Archive for ‘kyoto’
20 key emitters to begin G-8 process with focus on post-Kyoto method
March 1st, 2008
The world’s 20 biggest greenhouse gas emitters will gather near Tokyo later this month for the first meeting related to July’s Group of Eight summit, with host Japan eager to promote its ”bottom-up” sectoral approach to fighting climate change.
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Aussies: Kyoto should have been ratified
February 18th, 2008
Australia should have ratified the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions years ago instead of becoming isolated on the issue along with the United States, two former Cabinet officials said.
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Should the US sign the Kyoto Agreement?
November 5th, 2007
Countries around the world have signed the Kyoto Protocol. Is it effective? Should the US have signed the amendment?Professor Diane Sullivan interviews Dr. Paul R. Epstein of the Harvard Medical School, Nancy Cole of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Kurt Olson Professor of Law at MSL on this episode of The Massachusetts School of Law’s Educational Forum: Global Warming.The …
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Howard breaks ranks with Bush on greenhouse targets
October 21st, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday that he would accept targets for cutting Australia’s greenhouse gases thrashed out in a global deal that would follow the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Speaking in a televised debate with opposition Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd, Howard also said that he would urge US President George W Bush to join …
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UN chief calls for ‘breakthrough’ at climate-change summit
September 24th, 2007
The largest-ever political summit on climate change got under way in New York City on Monday, with the head of the United Nations thanking the dozens of world leaders in attendance for sharing his concern about the environment.
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Climate change talks at U.N.
September 24th, 2007
The central issue during a trio of climate change meetings at the U.N. is how to curb the emission of climate-warming greenhouse gases.
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UN talks to address gridlock on reaching post-Kyoto treaty
September 23rd, 2007
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be among nearly 80 world leaders attending a United Nations summit in New York on Monday to spur action against climate change.
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Looking past Kyoto
July 13th, 2007
Civic Exchange invited Professor Thomas Heller of Stanford Law School to discuss the evolving structure of negotiations for the post-Kyoto period, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms for engagement of emerging market nations like China and India. In addition, discussion focused on potential projects in South and East China that may provide a viable alternative and/or complement the Kyoto Protocol’s …
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