Japan won the "Fossil of the Day" award on Tuesday on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
China's chief climate change negotiator urged countries to stick to the Kyoto Protocol to ensure a successful conference in Cancun.
As a result of climate change, the world will face a price surge in major staple foods by 2050, causing concerns for global food security, according to a new report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
China will soon release a plan for switching to energy-saving lighting, hopefully by the end of this year, according to a Chinese lighting expert attending the Cancun climate talks Thursday.
Japan was strongly criticized for its attempt to kill the Kyoto Protocol, the only existing mechanism that binds industrialized countries to limit their carbon emissions.
As the negotiations continue at UN climate change conference, or the COP 16, a group of youths from China and the United States sent their message to the delegates, clearly and firmly:"We want the negotiators from both sides to listen to us because their decision will have a huge impact on us."
Concessions are being urged, amid calls to sideline narrow interests for humanity's sake, as negotiators from more than 180 countries gathered at the resort city of Cancun on the Caribbean coast on Monday to discuss ways to combat climate change.
Extreme weather will become more frequent in coming years, a top world climate researcher warned on Tuesday during a press conference at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Commitment on the second period of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) is the foundation of a balanced outcome in the climate talks in Cancun, said Brazil's chief climate negotiator Ambassador Luiz A. Figueiredo.
The United States' leadership in science and technology is at risk, said US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on Monday, who added that the US should learn from China's success in clean energy innovations.
The head of the United Nations climate change negotiations believes that leaders from more than 180 countries will agree on a more balanced package of decisions, including a $30 billion fund, at the climate change meetings that begins on Monday.
Concession is urged as negotiators from more than 180 countries gathered at the resort city on the Caribbean coast on Monday, continuing efforts to tackle climate change.