Archive for ‘co2 emissions’
Bali conference a great success, says Merkel
December 15th, 2007
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday praised the results achieved at the UN conference on climate change as a “great success.”
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Bali climate talks reach agreement
December 15th, 2007
The level of ambition to guide rich countries’ efforts to fight climate change was one of the most contentious issues at the Bali talks. The United States opposed a European Union-backed range for greenhouse gas emissions cuts by 2020. Earlier drafts had mentioned a goal for rich countries to cut.
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Climate talks in Bali focus on rich-poor divide
December 14th, 2007
Developing nations said they would resist “pressure and even threats” from some rich countries to step up the fight against global warming, as talks on a broader climate pact went to the wire on Friday.
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Final document circulated at Bali climate talks: report
December 14th, 2007
Bali climate talks go down to ‘crunch time’
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Bali deadline passes, talks to continue overnight
December 14th, 2007
Deadlines came and went on the final day of the UN climate conference Friday on Bali but by late evening uncertainty prevailed about when ministers would nail down a roadmap for negotiations for a new treaty to fight global warming.
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climate impasse in Bali easing
December 14th, 2007
Europe toned down a clash with the United States over 2020 climate goals on the final day of U.N. talks in Bali on Friday, raising hopes of a deal to start negotiations on a new global warming treaty.
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Gore blames U.S. for Bali stalemate
December 14th, 2007
Al Gore was speaking at the United Nations conference in Bali where 190 countries are trying to find consensus on a new approach to reducing carbon emmisions.
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Climate skeptics say debate stifled
December 13th, 2007
The head of the U.N. panel on climate change compared him to Hitler. Another leading scientist called him a parasite. A third described his latest book as a “stealth attack” on mankind.
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Indigenous people fear double climate hit
December 13th, 2007
Indigenous people already struggling to cope with a warming world risk losing their homes under rich-world schemes to tackle climate change by using forests as carbon sinks, activists said on Thursday.
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Bali U.N. climate talks and goals
December 13th, 2007
A 190-nation U.N. climate meeting in Bali from Dec 3-14 is seeking to launch two years of formal negotiations meant to end with agreement on a broad new U.N. pact to fight global warming.
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Climate talks deadlock
December 13th, 2007
A non-binding range from 25 to 40 per cent cuts below 1990 levels of greenhouse gases by 2020 remains in draft text but several nations including the United Nations, Canada and Australia oppose the guideline figures.
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Gore: US blocking climate talks progress
December 13th, 2007
Al Gore said Thursday the United States is “principally responsible” for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions.
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Bob Looks Baffled
December 12th, 2007
In this episode Jess focuses on Toyota playing both sides of the emissions debate, how Kiva is saving the world, one loan at a time, and the Holiday Gift Guide Part 2.
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Money & Politics: UN Climate Change Conference
December 12th, 2007
Bali Summit: Participants call for changes in Global Carbon Market
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Time to act on climate change is now, Bansays
December 12th, 2007
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the “time to act is now” to set an agenda for a more secure climate future as environment ministers from around the world gathered in Bali to reach a mandate for negotiations on a new global treaty to protect the climate.
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