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28.02.2011
SA a major global polluter
South Africa is the world’s 13th biggest emitter of greenhouse gases that are causing human-induced global climate change, Parliament’s portfolio committee on water and environmental affairs has heard.
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28.02.2011
China Vows To Cut Energy, Carbon Intensity By 2015
China aims to cut the amount of energy and carbon dioxide emissions needed for every unit of economic growth by 16 to 17 percent from this year to the end of 2015, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.
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25.02.2011
EU industry CO2 emissions edge up in 2010: analysts
(Reuters) - European Union industrial carbon emissions rose by up to 4 percent last year, analysts estimate, still far below 2008 levels and leaving the bloc on course to beat its 2020 climate target.
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23.02.2011
China Plans To Rein In Heavy Metal Pollution
China's environmental protection agency has vowed to curb heavy metal pollution in a bid to cut widespread industrial contaminants like lead that have poisoned children and sparked protests.
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22.02.2011
Binding deal at Durban climate talks unlikely
ALTHOUGH politically difficult, it was important to aim for a binding agreement at climate change negotiations in Durban in December, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) climate policy advocate Tasneem Essop said yesterday.
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21.02.2011
US has modest goals for S. Africa climate talks
JOHANNESBURG – The U.S. does not expect this year's climate change conference in South Africa to yield a binding international agreement to stop global warming, the top U.S. negotiator said Monday.
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21.02.2011
Tougher EU climate goal could boost GDP: study
(Reuters) - A tougher European Union goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions could create jobs and boost economic growth by 2020, rather than slow it down as many EU governments fear, a study said on Monday.
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21.02.2011
UN unveils vision for global green economy
PARIS, Monday 21 February 2011 (AFP) - The United Nations Monday unveiled a strategy to ensure a sustainable future for the planet by investing two percent of wealth generated by the global economy, or some 1.3 trillion dollars annually, in ten key sectors.
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18.02.2011
Climate change committee delays decision
A decision on how to price carbon is still months away, the federal government says.The multi-party climate change committee, chaired by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, met in Canberra on Friday to discuss options for a carbon price.
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17.02.2011
U.N. biodiversity panel could guide on trade, farms
(Reuters) - A U.N. scientific panel meant to help safeguard animal and plant species should help guide governments with practical studies of issues such as trade, farming or energy, experts said on Thursday.
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17.02.2011
IMC to Lead Climate Change Conference Preparations
Cape Town — An Inter-Ministerial Committee has been established to lead preparations for the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 17), said President Jacob Zuma on Thursday.
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17.02.2011
Analysis: Governments to debate Kyoto climate dilemma
(Reuters) - Governments are looking at ways to keep the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol going beyond 2012 in some form to defuse a standoff between rich and poor nations that threatens efforts to tackle global warming.
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15.02.2011
UN targets carbon credit backlog
Clearing a backlog of credits and convincing small countries they can benefit from the UN's carbon offsetting scheme will be amongst the top priority as the Clean Development Mechanism's (CDM) executive board gathers in Bonn, Germany this week to discuss the future of the scheme.
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15.02.2011
UN climate chief warns warming can cause conflict
AMSTERDAM – Global warming is a looming threat to stability and national security around the world, and militaries should spend some of their ever-expanding budgets on reducing carbon emissions to avoid "climate chaos," the U.N.'s top climate official said Tuesday.
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15.02.2011
Climate Change Drives Instability, U.N. Official Warns
The United Nations’ top climate change official said on Tuesday that food shortages and rising prices caused by climate disruptions were among the chief contributors to the civil unrest coursing through North Africa and the Middle East.
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