China has formally signed up for the climate accord agreed at the Copenhagen summit.

The UN’s top climate change official Yvo De Boer today announced he was resigning after nearly four years, a period when governments struggled without success to agree on a new global warming deal.

The pope today denounced the failure of world leaders to agree to a new climate change treaty in Copenhagen saying that peace depends on safeguarding God’s creation.

WHAT a pity, with winter weather causing dangerous driving conditions and disruptions to air travel, that we ripped up three-quarters of Ireland’s railways half a century ago.

DURING her tour of areas hit by flooding this week, President McAleese warned that we must not turn our back on the families still enduring the consequences of the recent floods.

British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband today accused China of “hijacking” the Copenhagen summit and preventing a legally binding treaty desired by most of the world.

“THE city of Copenhagen is a crime scene tonight, with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport,” said John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, on Friday night.

GOVERNMENTS from around the world will this week sort through the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit as the UN prepares to try again for a binding global agreement next year.

A senior official in US President Barack Obama’s administration said tonight that America, China, India and South Africa have reached a “meaningful agreement” on climate change at the Copenhagen summit.

IN a showdown between the world’s two largest polluters, China accused the United States and other rich nations yesterday of backsliding on commitments to fight global warming and the top American envoy declared the US would not change its offer on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

A showdown between the world’s two largest polluters loomed over the Copenhagen climate talks talks today as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backtracking on a deal to fight global warming.

China, the world’s biggest polluter, today accused developed countries of backtracking on their duty to fight climate change.

Developing countries today agreed to resume climate change negotiations in Copenhagen after a half-day suspension.

THE discourse surrounding climate change is as polarised as that on any important issue today. This division is unlikely to be reflected next week in Copenhagen when the UN COP15 climate conference opens on Monday.

A new opposition party leader today vowed to scupper Australia’s plans to become one of the first nations with a carbon trading system to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks today determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues, but still showing divisions over economic, security and human rights issues that have long bedevilled the two powers.

Europe’s leaders will struggle to display unity today on climate change, financial regulation – and Tony Blair.

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned of a “catastrophe” for the planet, if action to tackle climate change is not agreed at forthcoming UN talks on global warming.

STEVEN GERRARD has described England’s performance in Denmark as ‘a shambles’ and urged manager Sven-Goran Eriksson to call an emergency meeting to discuss problems arising from an embarrassing 4-1 defeat.

EU LEADERS were struggling to repair relations with Turkey at the Copenhagen summit yesterday, as the failure to give them a starting date for EU membership talks sparked bitter recriminations.

THE small matter of about €2.1 billion was last night all that stood in the way of a deal to clinch the expansion of the EU to 25 nations.

Europe Correspondent