Scientists claim the world is now firmly on course for the worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average global temperatures rising by up to 6C

A report out today says the government's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) could cost twice as much as originally estimated.

Gordon Brown has announced tough new rules on student visas and cut the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into Britain.

Hone Harawira says the only adverse comments he's had about leaving Brussels to sightsee in Paris have been from the media.

New Zealand bio-security and food safety authorities moved proactively this morning to announce the discovery of a brain disease that affects sheep.

The Independent's Sean O'Grady looks at what the UK's burgeoning population could mean for future generations.

Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe has lashed out at dithering over cutting emissions, described climate talks as a 'bureaucratic circus'.

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Robert Mugabe, of persecuting his party, MDC group, after a high-level EU delegation called for Zimbabwe's two main political parties to work together.