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The European Space Agency (ESA) launched CryoSat-2 on 8 April from Kazakhstan, a satellite dedicated to studying how climate change is affecting the Earth's ice. The data it sends back from its polar orbit will help European scientists to monitor when and where ice is melting or growing.

Solar Ivy is the latest in solar energy-generation technology and delivery system inspired by ivy that brings a rare combination of visual appeal and flexibility to what was traditionally restricted to the roof to countless architectural surfaces.

According to a press release on Europe.eu the EU commission and European Investment Bank (EIB) have undertaken to launch the European Local Energy Assistance (ELENA) facility in December and start on more than EUR 1 billion projects in 2010 on energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Charles H. Greene, co-author of "A Very Inconvenient Truth" and Cornell professor of earth and atmospheric sciences stated in a peer journal known as Oceanography, that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 report miscalculates the perilous effects mankind's climate change will have on society.

A new study involving scientists from 13 different organizations, universities and research institutions states that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and immediate strategies to combat climate change.

Carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas driving climate change, is a global problem. Now a Stanford study has shown it is also a local problem, hurting city dwellers' health much more than rural residents', because of the carbon dioxide "domes" that develop over urban areas.

More extremely hot days, fewer cold ones wetter in the north and drier in the south: This is not a forecast for Australia's climate but a snapshot of Australia's climate now.

The UNEP Stockholm Convention Secretariat has announced a major international study into the influence of climate change and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on human health and the environment.

In the race to save forests from carbon emissions, 60 countries met up in Paris for a one day conference on Thursday to discuss a multi-billion dollar scheme to reduce the 12-20 percent of emissions that cause deforestation.

The increased frequency and intensity of oxygen-deprived "dead zones" along the world's coasts can negatively impact environmental conditions in far more than just local waters.