On final day, climate talks seek exit from text mire
A long round of UN climate talks closes in Bonn Thursday with negotiators grappling for a way out of a textual bog.
Environment
Jun 11, 2015
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Climate change efforts backfire in Brazil's steel industry
New research shows that climate change mitigation efforts in Brazil's steel industry have failed. Instead of reducing greenhouse gas pollution, scientists discovered that programs under an international climate treaty led ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2015
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Climate rhetoric faces devil in the detail at Lima talks
Politically sidelined since a 2009 UN summit almost ended in a bust-up, climate change has resurfaced as a priority but faces a brutal test at talks opening in Lima on Monday.
Environment
Nov 28, 2014
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US-China climate deal aims to prod others to act
A groundbreaking agreement struck by the United States and China is putting the world's two worst polluters on a faster track to curbing the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. With the clock ticking on a worldwide ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2014
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Japan considering new base on Antarctica
Japan is looking at building a new base on Antarctica so scientists can study air trapped in ice a million years ago, in a bid to better understand climate change, an official said Monday.
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2014
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A new approach to making climate treaties work
(Phys.org) —Why can't global leaders agree on a broad, effective climate change pact? More than 20 years after they began, international negotiations based on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have ...
Environment
Aug 21, 2013
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Climate chief warns of 'urgency' as CO2 levels rise
The UN's climate chief called for urgency Monday as she opened a new round of global talks amid warnings that Earth-warming carbon dioxide levels were approaching a symbolic threshold never seen in human history.
Environment
Apr 29, 2013
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AP Interview: UN chief blames rich for warming
(AP)—Rich countries are to blame for climate change and should take the lead in forging a global climate pact by 2015, a deadline that "must be met," the head of the United Nations said Wednesday.
Environment
Dec 5, 2012
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Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at climate talks
(AP)—Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump.
Environment
Dec 3, 2012
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New Zealand: Forget Kyoto, write new climate deal
Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2012
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