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18.04.2011
Tropical countries aim for global forest pact
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Representatives from more than 30 countries are expected to hammer out a formal agreement for future discussions on forest and climate issues when they meet next month in the Republic of Congo, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
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18.04.2011
SA ‘needs to push for progress on climate promises’
IN THE build-up to the United Nations (UN) climate change talks in Durban in December, SA needed to help push governments worldwide to make progress on several issues, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Friday.
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17.04.2011
Scientists want climate change early-warning system
LONDON (Reuters) – A better monitoring network for greenhouses gases is needed to warn of significant changes and to keep countries that have agreed to cut their emissions honest, scientists said in papers published Monday.
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17.04.2011
California gov. to get chance to 'mark' climate law
California Governor Jerry Brown could still make changes to the state's ambitious plan for a greenhouse gases market, the state's climate change regulator said, even as she battles a lawsuit that could delay the program's start next year.
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17.04.2011
Scientists want climate change early-warning system
LONDON (Reuters) – A better monitoring network for greenhouses gases is needed to warn of significant changes and to keep countries that have agreed to cut their emissions honest, scientists said in papers published Monday.
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17.04.2011
California gov. to get chance to 'mark' climate law
California Governor Jerry Brown could still make changes to the state's ambitious plan for a greenhouse gases market, the state's climate change regulator said, even as she battles a lawsuit that could delay the program's start next year.
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15.04.2011
Russia backs green initiative
Russia has repeated its support of the efforts by the bloc of developing countries known as BASIC - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - to push forward global climate change negotiations and sustainable development.
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15.04.2011
Kyoto won’t expire, CDM will remain legally valid
The recent Bangkok round of climate change negotiations was over without any major achievements. How hopeful are you about a meaningful outcome at the UN climate change conference in Durban later this year?
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14.04.2011
Experts meet in Nairobi over carbon trade opportunities
Carbon trading experts, financial institutions and companies eyeing new revenues from environmental conservation will meet in Nairobi later this month at a conference expected to develop structures for the multi-billion shilling market.
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14.04.2011
Business leaders participate in UN-backed debate on green economy
Some 200 representatives from business and industry, governments and civil society have concluded United Nations-supported discussions in Paris on the role of the private sector in the global transition towards a low carbon, resource-efficient green economy.
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14.04.2011
Arctic climate change a "crucial foreign policy issue" being ignored: ex-foreign minister.
Arctic climate change is one of the most crucial foreign and environmental policy issues facing Canada, but it has largely been ignored by all parties in the current federal election, says former foreign minister Lloyd Axworthy, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg, speaking at a Toronto event to discuss a report on Arctic climate change released this week by U.S.-based Aspen Institute.
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13.04.2011
German cabinet relaunches carbon storage bill
(Reuters) - Germany's government on Wednesday relaunched legislation to back development of the carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) needed for coal-fired power generation, the environment ministry said.
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05.04.2011
Competing efforts hurt UN climate adaptation work: ActionAid
BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Industrialised countries, led by the United States, are undermining United Nations efforts to tackle climate change by funding climate change adaptation programmes outside the U.N. system, an international aid agency charged at this week’s climate talks in Bangkok.
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05.04.2011
UPDATE 2-Japan says not seeking exemption from Kyoto CO2 pledge
TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) - Japan is not seeking an exemption from its Kyoto Protocol pledges to cut greenhouse gases, a government official said on Tuesday, despite a nuclear safety crisis that could hamper efforts to reduce its use of fossil fuels.
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05.04.2011
UN climate chief urges action on Kyoto Protocol
BANGKOK (AFP) – The United Nations' climate chief warned Tuesday that the success of this year's global warming negotiations hinged on countries resolving deep differences over the future of the Kyoto Protocol.
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05.04.2011
Gap between expiry of Kyoto and new treaty, UN admits
UN CLIMATE chief Christiana Figueres has conceded that there will now be a “gap” between the imminent expiry of the Kyoto Protocol and the adoption of any new international treaty aimed at tackling global warming.
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