http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP)—The United Nations climate chief is urging people not to look solely to their governments to make tough decisions to slow global warming, and instead to consider their own role in solving the problem. http://phys.org/news273491840.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:57:27 EST news273491840 The European Parliament overwhelmingly defeated an international anti-piracy trade agreement Wednesday after concern that it would limit Internet freedom sparked street protests in cities across Europe. http://phys.org/news260606680.html Technology Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:44:45 EST news260606680 A controversial global pact to battle counterfeiting and online piracy was dealt a new setback Thursday as a key European Parliament panel rejected the deal. http://phys.org/news259518080.html Technology Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:21:34 EST news259518080 A new round of climate talks will be held in Bangkok from August 30 to September 5 to prepare for minister-level negotiations at year end, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said on Friday. http://phys.org/news257779951.html Space & Earth Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:32:40 EST news257779951 China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes. http://phys.org/news257100575.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 May 2012 17:49:42 EST news257100575 Climate researchers said Thursday the planet could warm by more than 3.5 degrees Celsius (6.3 degrees Fahrenheit), boosting the risk of drought, flood and rising seas. http://phys.org/news257072461.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 May 2012 10:01:08 EST news257072461 UN climate talks are going nowhere, as politicians dither or bicker while the pace of warming dangerously speeds up, one of the architects of the Kyoto Protocol told AFP. http://phys.org/news256986372.html Space & Earth Wed, 23 May 2012 10:06:19 EST news256986372 UN members on Thursday took their first steps in a marathon to negotiate a new global pact by 2015 that for the first time will place rich and poor under a common legal regime to tackle climate change. http://phys.org/news256490601.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 May 2012 16:23:33 EST news256490601 A controversial global pact to battle counterfeiting and online piracy faced a new setback on Thursday as the European Parliament's pointman on the legislation urged fellow lawmakers to reject it. http://phys.org/news253447883.html Technology Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:11:28 EST news253447883 India said Tuesday it would reject any global pact legally binding it to cut greenhouse gas emissions as such a move could stifle economic growth needed to eradicate poverty. http://phys.org/news244204984.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:43:09 EST news244204984 In the race against world governments and the wealthiest companies to commercialize a nuclear fusion reactor, a small, innovative Canadian firm is hoping to bottle and sell the sun's energy. http://phys.org/news241863024.html Technology Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:10:32 EST news241863024 A new study issued today by some of the world's top experts on forest governance finds fault with a spate of international accords, and helps explain their failure to stop rampant destruction of the world's most vulnerable forests. The report suggests that global efforts have too often ignored local needs, while failing to address the most fundamental challenge to global forest management -- that deforestation usually is caused by economic pressures imposed from outside the forests. http://phys.org/news215070767.html Space & Earth Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:53:03 EST news215070767 (AP) -- Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them - or at least cut them in half - by 2050 under a draft agreement circulated Friday at the U.N. climate talks. http://phys.org/news179756674.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:00:02 EST news179756674 The first official draft blueprint for a deal at the UN climate talks sees targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 or 2.0 degrees Celsius (2.7 or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a document seen by AFP on Friday. http://phys.org/news179751599.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:04:23 EST news179751599