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The bushfire danger is also heating up the political environment, with one MP blaming the current conditions on climate change.

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EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues and climate control. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt hosted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for the meeting. During the summit, EU officials said Russia agreed that it was ready to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 to 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, raising its target from 15 percent just weeks ahead of a UN climate summit.

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Jean-Gabriel Chelala is a man on a mission -- to vet all the way around the world without any extraneous carbon emission. That means using only his own body power -- by sea as well as land. He's already cycled across North America and crossed the Atlantic by kayak, and now he's facing the final stretch from Moscow to Paris. Duration: 01:46

US President Barack Obama has convinced China to help push for global accord when it comes to action on climate change.

US President Barack Obama has convinced China to help push for global accord when it comes to climate change.

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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles. (Nov. 17)

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World leaders meeting in Singapore agree to delay any binding treaty on climate change.

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The US and China together generate roughly 40 percent of the global emissions and use one third of the world's energy, but now both countries are making a big push to go green, reports CNBC's John Harwood.

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The U.S. President arrives in the Chinese capital with trade, currency strains and climate change on the agenda.

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US President Barack Obama arrived in China late Sunday for his first visit to the Asian giant -- a three-day mission aimed at convincing Beijing that Washington is its partner, not its rival. Obama touched down in China's financial hub after a flight from Singapore, where he and other Asia-Pacific leaders pledged to revamp the world economy but scuppered hopes that key climate change talks next month would end in a pact. Duration: 00:50

World leaders have been unable to reach a deal on climate change.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has shared the world stage with US President Barack Obama, trying to convince Asia-Pacific leaders to make a deal on climate change.

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APEC leaders tackle climate change negotiations and economic integration, as Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stresses the need for free trade zone.

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Foreign investment is trickling into Mozambique's agricultural sector. But instead of growing crops for food, companies are planting jatropha for biofuel. Biofuel is considered greener energy than fossil fuels, but can the impoverished African nation afford to give up its fields to produce it when it barely grows enough to food to feed its citizens? Duration: 02:34.

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Will politics prevent global agreement on plan to fight global warming?

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Over 11,000 people, mainly from Belgium, dance to the U2 song 'Magnificent' to mobilise the world in demanding their leaders pledge to seriously cut CO2 emissions at the upcoming Copenhagen ...

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Residents of a Dutch town are opposing a project to store carbon dioxide deep under their houses. Governments and energy companies have been counting on the technology to help fight greenhouse gas emissions. (Nov 10)

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A report by the World Wide Fund for Nature says future of China's Yangtze basin is endangered.

Climate change negotiations between the government and the opposition are threatening to break down.

A top Liberal says most of the people in his party don't believe humans are causing climate change.

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One of the first victims of global warming has almost disappeared. By next year, experts say the Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia will have completely melted. Overlooking La Paz, Chacaltaya was once the highest ski slopes in the world, sitting at 5300 meters above sea level. According to experts, most tropical glaciers in the Andes are doomed as the earth's average temperature rises. In Boliva, many worry what will happen when one of the city's major water sources is gone.

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British finance minister Alistair Darling urges his G20 counterparts work towards a $100 billion deal to tackle climate change at a summit in Scotland.

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David Crane, CEO of NRG Energy, is pushing for climate change legislation on Capitol Hill. He discusses this push with CNBC.

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An exhibit on climate change in Mexico City¿s Papalote children¿s museum aims to raise awareness of global warning in one of the world¿s top oil producers. Although Mexico has led global efforts to combat climate change, the issue is still new at home.

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Elisabeth Leamy takes a closer look at eco-friendly products.

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Sen. Inhofe on approval of sweeping climate change bill

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US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming, as European leaders pressed Washington to take action on climate change ahead of next month's summit.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress on Tuesday to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming. (Nov. 3)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress and urged the U.S. to take bold action to combat global warming.

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France is planning to introduce a controversial new carbon tax to cut energy consumption and help combat global warming. The new levy on oil, gas and coal consumption by households and businesses will come into effect next year, making France the biggest economy yet to impose a straight-up carbon tax. Duration: 01:48

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Looking at alternative energy resources, with Jud Ready, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Derek Robertson, Wavebob; and CNBC's Bill Griffeth.

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Roush Racing CEO Jack Roush on using propane fuel as an alternative energy.

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Ushuaia is the southernmost city on Earth, just at the edge of the Antarctic. But even in this fridgid climate, global warming is taking a huge toll on glaciers that not only support a tourist industry but also provide drinking water for the city. Duration: 02:02

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A 315-million-euro satellite that will gauge the impact of climate change on the movement of water across land, air and sea was hoisted into space early Monday. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) probe will shed new light on how water circulates around Earth's oceans. Duration: 01:21

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Banking that coal power plants will come under legal and financial pressure to reduce emissions as part of efforts to reduce global warming, French firm Alstom on Friday unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant. It's a technology backers hope will fuel a new multi-billion dollar industry and keep the coal industry alive. Duration: 02:07

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Debating and debunking theories on global warming

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EU leaders on Friday agreed that developing nations will need 100 billion euros per year by 2020 to tackle climate change, but failed to put a figure to Europe's own contribution amid sharp east-west differences. A natural sound version of an AFPTV voiced report. Duration: 01:40

Liberal front-bencher Nick Minchin has signaled a further split within the coalition over climate change.