Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally?

As many as 40,000 gorgeously plumed birds known as the Gurney’s pitta thrive in the lowland rainforests of economically backward Myanmar. Across the border, Thailand’s last five pairs are guarded around the clock against snakes and human predators.

BRUSSELS – EU nations have yet to come up with a plan on how to fill a multi-billion euro fund to help tackle climate change, even as the region’s executive body hosts talks with countries likely to bear the brunt of extreme weather.

Hamdan bin Mohammed unveils Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, has instructed stakeholders to do their best to maintain Dubai’s status in the list of countries that stimulate sustainable green growth and harness Dubai’s strategic location as a prominent regional and international hub for emerging markets, finance and trade to apply and deploy green and clean technologies in a broader way.

Natural teak forests are in decline worldwide, almost half of which grow in Myanmar, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization has said. Such forests grow only in three other countries today-India, Laos and Thailand.

The oil palm plantations on Borneo island, a part of which falls in Indonesia, would become a key source of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 if they continue to grow unchecked, says a new study.

Telecom towers are killing nearly seven million birds every year as they migrate from the US and Canada to Central and South America, says a new study.

Fishermen and environmentalists are calling on officials to investigate the deaths of more than 200 pelicans on the beaches of northern Peru, media reports said.

LONDON – Some of the main proposals in a draft text for negotiation at a U.N. sustainable development conference next month are being watered down at informal talks in New York, observers said on Tuesday, heightening fears the summit will fail to deliver.

SEOUL – South Korean lawmakers approved a national emissions trading scheme on Wednesday to tackle the country’s growing greenhouse gas pollution, overcoming strong industry opposition and joining a growing number of nations to put a price on carbon.