Archive for December, 2009
Five reasons why 2010 will be greener
PARIS, Dec 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Economics, rather than politics, will be the main driver of the fight against global warming in 2010.
TABLE – Confirmed & unconfirmed AAU deals done to date
Dec 30 (Reuters) – Some 385 million tonnes in controversial Kyoto Protocol carbon emissions rights sales were announced in 2009, more than 10 times the total amount traded in the seven years prior, according to data compiled by Reuters.
Brazil keeps climate targets despite failed summit
BRASILIA, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Brazil will make its ambitious 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding even though global climate talks failed this month, the country’s environment minister said on Monday.
Obama reaches climate deal with emerging powers
COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama forged a climate deal with emerging economic powers on Friday, breaking a deadlock at U.N.-led talks, but said the world still had “much further to go” in the fight against global warming.
UN averts climate collapse by “noting” new deal
COPENHAGEN, Dec 19 (Reuters) – U.N. climate talks avoided a total collapse on Saturday by skirting bitter opposition from several nations to a deal championed by the U.S. President Barack Obama and five emerging economies including China.
Obama urges climate action, offers no new proposals
COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama urged world leaders on Friday to “act together” on an accord to fight climate change, but he did not offer new U.S. commitments to cut emissions that some see as crucial to a deal.
China, U.S. hold key as leaders try to rescue climate deal
COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) – World leaders tried to rescue a global climate agreement on Friday but the failure of leading greenhouse gas emitters China and the United States to come up with new proposals blocked chances of an ambitious deal.
EU leaders pledge billions in climate aid despite financial woes
BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) – European leaders promised on Friday to provide developing countries with 7.3 billion euros ($10.8 billion) over three years to try to win their support for a climate change deal in Copenhagen.
World should at least halve CO2 by 2050 -latest Copenhagen draft
COPENHAGEN, Dec 11 (Reuters) – The world should at least halve world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with rich nations taking the lead, according to a first draft text on Friday seeking to break deadlock on a new climate pact at U.N. talks.
U.N. climate talks open, deal “within reach”
COPENHAGEN, Dec 7 (Reuters) – The biggest climate talks in history opened on Monday with a stark U.N. warning about risks of rising seas and desertification and a prediction by hosts Denmark that a deal to combat climate change was “within reach”.