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16.11.2011
Japan to field bureaucrat to head global green fund
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Tuesday it will field a senior Finance Ministry official as a candidate to head the Global Environmental Facility, a green fund linked to the World Bank and other international development bodies.
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15.11.2011
EU resolution to nudge higher goal for carbon cuts
(Reuters) - European politicians are expected to vote through a resolution on Wednesday that nudges higher the bloc's ambitions to deepen its carbon reduction, ahead of climate change talks this month in Durban, a European Parliament source said.
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15.11.2011
UN carbon scheme undermined: report
The UN-backed carbon offset market needs an overhaul as it lacks transparency and is vulnerable to bribery and collusion that threaten efforts to help developing nations cut their growing carbon emissions, researchers in Britain said.
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15.11.2011
Ahead of Durban, major economies to meet in New York
NEW DELHI: The 17 major emitters are making a last ditch attempt to resolve the impasse over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol and the shape of a future global legal deal to tackle climate change. With a fortnight to the UN-sponsored climate meet at Durban, the Major Economies Forum is meeting in New York this week to hammer out a working compromise.
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14.11.2011
Climate deal unlikely soon, as emissions grow
(Reuters) - A new and broader climate deal is out of reach for now and instead nations need to focus on how to replace the ailing Kyoto Protocol before 2020, Britain's minister of state for energy and climate change said on Monday.
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13.11.2011
Russia Intransigent on Kyoto Protocol Extension
Russia's chief climate negotiator said the country will "never" sign up to extend the Kyoto Protocol for a second implementation period, casting further doubt on chances of a deal at the international climate conference in South Africa at the end of this month.
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13.11.2011
Eurozone crisis may cloud Durban climate talks
Ahead of the Durban climate change talks beginning Nov 28, experts are worried that Eurozone crisis may curtail the billions of dollars of funding from industrialised countries to their poorer counterparts to adapt to climate change.
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13.11.2011
Carbon Trading May Be Ready for Its Next Act
LONDON — Gone are the days when carbon trade was seen as a vital policy tool to cut emissions at the cheapest cost, and not many people talk about its prospects for overtaking the oil market in terms of traded value anymore.
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11.11.2011
Următorul Război Rece va fi purtat cu gaze de seră
Locul bombelor nucleare va fi luat secolul următor de fabrici. În loc să ne temem că lumea va fi nimicită de arme atomice, ne vom teme ca va fi distrusă, încetul cu încetul, de emisiile de carbon.
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10.11.2011
Scenariu catastrofal: Emisiile de CO2, cu 20% mai mari pana in 2035
Agentia Internationala de Energie (AIE) se asteapta la o crestere cu 20% a poluarii cu dioxid de carbon pana in 2035. AIE aduce in sprijinul acestei afirmatii cresterea medie a temperaturilor globale cu 3,5 grade Celsius, potrivit raportului sau, dat de curand publicitatii.
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10.11.2011
IEA avertizeaza Planeta se indreapta catre schimbari climatice ireversibile in urmatorii cinci ani
Lumea ar putea construi atat de multe centrale pe combustibili fosili si uzine mari consumatoare de energie in urmatorii cinci ani incat va deveni imposibila mentinerea incalzirii globale la un nivel de siguranta, iar ultima sansa de a combate schimbarile climatice va fi „pierduta pentru totdeauna”, sustine International Energy Agency (Agentia Internationala pentru Energie), in cadrul uneia dintre cele mai riguroase analize a infrastructurii energetice.
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08.11.2011
Australia passes landmark carbon price laws
(Reuters) - Australia passed landmark laws on Tuesday to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade and injecting new impetus into December's global climate talks in South Africa.
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08.11.2011
Ambitions in check on global climate deal
With just weeks to go before UN talks on climate change open in South Africa, negotiators have shifted their goal from striking a historic deal to ensuring that the global system survives.
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07.11.2011
IEA economist: ‘We have to leave oil before it leaves us’
The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s annual World Energy Outlook, due for publication on 9 November, will contain alarming research that the world is on track for a catastrophic rise in global temperatures unless fossil fuel subsidies are cut, energy efficiency is improved, and more countries introduce some form of carbon pricing.
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07.11.2011
G-20 Leaders Endorse Green Climate Fund, Marine Protection
CANNES, France - The leaders of the G-20 group of major economies wrapped up their two-day annual meeting on Friday with promises to finance the fight against climate change through the Green Climate Fund, protect the marine environment from oil spills, and promote low-carbon development strategies.
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07.11.2011
Africa is ready for climate showdown
The climate change conference in Panama City last month was the most recent in a series of multilateral meetings leading up to COP17. What happened there? Did these discussions have any impact on the message that the African Group of Negotiators will be taking to Durban?
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