02.11.2010
U.S. to Focus on Job Gains Before Carbon Fixes, Yergin Says
The likelihood of Republicans gaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives means more focus on creating jobs than reducing carbon emissions, said Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer-winning author of oil-industry history “The Prize.” |
02.11.2010
A price on carbon?
IF THERE is a global treaty to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Singapore will have to implement a carbon price to 'send the right price signals', Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday. |
01.11.2010
Election could affect U.S. pledge on international climate aid
As the next round of U.N. climate talks approach this month in Cancun, Merxico, the Obama administration finds itself in an awkward position: pushing its enduring commitment to bold climate action even as the prospects for comprehensive legislation have evaporated at home. |
28.10.2010
KIRIBATI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TARAWA CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Kiribati government is optimistic agreement can be achieved on issues such as funding for climate change adaptation at an international conference it’ll be hosting next month, but it says it can’t say the same for the United Nations conference in December. |
28.10.2010
Hopes for treaty rise at UN biodiversity summit
NAGOYA, Japan (AFP) – Hopes rose that rich and poor nations would be able to forge a historic treaty to protect the world's ecosystems after grinding progress was made at a UN summit on Thursday, delegates said. |
28.10.2010
World Bank launches scheme to green government accounts
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday launched a program to help nations put a value on nature just like GDP in a bid to stop the destruction of forests, wetlands and reefs that underpin businesses and economies. |
28.10.2010
Chinese firms blamed in huge greenhouse gas scam
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is planning to clamp down on a €2 billion ($2.8 billion) carbon trading scam involving the deliberate production of greenhouse gases which the fraudulent manufacturers are then paid to destroy. |
27.10.2010
U.N. talks to save nature zero in on historic deal
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a U.N. deal to protect nature, urged by the World Bank to value the benefits of forests, oceans and rivers on economies and human welfare. |
27.10.2010
Japan looks to ancient wisdom to save biodiversity
TOYOOKA, Japan (AFP) – Four decades ago the oriental white stork became extinct in Japan, the victim of rapid industrialisation and modern farm practices and heavy pesticide use that destroyed its habitat. |
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