I was honoured to be invited to address the International Conference on Climate Change, currently underway in New York. The ‘Manhattan Conference’, which takes place on March 9th/10th, brings together prominent scientists, commentators and political leaders from around the world who challenge the so-called “consensus” on climate change, and take a more realistic view. The C...

In recognition of the important work on climate change conducted by the trade union movement, the UN body dealing with climate change (the UNFCCC) has granted the ITUC the select formal status of being an “official constituency” in the Climate Change process for the ITUC’s...

To dismiss the implications of climate change based on an error about the rate at which Himalayan glaciers are melting is an act of astonishing intellectual legerdemain. Yet this is what some doubters of climate change are claiming. But the reality is that our understanding of climate change is based on

A few faked email stats and suddenly the entire edifice of climate change is in the balance. There's no doubt that the revelation of less than pure scientific method being used by the prominent climate change boffins at the University of East Anglia has given a new lease of life to the climate change deniers, or climo-sceptics. But, as we get ready to see our leaders parading their concern at the ...

The Guardian has one of its climate change scare scoops for us all to panic about today. Their good friend and climate change guru, Professor Robert Watson has held court and it is clear from what he says that we are all doomed. The UK should take active steps to prepare for dangerous climate change of perhaps 4C according to one of the government's chief scientific advisers. In policy areas

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on Tuesday regarding Climate change, and among the topics that popped up was the threat Climate change presented to national security. There is quite a bit of thought going into the potential, but let me ask a question... If Climate Change is so serious that we would apply a $600 billion cap and trade 'tax' on energy in the US, and we...

For a workers’ answer to climate change We fight for trade union independence from the bosses and the government and for an independent working class perspective on climate change. We want workplace and industry-wide committees and caucuses that fight for action on climate change at work and in working class communities. #For a 32-hour maximum working week,

Individuals are less willing to change their lifestyles or spend money to stop climate change according to new research showing attitudes to climate change as the economy slows down.

The UK Climate Projections 2009, released today, will help us plan and prepare for change to our climate in the UK. By acting now, we can limit the severity of climate change in the future. Labour’s approach to tackling climate change centres on protecting the public from immediate risk, preparing for the future, leading international efforts to get a global deal in Copenhagen in December, c...

This is the full text of a speech by Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to the Labour Party Annual Conference 2009. Yesterday, I set out why our manifesto needs to be bold. Today I want to talk about what that means for energy and climate change. Sometimes we think about climate change as a theoretical prospect for the future. It isn't, it is a reality today. Ea...