced to an international ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:28:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Quebec Premier Jean Charest is introduced to an international relations group Monday, November 23, 2009 in Montreal before his speech about his upcoming trip to the environmental summit in Copenhagen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

The UN's top climate negotiator Yvo de Boer attends a press ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - The UN's top climate negotiator Yvo de Boer attends a press conference after the opening session of the UN climate talks in Barcelona on November 2. De Boer voiced optimism Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must offer a target and financing. Photo:Josep Lago/AFP

Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, addresses a news conference at the end of a meeting with EU environment ministers in Brussels November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Thierry Roge (BELGIUM ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

A resident searches for edible fish among the thousands of dead ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A resident searches for edible fish among the thousands of dead fish killed by the drought in the Parana de Manaquiri River, a tributary of the Amazon, near the city of Manaquiri November 22, 2009. After a rainy season that caused some of the worst flooding in recent history the seasonal drought that followed is proving to be especially bad as well. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/Amazonaspress (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT) BRAZIL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN BRAZIL

A resident holds up one of the still edible fish he selected ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A resident holds up one of the still edible fish he selected from the thousands of dead fish killed by the drought in the Parana de Manaquiri River, a tributary of the Amazon, near the city of Manaquiri November 22, 2009. After a rainy season that caused some of the worst flooding in recent history the seasonal drought that followed is proving to be especially bad as well. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/Amazonaspress (BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT) BRAZIL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN BRAZIL

A family stands outside their house in the drought-affected ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A family stands outside their house in the drought-affected Chaco region of northwestern Paraguayan November 21, 2009. Drought in the Chaco has killed thousands of livestock and caused a steep decline in milk production, according to government sources. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY AGRICULTURE FOOD DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A man fills water for personal use as regular sources continue ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:34:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man fills water for personal use as regular sources continue to dry up due to drought, in the Chaco region of northwestern Paraguay, November 21, 2009. Drought in the Chaco has killed thousands of livestock and caused a steep decline in milk production, according to government sources. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

A family is pictured in the drought-affected Chaco region of ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A family is pictured in the drought-affected Chaco region of northwestern Paraguay, November 21, 2009. Drought in the Chaco has killed thousands of livestock and caused a steep decline in milk production, according to government sources. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY AGRICULTURE FOOD SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)

Cattles feed on dry grass during a drought in the Chaco region ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:27:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cattles feed on dry grass during a drought in the Chaco region of northwestern Paraguay, November 21, 2009. Drought in the Chaco has killed thousands of livestock and caused a steep decline in milk production, according to government sources. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT FOOD)

Greenpeace activists and local community members as they finish ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Greenpeace activists and local community members as they finish the construction of a dam on a peatland canal to stop the drainage of carbon-rich peatland in Indonesia's Kampar Peninsula. Environmentalists have claimed a small victory after Indonesia ordered one of the country's biggest pulp and paper companies to halt forest clearing activities in the Kampar Peninsular. Photo:Ardiles Rante/AFP

Lebanese environmental activists carry a banner calling on Arab ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Lebanese environmental activists carry a banner calling on Arab countries to take action against climate change, as Arab participants enter the venue of the annual conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) in Beirut, November 19, 2009. The forum highlights the impact of climate change on Arab countries. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)

Former Danish fashion model and photographer Helena Christensen ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Former Danish fashion model and photographer Helena Christensen poses at the launch of her new exhibition of photographs highlighting the threat of climate change on people living in Peru, in central London. Photo:Shaun Curry/AFP

Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen poses at the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Supermodel-turned-photographer Helena Christensen poses at the launch of her exhibition in London. Christensen urged politicians and world leaders to commit to real changes at the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks, as she launched a photo exhibition in London documenting climate change in Peru. Photo:Shaun Curry/AFP

Supermodel and photographer Helena Christensen discusses her ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Supermodel and photographer Helena Christensen discusses her photo exhibition in London documenting climate change in Peru. Duration: 01:14. Photo:/AFP

Cattle rancher Francisco Fernandez, 73, talks of the 130 milk ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:47:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Cattle rancher Francisco Fernandez, 73, talks of the 130 milk cows he lost this month for lack of water and pasture, in Santa Cecilia in the Chaco region of northwest Paraguay, November 18, 2009. Drought in the Paraguayan Chaco has killed thousands of livestock and caused a steep decline in milk production, according to government sources and private producers. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A girl named Yanina herds her family's goats on the Santa Librada ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A girl named Yanina herds her family's goats on the Santa Librada ranch where drought has claimed the lives of more than 130 milk cows for lack of water and pasture, in Santa Cecilia in the Chaco region of northwest Paraguay, November 18, 2009. Drought in the Paraguayan Chaco has killed thousands of livestock and caused a steep decline in milk production, according to government sources and private producers. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)

The remains of cattle lie on the Santa Librada ranch after dying ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The remains of cattle lie on the Santa Librada ranch after dying from lack of water and pasture, in Santa Cecilia in the Chaco region of northwest Paraguay, November 18, 2009. Drought in the Paraguayan Chaco has killed thousands of livestock and caused a steep decline in milk production, according to government sources and private producers. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (PARAGUAY DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)

Greenpeace activists board the transport ship 'the Happy Ranger' ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Greenpeace activists board the transport ship 'the Happy Ranger' outside Oland in the south of Sweden November 17, 2009. The ship is carrying major components from the French nuclear company AREVA and is intended for the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor currently under construction in Finland. Picture taken November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Handout/Greenpeace/Christian Aslund (SWEDEN CONFLICT ENERGY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:41:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld/ file

A pedestrian walks past a power plant in Beijing. US President ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - A pedestrian walks past a power plant in Beijing. US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao have pledged to apply their joint political might to the world's toughest problems. The pair agreed on the need for action on climate change but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran. Photo:Teh Eng Koon/AFP

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao pictured ...

(AFP) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:09:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao pictured in Beijing. Obama has said the US and China want climate change talks in Copenhagen to culminate in a global accord that has 'immediate operational effect.' Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe questions the government ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:22:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe questions the government during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Sept.29, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Tuna that Greenpeace activists dumped in front of the French ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Tuna that Greenpeace activists dumped in front of the French Agriculture ministry, during a demonstration last year in Paris, calling for a ban of tuna fishing and the protection of the species. Japan, the world's largest consumer of bluefin tuna, hailed a 40 percent quota cut agreed in Brazil in the hope that it will preempt a complete trade ban, a fisheries official said Monday. Photo:Martin Bureau/AFP

A starving Ethiopian child is protected by a relative amid a ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - A starving Ethiopian child is protected by a relative amid a devastating drought. A UN summit on the plight of the planet's one billion hungry is set to open in Rome, with activists warning it risks being a waste of time as leaders of the world's wealthiest nations are to be conspicuous by their absence. Photo:Joel Robine/AFP

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks to the media ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:51:00 GMT

Volunteers from Greenpeace Japan, dressed as Japanese Prime ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Volunteers from Greenpeace Japan, dressed as Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama, unveil a banner in front of the Statue of Liberty in Tokyo Bay November 13, 2009, to call for Obama to attend the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month. Environment ministers from about 190 nations will gather in Copenhagen in December to try to seal a U.N. climate pact to take over from the Kyoto Protocol, which runs out in 2012, and Obama told Reuters this week he would attend if it could give the impetus to clinch a deal. REUTERS/Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Greenpeace/Handout (JAPAN POLITICS CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Aberjazz Avangard music band performs during an anti-nuclear ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Aberjazz Avangard music band performs during an anti-nuclear protest organized by the environmental group Greenpeace in Istanbul, November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY)

Members of the Aberjazz Avangard music band perform during an ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the Aberjazz Avangard music band perform during an anti-nuclear protest organized by the environmental group Greenpeace in Istanbul, November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS ENVIRONMENT ENERGY)

US President Barack Obama makes a statement from the Rose Garden ...

(AFP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama makes a statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on November 8. With the clock ticking on the high-stakes Copenhagen climate summit, Obama will try to salvage fading hopes for a deal as he meets this month with the leaders of China and India. Photo:Jim Watson/AFP

A volunteer signs a banner during a gathering to create awareness ...

(AFP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - A volunteer signs a banner during a gathering to create awareness on climate change in Mumbai in October 2009. With the clock ticking on the high-stakes Copenhagen climate summit, US President Barack Obama will try to salvage fading hopes for a deal as he meets this month with the leaders of China and India. Photo:Pal Pillai/AFP

Canadian Transport Minister John Baird, seen here in 2008, cause ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Transport Minister John Baird, seen here in 2008, cause diplomatic confusion when he sent a text message to a person at a parliament gala dinner saying his beloved tabby cat, named for Margaret Thatcher, had died Photo:Toru Yamanaka/AFP

Graphic showing Asian cities vulnerable to climate change, according ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic showing Asian cities vulnerable to climate change, according to a report released Thursday by environmental group WWF. Photo:/AFP

A volunteer signs a banner during a gathering to create awarness ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - A volunteer signs a banner during a gathering to create awarness on climate change in Mumbai in October 2009. With the clock ticking on the high-stakes Copenhagen climate summit, US President Barack Obama will try to salvage fading hopes for a deal as he meets this month with the leaders of China and India. Photo:Pal Pillai/AFP

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon appears before ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon appears before the media following the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on global climate change, including the steps leading up to December's international negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Capitol Hill in Washington November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks to the media ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks to the media following the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on global climate change, including the steps leading up to December's international negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Capitol Hill in Washington November 10, 2009. A powerful U.S. senator on Tuesday called for tough trade protections that may complicate global climate change talks, while Ban traveled to Washington to push for progress on a deal. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) speaks to the press next to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2nd R), Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) (L) and Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), following the committee's meeting on global climate change on Capitol Hill in Washington November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)

A worker tries to lift up a weak cow from among the carcasses ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker tries to lift up a weak cow from among the carcasses of drought-stricken cows in a paddock at the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) factory near Athi River, 50km (31 miles) east of the capital Nairobi, September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Activists of the international ecological Greenpeace organisation ...

(AFP) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Activists of the international ecological Greenpeace organisation hold banners aboard Zodiacs in the Saint-Nazaire harbor, western France, last month, during an operation to block the unloading of a ship allegedly containing cakes of palm kernels from Sumatra to denounce deforestation in Indonesia. Photo:Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) gestures as ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) gestures as he and Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc attend a Brazilian Forum on Climate Change in Sao Paulo November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)

Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming pictured at the Forum ...

(AFP) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:42:00 GMT

(AFP) - Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming pictured at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, November 9. Chen promised to open Chinese markets to African exports and help Africa adapt to climate change. Photo:Cris Bouroncle/AFP

Members of environmental activist group Greenpeace unfurl a ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of environmental activist group Greenpeace unfurl a banner before start of a ceremony at Bornhomer Strasse S-Bahn train station in Berlin November 9, 2009, during day-long celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY)

Climate change author and environmentalist Mark Lynes speaks ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Climate change author and environmentalist Mark Lynes speaks during the Climate Vulnerable Forum in Male, November 9, 2009. Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed called on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future. REUTERS/Maldives Government/Handout (MALDIVES POLITICS ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Lack of action on the climate change bill bogged down in the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Lack of action on the climate change bill bogged down in the US Senate will not stop Washington from seeking a framework to curb carbon emissions at next month's summit in Copenhagen, experts have said. Photo:/AFP

Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner condemning the use of coal ...

(AFP) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Greenpeace activists unfurl a banner condemning the use of coal near one of Beijing's biggest coal-fired power plants. Todd Stern, Obama's special envoy for climate change, has told US lawmakers that the US cannot commit to a deal in Copenhagen if 'major developing countries make no commitment at all,' adding that 'no country holds the fate of the Earth in its hands more than China.' Photo:Frederic J. Brown/AFP