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10.03.2011
S Africans told to do their part for change
Durban - A massive climate awareness programme will be rolled out to educate South Africans on climate change, the national department of environmental affairs said on Wednesday.
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10.03.2011
RI cool on climate mitigation schemes: Walhi
JAKARTA: Programs aimed at empowering people in developing countries to adapt to climate change have not drawn much interest from the government because they focus more on mitigation, a report says.
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10.03.2011
Former South Korean PM pushes for alternative eco-friendly options
Former South Korean premier Dr Han Seung-soo was in Thailand to promote new alternatives for protecting the environment since the international community has yet to come up with ideas on dealing with the issue now that the Kyoto Protocol is nearing its end.
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08.03.2011
Europe Sets Higher Goal for Cutting Emissions
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is aiming to minimize the effects of sharply rising fuel prices and to beat its current goal for reducing emissions, under measures proposed on Tuesday, in part by requiring member governments to upgrade the energy efficiency of public buildings.
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08.03.2011
Eco-farming can double food output by poor: U.N.
(Reuters) - Many farmers in developing nations can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday.
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06.03.2011
Kyoto extension must include U.S., China: U.N. climate head
The head of the U.N. climate convention cautioned last week against Japan's opposition to setting a new phase of commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming, and chided opponents for their "simplistic thinking."
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02.03.2011
U.N. climate talks seen missing aid plan deadline
A plan by almost 200 countries to step up efforts to fight climate change is set to miss a March deadline for starting work on a green fund to help developing nations, delegates said on Wednesday.
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02.03.2011
UN urges government to implement Cancun accord
New York : The United Nations climate change chief on Tuesday called on governments to quickly transform the agreements reached in the Mexican city of Cancún last year into tangible action on the ground, and provide clarity on the future of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases emissions.
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02.03.2011
'Fate of Kyoto Protocol should be resolved'
United Nations: Nations participating in the next United Nations climate conference in South Africa should resolve the future of the Kyoto Protocol, UN climate chief Christina Figueres has said.
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01.03.2011
UN climate chief warns Durban offers last chance for carbon market clarity
The head of the UN climate change secretariat has warned the future of the global carbon market could be thrown into doubt unless this year's annual climate change summit in Durban reaches an agreement on how to replace or extend the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol when it ends in 2012.
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01.03.2011
EU ETS endorsed as growing more cost effective
Confidence is growing in the EU’s emissions trading scheme (EU ETS), according to respondents to the sixth annual carbon market survey carried out by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon.
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28.02.2011
SA a major global polluter
South Africa is the world’s 13th biggest emitter of greenhouse gases that are causing human-induced global climate change, Parliament’s portfolio committee on water and environmental affairs has heard.
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28.02.2011
China Vows To Cut Energy, Carbon Intensity By 2015
China aims to cut the amount of energy and carbon dioxide emissions needed for every unit of economic growth by 16 to 17 percent from this year to the end of 2015, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.
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28.02.2011
Incalzirea globala, subiect fierbinte pentru Hollywood
„Aveti puterea de a influenta milioane si chiar miliarde de oameni de pe cuprinsul planetei. A face Pamantul sustenabil din punct de vedere al mediului este un imperativ moral si politic. Avem nevoie de sustinerea voastra!”, a indemnat secretarul general al ONU, Ban Ki-Moon, reprezentantilor industriei de la Hollywood, intr-o intalnire concentrata asupra mai multor teme precum recentele valuri de caldura, inundatii, incendii si perioade de seceta.
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25.02.2011
UE ar putea dubla pretul emisiilor de carbon
Uniunea Europeana ar putea dubla pretul emisiilor de carbon in urmatorii 20 de ani pentru a reduce poluarea, potrivit unui document al autoritatilor de la Bruxelles.
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