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The term global warming was first coined 35 years ago this weekend by an American academic.

United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres says progress was made at the Bonn talks as she tries to build a framework for a successful COP16.

Rice production - a food considered vital for cutting poverty - will be ruined as temperatures rise in growing areas through climate change, according to a new study by an international team of scientists.

Russia has declared a state of emergency in one area and banned the export of grain as a heat wave and wild fires grip the nation.

Adler and Allan recently hosted a ground-breaking biofuels discussion forum at the Fire Service College in Gloucestershire to highlight the issues arising from the potential introduction of bio-components to all elements of the fuel supply chain.

When HW Martin required a state-of-the-art RDF facility, they chose OKLM to design and build the plant and the revolutionary new UNTHA TR Series shredder, supplied by Riverside Waste Machinery, to fulfil their high-performance shredding requirements.

A car dubbed the world's first affordable mass produced electric vehicle made its European debut in Ireland this month.

A government funding programme to back heavy industry in Newcastle and surrounding towns will include cash for low-carbon projects.

Businesses say mapping energy use is their biggest concern when it comes to a new government scheme to tackle carbon emissions.

From the icy cold disappointment of Copenhagen to the sunny beaches of renewed optimism in Cancun the results, or failures, of COP16 are likely to dominate the news at the end of 2010.