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28.02.2010 China says moving to enforce greenhouse gas goals
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Sunday it will spell out greenhouse gas emissions goals and monitoring rules for regions and sectors in its next five-year plan, with monitoring to show it is serious about curbing emissions.
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26.02.2010 U.N. says will create science panel to review IPCC
An independent board of scientists will be appointed to review the world's top climate science panel, which has been accused of sloppy work, a U.N. climate spokesman said on Friday.
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26.02.2010 Push to Oversimplify at Climate Panel
In the next few days, the world's leading authority on global warming plans to roll out a strategy to tackle a tough problem: restoring its own bruised reputation.
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26.02.2010 China, India back Copenhagen Accord: UN Climate chief
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - India and China have demonstrated commitment to a climate accord struck in Copenhagen last year and their refusal so far to "associate" with it should not be overblown, the UN's climate chief said on Friday.
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25.02.2010 Climate change a global danger, Ban says
Global leaders must work to advance climate initiatives that have teeth as the window of opportunity closes, the U.N. secretary-general said in Indonesia.
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24.02.2010 Pledged emissions cuts targets will not be effective: Study
Pledges put forward since the Copenhagen climate change conference will unlikely be able to keep temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius by the middle of the century, a new study finds.
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24.02.2010 Indonesia's president officially opens UNEP conference on environment
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially opened the 11th Special Session of the UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum at 11:00 Bali times ( 0300 GMT) on Wednesday.
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24.02.2010 Australian carbon laws vote delayed till May
Australia's troubled plan for a multi-billion dollar carbon trade scheme hit a new delay on Wednesday when parliament's upper house, the Senate, postponed debate on the package of 11 bills until at least May.
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24.02.2010 “India should look at alternative model of growth”
CHENNAI: From the Copenhagen talks on climate change to the Afghan intervention and the moral dilemma in using drones to drive out the Taliban, British High Commissioner to India Richard Stagg fielded questions on a range of topics on Tuesday.
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24.02.2010 Tackling climate change 'urgent,' Hu says
China's leaders begin challenging goal of cutting carbon emissions.
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24.02.2010 Danish PM appreciates Chinese premier's role in Copenhagen conference: FM spokesman
Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen earlier this month expressed his appreciation for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's important and constructive role in the Copenhagen conference, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
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24.02.2010 China envoy says deep divides threaten climate talks
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rich and developing countries have little hope of overcoming key disagreements over how to fight global warming, China's climate change ambassador said on Wednesday, warning of a year of troubled negotiations.
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23.02.2010 Climate meeting in April aims at reviving UN process
COPENHAGEN — Talks will take place in April under the UN flag for planning the next steps in the effort toward a global treaty on climate change, Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Lykke Friis said Monday.
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22.02.2010 Mexico-Caricom Summit Pledges Fight against Crime, Climate Change
The inaugural summit between Mexico and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) concluded on Sunday with participants pledging further efforts to fight organized crime and redress climate change.
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22.02.2010 Climate-Change Fervor Cools Amid Disputed Science, Defections
U.S. Representative Bob Inglis went from climate-change skeptic to believer four years ago as opinion leaders from Al Gore to General Electric Co. chief Jeffrey Immelt called for laws to curb global warming.
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22.02.2010 Bonn to host extra U.N. climate talks, treaty unsure
OSLO (Reuters) - Germany will host an extra session of U.N. climate talks in April but it is too early to say if the world will agree a new treaty this year after falling short at a summit in Copenhagen in December, Denmark said on Monday.
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22.02.2010 More countries pledge to cut emissions under Copenhagen Accord
Some 70 developed and developing countries, responsible for about 80% of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, had submitted emission mitigation pledges to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) by Monday.
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21.02.2010 Tropical storms to be more intense but less frequent: climate study
PARIS (AFP) – Tropical cyclones may become less frequent this century but pack a stronger punch as a result of global warming, a paper published on Sunday said.
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21.02.2010 Senate weighs final push to move climate bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-ditch attempt at passing a climate change bill begins in the Senate this week with senators mindful that time is running short and that approaches to the legislation still vary widely, according to sources.
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21.02.2010 Kenya: Sh2 Billion Grant to Fight Changes in Climate
Nairobi — Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Sunday announced that the Japanese Government has extended a Sh2.24 billion grant to support Kenya's efforts in mitigating effects of climate change.
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