Nations renew climate vows under Copenhagen Accord.
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Other NewsEditorialsAfrica and global warming.African leaders should look inward for honest, committed and thoughtful leadership, and not seek to greedily make a meal of all things, including climate change. Lagos This Day 05 Feb Leaders should not fear passing climate legislation.Despite all of the trials and tribulations our nation has endured in the past few years, and despite a well-funded campaign to derail climate legislation, the American public has stood firm and wants action. Salem Statesman Journal 03 Feb We should know who leaked the emails on climate change.In the interest of restoring some clarity to this important debate, now that the possible involvement of governments or agencies in the leaking of the climate change emails has been raised, it is vital that a real effort is made to clear up this matter. London Independent 02 Feb Response to Copenhagen.If the American people will not make economic sacrifices to hedge against global warming, they must be convinced that they will not have to, or better yet, that actions will reap benefits. Stanford Daily 07 Jan Pursue common ground on energy.The global spotlight on climate change this month put the topic of reducing greenhouse gas emissions briefly on the front burner, but cooled quickly after a temporary agreement was reached in Copenhagen. Green Bay Press-Gazette 30 Dec Even watered-down cap and trade beats status quo.The climate-change accord President Barack Obama brought back from Copenhagen two weeks ago rests on thin ice, indeed. Nashville Tennessean 30 Dec Who started the fire?As mankind debates global warming at summits, holds meetings under water and on mountain peaks, the heat is definitely on. Here is our list of top ten climate altering events over the last one year. Deccan Herald 29 Dec Climate conference in Copenhagen unsurprisingly falls short.It is unrealistic to believe that any nation, regardless of climate threats, is going to destroy its economy to meet drastic greenhouse gas reduction goals mandated at a global climate conference like the one in Copenhagen. Oakland Tribune 29 Dec OpinionAway from the Copenhagen chill, climate debate heats up.Global warming glowed feebly into a heated controversy as the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change was set in the pillory for having written on the wall that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. Khaleej Times 07 Feb Climate consensus under strain.We ask a range of experts: What damage has been done by recent criticisms of climate science credibility? London Guardian 05 Feb Davos: Bottom up solutions from the top of the mountain.Since the wrap up of COP-15, a lot of attention has been devoted to debating "Who lost Copenhagen?" But last week in Davos, a far more promising question was being asked: "How can business and consumers create a sustainable economy from the ground up?" Fast Company 05 Feb Copenhagen - the Munich of our times?Climate negotiations will never be the same after the Copenhagen climate summit, and the accord reached may very well prove to be the Munich Agreement of modern times -- an appeasement to major polluters that condemns the world to runaway climate change and declares war on our children. BBC 03 Feb Ten debates the greens didn't want to have.These 10 selected facts about global warming, which have been largely ignored amid the orthodoxies to which we are subjected every day, are either true or backed by scientific opinion. All can also be hotly contested, with a counter-punch. Sydney Morning Herald 02 Feb Challenge of climate change, post-Copenhagen.Are the world and human society in general ready and willing to take action on critical issues that require a major change in the manner in which we produce and consume goods and services? Hindu 01 Feb Climate action can't be put off.We know we must put a limit on our emissions. Nothing at Copenhagen changes that fundamental fact. And the cheapest and most effective way to do that remains the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Sydney Australian 01 Feb So much wasted green for climate-change talks.Participants of the U.N. climate change Conference could have put together a nonbinding treaty to try to halve emissions in 40 years by phone or the Internet. But the circus always was more important than the cause. San Francisco Chronicle 01 Feb |
Urban growth driving deforestation.The biggest causes of deforestation in tropical countries are population growth in cities and agricultural exports, a finding that should shape decisions on preventing forest loss, experts say. Agence France-Presse 08 Feb Promising to control emissions.Dozens of countries are joining the new Copenhagen Accord climate agreement, promising to control their emissions of greenhouse gases. Chemical & Engineering News 08 Feb Climate change: Africa seeks credible financial package.Africa, as one of the victims of climate change, should be given suitable financial compensation for mitigation and adaptation projects, a top UN official said Sunday. Indo-Asian News Service 08 Feb Carbon markets after Copenhagen: Don't hold your breath.Something curious has been happening in the carbon markets. Even the most inventive financial engineers would not have come up with the idea of a difference in value between the air people breathe in and the air they breathe out. Yet traders seem uninterested in political cues. Economist 06 Feb PM underplays Kyoto Protocol.India appears to have begun underplaying the importance of the Kyoto Protocol. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who backed the Copenhagen Accord on Friday, said, "A modest accord that is fully implemented may be better than an ambitious one that falls seriously short of its targets. Bombay Economic Times 06 Feb Vietnam hails international support for climate change response.International support to mitigate damage to Vietnam caused by climate change not only aids the country’s poverty reduction efforts, but also helps to ensure food security around the world, said a Vietnamese official. Voice of Vietnam 05 Feb Climate of Davos despair.The ruins of global financial capitalism on display at the World Economic Forum included . . . the dashing of hopes for a deal to save the planet from global warming. Sydney Australian 04 Feb Companies feel threatened by climate fight.Certain countries and companies feel threatened by growing efforts against climate change, the U.N. climate chief said on Thursday, after other officials spoke of a campaign to undermine a consensus on global warming. Reuters 04 Feb India asks G-77 to stay united over climate change talks.India has asked the Group of 77 developing countries to stay united to see that climate change negotiations address “the glaring injustice that those worst affected by climate change are the least responsible for it.” Indo-Asian News Service 04 Feb Reaching greenhouse gas targets will be difficult but doable, says Doer.Canada's envoy to the United States says it's going to be difficult to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on both sides of the border by 17 per cent in 10 years in order to honour the Copenhagen deal on climate change. Canadian Press 04 Feb Government admits climate debate has changed.The federal government has admitted the climate change debate may have changed in the wake of the failed global summit in Copenhagen. But it insists an emissions trading scheme is still the best way to reduce greenhouse gases. Australian Associated Press 03 Feb Poor give muted backing to Copenhagen climate deal.A "Copenhagen Accord" for fighting climate change has won only half-hearted support from major emerging nations led by China and India, leaving question marks over a pact they agreed with the United States. Reuters 03 Feb Climate accord suggests a global will, if not a way.The reality is that even though governments at Copenhagen agreed to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2°C this century, the carbon-emissions cuts they've promised are not nearly steep enough to achieve that goal. Time Magazine 03 Feb Bangladesh needs $9.5b annually, says expert.Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday rejected climate change experts' view that the government lacks capacity to absorb the huge amount of fund for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Dhaka Daily Star 03 Feb Canada tweaks emissions reduction targets.In a pledge made as part of the Copenhagen Accord, Canada has officially notified the U.N. that it intends to establish national greenhouse gas emission targets that correspond with the United States’ goal of a 17 percent reduction from 2005 levels by 2020. New York Times 03 Feb UN says nations' greenhouse gas pledges too little.The reduction goals announced by the nations responsible for the bulk of the world's greenhouse gas emissions are likely to fall short of what many scientists say is needed to limit the disastrous effects of climate change, a U.N. official said Monday. Associated Press 02 Feb Carbon market: Smoke, no fire.
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Four years ago, when he helped create the Montreal Climate Exchange, Léon Bitton thought it would be only a short time before the federal government introduced binding cap-and-trade legislation, allowing Montreal to become the centre of environmental finance and emissions trading in Canada. Financial Post 02 Feb Climate accord gets boost, but where's the money?More than a month after the nearly scuttled climate deal, rich nations have yet to say when and how they will deliver emergency funds to help poor ones begin to green their economies and cope with climate impacts. Agence France-Presse 02 Feb U.S., China, others join Copenhagen Accord on climate.The United States, China and dozens of other countries accounting for nearly 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have signed onto a voluntary agreement to curb climate change. Los Angeles Times 02 Feb 55 countries send UN their carbon-curbing plans.Submissions have come from major developed and developing countries, and collectively account for about three-quarters of the world's emissions from energy use. But few of the smaller, more vulnerable nations have sent in their figures. BBC 02 Feb Countries submit emission goals.The climate change accord reached at Copenhagen in December passed its first test on Monday after countries responsible for the bulk of climate-altering pollution formally submitted their emissions reductions plans, meeting the agreement’s Jan. 31 deadline. New York Times 02 Feb World’s biggest emitters sign up to Copenhagen Accord.China, the U.S. and the 27-nation European Union signed up to the Copenhagen Accord, giving life to the first climate-protection agreement that contains numerical goals for all the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters. Bloomberg News 02 Feb Major emitters set carbon goals after Copenhagen.Fifty-five countries accounting for almost 80 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions have pledged varying goals for fighting climate change under a deadline in the "Copenhagen Accord," the United Nations said on Monday. Reuters 02 Feb Climate change targets 'disappointing.'The climate change deal signed in Copenhagen last year is looking weaker than ever after fewer than half of the countries that took part in negotiations managed to meet the latest deadline to fight global warming. London Daily Telegraph 02 Feb China's Wen seeks binding climate deal in Mexico.China endorsed the "Copenhagen Accord" struck at a contentious climate change summit late last year and wants a binding global agreement from talks culminating in Mexico later this year, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said. Reuters 02 Feb Chances of Copenhagen climate talks 'rematch' unlikely, say experts.At the end of the chaotic Copenhagen summit, a replay in Mexico in November was seen as a good result. But now, just six weeks later, senior figures around the world do not even believe the rematch is likely to be played. London Guardian 02 Feb Big nations set out emission cuts targets.
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Most of the world’s big economies on Sunday filed their targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions with the UN, meeting the deadline set in Copenhagen. London Financial Times 01 Feb Global deal on climate change in 2010 'all but impossible.'A global deal to tackle climate change is all but impossible in 2010, leaving the scale and pace of action to slow global warming in coming decades uncertain, according to senior figures across the world involved in the negotiations. London Guardian 01 Feb Gloom gathers around divisive Australia CO2 laws.Reviled by conservatives and rejected by swing voting senators, Australia's plan for the world's most comprehensive emissions scheme appears dead in 2010, hurting investment plans for businesses wanting carbon clarity. Reuters 01 Feb Agri sector kept out of climate change cuts.In keeping with its pledge of adopting a low-carbon path, India has informed the UN that it will undertake voluntary cuts of its emission intensity by 20-25 per cent by 2020 but asserted that it will not be applicable to the agriculture sector. New Delhi Business Standard 01 Feb |