September 7, 2010, Geneva: The informal climate change ministerial talks in Geneva hosted by the Swiss government to overcome the hurdle of tong-term financing of mitigation and adaption measures and its regulation on climate change evoked mixed responses from the players and NGOs.

September 6, 2010: Hope of progress on a global climate deal at the year-end Cancun summit is rapidly dimming with rich countries backtracking on their commitment to provide climate funds. Finance is a key issue for rebuilding trust among developing and developed countries.

September 6, 2010, Geneva: With world governments sorting through their responsibilities to finance the newly-created Copenhagen Green Climate Fund, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development urged finance ministers from around the world to include business as a partner in their discussions to achieve this objective.

September 3, 2010: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today that the United States and the European Union-member countries are "backtracking" on their commitment to provide USD 100 billion towards climate financing as committed at the Copenhagen meeting last year.

August 31, 2010: Greenpeace claims to have shut down offshore drilling by a British oil company at a controversial site in the Arctic after four climbers began an occupation of the rig just after dawn.

August 30, 2010: The world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby.

August 30, 2010: Rajendra Pachauri, who leads the UN's science panel on climate change, is coming under pressure to step aside as chair of the organisation after an independent review of the panel's work called for tighter term limits for its senior executives.

August 30, 2010: German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced an extension to the nation's nuclear power plant operations for up to 15 years beyond a scheduled phase-out, in a move critics fear might signal that atomic power is here to stay.

August 30, 2010: On May 17th, a black-tie audience at the Metropolitan Opera House applauded as a tall, jovial-looking billionaire took the stage. It was the seventieth annual spring gala of American Ballet Theatre, and David H. Koch was being celebrated for his generosity as a member of the board of trustees; he had recently donated $2.5 million toward the company’s upcoming season, and had given many millions before that.

August 28, 2010, (Xinhua): China and Japan pledged on Saturday to enhance dialogue and exchanges on climate change, energy conservation and environmental protection.