Archive for ‘un’
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.
Popularity: 6%
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.
Popularity: 7%
Al Gore lays blame for Bali stalemate on U.S.
December 13th, 2007
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore drew cheers at 190-nation talks by saying the United States was the main block to launching negotiations in Bali on a new global climate treaty.
Popularity: 6%
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.
Popularity: 5%
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.
Popularity: 6%
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.
Popularity: 6%
UN chief cautions on climate targets
December 12th, 2007
In the face of U.S. opposition, the U.N. chief said Wednesday that guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions cuts favored by Europe and developing countries may be “too ambitious” to include in a final statement on climate change.
Popularity: 2%
US faces new demands at Bali talks
December 12th, 2007
As the U.N. climate conference entered its last days, the United States encountered — and rejected — fresh demands Wednesday that it accept ambitious guidelines for negotiating future cuts in emissions of global-warming gases.
Popularity: 3%
U.N. aims to provide carbon neutral example
December 12th, 2007
More countries should follow the examples of Costa Rica, Norway and New Zealand and aim to wipe out their contribution to climate change altogether, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Wednesday.
Popularity: 4%
Emission cuts debated at climate summit
December 11th, 2007
Delegates at the U.N. climate conference struggled to agree Tuesday on whether they will call on rich nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by specific amounts, and the U.N. chief warned that the human race faces oblivion if it fails to confront global warming.
Popularity: 2%
Tiny new U.N. fund to combat droughts, rising seas
December 11th, 2007
A new U.N. fund to help poor nations cope with climate change threats such as droughts or rising seas can start up in 2008 after a draft deal at U.N. talks in Bali, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Popularity: 3%
Money, poor nations in climate conference spotlight
December 11th, 2007
Money was the focus Tuesday at a UN climate conference after warnings about how much global warming would cost and how poor nations would bear the brunt of climate change.
Popularity: 4%
UN Climate Change Conference
December 10th, 2007
US rejected UN’s proposal for mandatory carbon emissions targets
Popularity: 4%
Gore and UN climate panel chair receive Nobel Peace Prize
December 10th, 2007
Former US vice president Al Gore and Rajendra Puchauri, chair of the UN climate panel, received standing ovations Monday when they were awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Popularity: 3%
Finance ministers in Bali count climate costs
December 10th, 2007
Forty nations held unprecedented talks about ways to slow global warming without derailing world economic growth on the margins of U.N. climate talks in Bali on Monday.
Popularity: 6%
