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22.02.2010
Bonn to host extra U.N. climate talks, treaty unsure
OSLO (Reuters) - Germany will host an extra session of U.N. climate talks in April but it is too early to say if the world will agree a new treaty this year after falling short at a summit in Copenhagen in December, Denmark said on Monday.
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22.02.2010
More countries pledge to cut emissions under Copenhagen Accord
Some 70 developed and developing countries, responsible for about 80% of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, had submitted emission mitigation pledges to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) by Monday.
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21.02.2010
Senate weighs final push to move climate bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-ditch attempt at passing a climate change bill begins in the Senate this week with senators mindful that time is running short and that approaches to the legislation still vary widely, according to sources.
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19.02.2010
Climate pact appears increasingly fragile; U.N. official quits
Just two months after patching together a climate deal in Copenhagen, the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are trying to figure out how to keep the fragile accord together, while the United Nations, which has played a central part in 15 rounds of climate talks, seems destined for a smaller role in the future.
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18.02.2010
UN climate chief quits, leaves talks hanging
AMSTERDAM – The sharp-tongued U.N. official who shepherded troubled climate talks for nearly four years announced his resignation Thursday, leaving an uncertain path to a new treaty on global warming.
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18.02.2010
U.N. Climate Chief Resigns
UNITED NATIONS — The sense of disarray in the global effort to address climate change deepened Thursday with the resignation of Yvo de Boer, the stolid Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years.
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18.02.2010
Secretarul ONU pentru schimbari climatice a demisionat
Olandezul Yvo de Boer, oficialul cu cel mai inalt rang care se ocupa de problemele legate de climat in cadrul ONU, si-a prezentat demisia si va parasi functia la 1 iulie 2010, pentru a se alatura sectorului privat, a anuntat joi secretariatul acestuia, anunta Mediafax.
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18.02.2010
Clima României se schimbă deja, potrivit cercetătorului ONU, Roxana Bojariu
Încălzirea climatică a devenit recent chiar subiect de scandal: meteorologii sunt învinuiţi că nu mai nimeresc prognozele, iar cercetătorii de la ONU că manipulează informaţiile în favoarea schimbărilor climatice. Scepticii spun că încălzirea nu există, însă oamenii de ştiinţă ne demonstrează că avem de-a face cu o reală problemă.
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17.02.2010
After Menon, Shyam Saran to get MoS rank
The PM's special envoy on climate change, Shyam Saran, is set to be elevated to the rank of minister of state. Sources confirmed the move to redesignate the ex-foreign secretary, who after his part in the nuclear deal, is also seen as a key figure in India's climate diplomacy.
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16.02.2010
BP deals blow to Obama fight on climate
The Obama administration’s faltering efforts to pass climate change legislation suffered another blow on Tuesday when BP and ConocoPhillips abruptly pulled out of the leading business group lobbying for curbs on US greenhouse gas emissions.
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16.02.2010
Incalzirea globala provoaca mai multe fulgere
In ultimii zece ani, Brazilia a devenit tinta a 57 milioane de fulgere, cele mai multe din lume. Acest incredibil record natural este un efect al incalzirii globale, pretind oamenii de stiinta brazilieni, informeaza Treehugger.
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16.02.2010
The Continuing Climate Meltdown
It has been a bad—make that dreadful—few weeks for what used to be called the "settled science" of global warming, and especially for the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that is supposed to be its gold standard.
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15.02.2010
Poluarea transforma oceanele in acid
Marile si oceanele lumii devin acide intr-un ritm mai rapid ca niciodata, amenintand viata subacvatica si proviziile de hrana din intreaga lume, informeaza Telegraph.
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15.02.2010
UN panel approves 32 China wind farms, blocks six
A United Nations climate panel approved 32 Chinese wind farms for carbon financing under the Kyoto Protocol late last week, but blocked another six after rejecting eight similar projects in December.
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