01.01.2011
World natural disasters
2010 may go down in history as a year that set an absolute number of records in terms of natural cataclysms. The eruption of the Eyjafjallaökull volcano in Iceland actually paralyzed air traffic in Europe; there were hurricanes in America, snowstorms in Europe, earthquakes and volcano eruptions in Indonesia and Haiti, inundations in Pakistan, and drought in Russia. |
31.01.2010
Copenhagen climate deal gets low-key endorsement
OSLO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Nations accounting for most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have restated their promises to fight climate change, meeting a Sunday deadline in a low-key endorsement of December's "Copenhagen Accord". |
30.01.2010
Canada files emissions target with UN
Canada has aligned itself with U.S. policy as it gave the United Nations its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the Copenhagen Accord. |
29.01.2010
UE incearca sa construiasca pe fundatia acordului de la Copenhaga
UE si-a oficializat sprijinul pentru Acordul de la Copenhaga privind schimbarile climatice si si-a prezentat angajamentele privind obiectivele de reducere a emisiilor. Printr-o scrisoare comuna cu Presedintia spaniola, Comisia a anuntat oficial dorinta UE de a fi asociata la Acord si a amintit obiectivele de reducere a emisiilor de gaze cu efect de sera stabilite de UE pentru 2020: reducerea emisiilor globale ale UE cu 20% fata de nivelurile din 1990 si o oferta conditionata de a creste la 30% acest procentaj. |
29.01.2010
Schimbarile climatice, tema zilei la Davos
Incalzirea globala si mijloacele prin care guvernele pot sa protejeze mediul sunt principalele teme discutate astazi in cadul Forumului Economic Mondial de la Davos, unde se desfasoara conferinta “From Copenhagen to Mexico: What's Next?”, potrivit agentiei Associated Press, citata de Yahoo Finance. |
25.01.2010
China, India, Brazil Commit to Meet Copenhagen Accord Deadline
China, Brazil, South Africa and India will disclose the voluntary steps the countries will take to help reduce global warming by the Jan. 31 deadline set during negotiations in Copenhagen, India’s environment minister said after talks between the four nations in New Delhi yesterday. |
24.01.2010
Emerging nations pledge climate change unity in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) – Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China said on Sunday that talks in New Delhi had further cemented their alliance following the Copenhagen climate change summit. |
24.01.2010
China to rich nations: Hand out climate money now
NEW DELHI -- Brazil, China, India and South Africa called Sunday for developed countries to quickly begin handing over the $10 billion pledged in Copenhagen to poor countries to help them deal with the effects of climate change. |
22.01.2010
Govt preparing decree to cut gas emissions
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government is currently preparing a legal umbrella in the form of a presidential decree to achieve the target of greenhouse gas reduction by 26 percent nationwide by 2020. |
22.01.2010
Copenhagen & beyond: Stage set for BASIC meet in Delhi
NEW DELHI: With an eye on the climate change conference in Mexico, the BASIC countries are considering ways to mend fences with the small island states and less developed countries. At the BASIC meeting to be held this week, India is likely to put forward a proposal for a fund to help vulnerable countries to deal with the effects of climate change. |
19.01.2010
Binding climate deal 'reachable this year': UN
Countries could reach a binding agreement on climate change in Mexico City this year after failing to do so in Copenhagen, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Tuesday. |
19.01.2010
Expertii IPCC isi revizuiesc previziunile privind topirea ghetarilor
Grupul interguvernamental de experti in evolutia climei (IPCC) va deschide o ancheta in legatura cu o serie de declaratii recente potrivit carora previziunile grupului ce vizeaza disparitia ghetarilor din Himalaya ar putea fi eronate, a declarat presedintele IPCC, luni, la New Delhi, informeaza AFP, citat de Mediafax. |
18.01.2010
În Alaska gheţarii se topesc mai greu
Potrivit unui studiu publicat în revista Nature Geoscience, în perioada 1962-2006, gheţarii din Alaska s-au topit mai greu decât era estimat. |
17.01.2010
UE isi mentine tinta de reducere a emisiilor
Ministrii mediului din tarile Uniunii Europene nu au ajuns la un acord in privinta maririi procentului de reducere a emisiilor de gaze cu efect de sera pana la 30%, la finalul summitului informal de la Sevilla, la care a participat si ministrul roman al mediului Laszlo Borbely, transmite Earth Times. |
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