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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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04.04.2011
UN Climate Chief Calls on to Complete Agreed Works
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres on Monday called on governments to ensure that the works decided in Cancun will be effective in 2012 and some shortfalls will be addressed in order to make progress in curbing climate change.
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04.04.2011
Move to put climate change back on agenda
WITH WORLD attention grabbed by a succession of natural disasters in New Zealand and Japan as well as popular revolts in north Africa and the Middle East, the United Nations will be seeking this week to put climate change back on the international agenda.
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03.04.2011
UN climate meeting kicks off in Bangkok
A United Nations meeting on climate change kicked off on Sunday in Bangkok to discuss action plans following decisions made at a ministerial meeting in Mexico last year.
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03.04.2011
Japan nuclear crisis to impact UN climate talks -EU
BANGKOK, April 3 (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis will affect U.N.-led talks to fight climate change because it is prompting nations to rethink energy policies and investment costs, the European Union said on Sunday.
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01.04.2011
Governments face climate test of resolve at Bangkok talks
(Reuters) - Governments face a test of their pledges to fight climate change next week when almost 200 nations meet in Bangkok to try to build on a modest deal reached last year that includes a new green fund and rising aid.
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31.03.2011
RI supports S. Korea’s bid to host summit
JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) offered support for South Korea’s candidacy to host a climate change summit in 2012 because of the latter’s strong leadership and commitment in environmental affairs.
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