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31.01.2010
Copenhagen climate deal gets low-key endorsement
OSLO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Nations accounting for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have restated their promises to fight climate change, meeting a Sunday deadline in a low-key endorsement of December's "Copenhagen Accord".
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30.01.2010
Canada files emissions target with UN
Canada has aligned itself with U.S. policy as it gave the United Nations its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the Copenhagen Accord.
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25.01.2010
China, India, Brazil Commit to Meet Copenhagen Accord Deadline
China, Brazil, South Africa and India will disclose the voluntary steps the countries will take to help reduce global warming by the Jan. 31 deadline set during negotiations in Copenhagen, India’s environment minister said after talks between the four nations in New Delhi yesterday.
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24.01.2010
Emerging nations pledge climate change unity in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China said on Sunday that talks in New Delhi had further cemented their alliance following the Copenhagen climate change summit.
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24.01.2010
China to rich nations: Hand out climate money now
NEW DELHI -- Brazil, China, India and South Africa called Sunday for developed countries to quickly begin handing over the $10 billion pledged in Copenhagen to poor countries to help them deal with the effects of climate change.
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22.01.2010
Govt preparing decree to cut gas emissions
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government is currently preparing a legal umbrella in the form of a presidential decree to achieve the target of greenhouse gas reduction by 26 percent nationwide by 2020.
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22.01.2010
Copenhagen & beyond: Stage set for BASIC meet in Delhi
NEW DELHI: With an eye on the climate change conference in Mexico, the BASIC countries are considering ways to mend fences with the small island states and less developed countries. At the BASIC meeting to be held this week, India is likely to put forward a proposal for a fund to help vulnerable countries to deal with the effects of climate change.
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19.01.2010
Binding climate deal 'reachable this year': UN
Countries could reach a binding agreement on climate change in Mexico City this year after failing to do so in Copenhagen, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Tuesday.
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15.01.2010
Nominee admits EU lacks 'world authority'
Germany's nominee for the European Commission yesterday made an unusually frank assessment of the European Union's weight in global affairs, saying last month's climate change summit had exposed the bloc's limited influence on the international stage.
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15.01.2010
'Kyoto is in intensive care'
Jairam Ramesh is perhaps the most intelligent and energetic environment minister India has had. He has brought a new sense of purpose to his ministry, outlined an ambitious domestic agenda, introduced greater transparency, and dramatically altered India’s negotiating stance in the global talks on climate change. Here, for the first time, Ramesh speaks to Business Standard on what he has done so far and his future agenda. In the first of a three-part interview Ramesh speaks about the meaning of the Copenhagen Accord. Subsequent instalments will deal with the domestic policy agenda.
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15.01.2010
Indonesia ready for binding targets on emissions reduction
State Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has insisted that Indonesia will submit an official report on the country’s emissions cuts target to the United Nation by the end of this month, which will bind Indonesia to emissions reduction.
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15.01.2010
China, 3 others to chart climate roadmap
China's climate official yesterday confirmed that climate ministers from four emerging economies will meet in India this month, to help chart a roadmap toward a legally binding global climate change agreement in Mexico City this year.
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14.01.2010
India Plans $16 Billion Energy-Saving Credit Market
India, the world’s fourth-largest polluter, plans to start a market to trade energy-saving credits that may reach 740 billion rupees ($16 billion) in five years as it seeks to curb emissions that cause global warming.
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13.01.2010
U.S. envoy optimistic Senate will pass climate bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. climate negotiator said he hopes the U.S. Senate will pass a global warming bill in the first half of the year, but the country will have to work on alternatives if the legislation fails.
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13.01.2010
Gore Urges Senate to Defend EPA’s Power to Limit Greenhouse Gas
Former Vice President Al Gore joined a dozen Senate Democrats in opposing a Republican effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from placing limits on greenhouse-gas emissions. The Republicans may soon try to “strip” the EPA of “its ability to regulate most carbon pollution, letting the worst polluters off the hook,” Gore, who won an Oscar and a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to publicize global warming, said yesterday in an e-mail to supporters.
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13.01.2010
‘US-Japan ties is essential pillar of Asia-Pacific security’
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said that the relationship between the United States and Japan is not only testament to America’s engagement in the region but is also an essential pillar of the Asia-Pacific security architecture.
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