News tagged with global agreement
EU 'open' to talks on airlines tax, but won't change law
EU officials said Sunday they will negotiate with international partners angry at what they see as a climate tax on airlines, but refused to change hotly disputed legislation despite fears in Germany.
Mar 04, 2012 |
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EU asks airlines emissions fee opponents for alternatives
EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard on Monday called on countries fighting an airlines carbon emissions fee to propose concrete action to fight climate change.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Ex-UN climate chief to AP: talks are rudderless
(AP) -- Yvo de Boer said he left his job as the U.N.'s top climate official in frustration 18 months ago, believing the process of negotiating a meaningful climate agreement was failing. His opinion hasn't changed.
Dec 04, 2011 |
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Dispute erupts on timing of global climate pact
(AP) -- Small developing countries are protesting calls by Russia and Japan to delay a global climate change agreement.
Nov 03, 2011 |
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UN chief calls for urgent action on climate change
(AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that urgent action was needed on climate change, pointing to the famine in the Horn of Africa and devastating floods in northern Australia ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts
(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 ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Failure to tackle climate change spells a global health catastrophe
An editorial and letter, published simultaneously by the BMJ and Lancet today, warn that failure to agree radical cuts in carbon dioxide emissions at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen this December spells a glob ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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