Burden seems to be on Japan to salvage climate treaty
Japan is in the driver's seat to determine whether a global climate treaty will ever take effect. And supporters of the treaty said yesterday that they were discouraged by the remarks made on
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Bush still opposed to Kyoto pact
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Saturday that Japan will continue urging the United States to reverse its decision to withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming. "I have
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EU delays discussion of climate emissions plan
The European Commission has postponed expected discussions of a draft law to compel a wide range of industries to take part in emissions trading, it said on Friday. "It's now likely to be tabled in
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US says carbon dioxide emissions rose 2.7 pct in 2000
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, the emissions blamed for causing global warming, rose by a robust 2.7 percent in 2000, according to preliminary data released on Friday by the
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Climate talks expose deep rifts among states
Talks on how to implement the Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming ahead ended in Scheveningen, The Netherlands on Thursday with states still far apart ahead of a crunch U.N. conference next month
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Japan's Koizumi seeks U.S. involvement in Kyoto
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi travels to France on Tuesday keen to find a way of getting the Unites States to take part in the Kyoto treaty on global warming. Tokyo is expected to propose
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Koizumi's accord with Bush kills Kyoto agreement on emissions
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan told President George W. Bush at their summit meeting at Camp David that he would not implement the Kyoto global warming accord without U.S. participation,
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Linkages between the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols – Enhancing synergies between protecting the ozone layer and the global climate
The international treaties for the protection of the ozone layer and the global climate are closely related. Not only has the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the ozone layer served as a useful
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Brussels shelves carbon trading
The European Commission said it had put on ice for at least three months plans for a European carbon dioxide emissions trading system, dealing a blow to its efforts to persuade other nations to keep
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Climatic susceptibility
French researchers have found that over the past 50 years, the population of emperor penguins ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) in Terre Adelie, which was stable until the mid-1970s, had declined abruptly by
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Who s in and out?
italy has wavered from its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, jeopardising Europe's commitment to fight global warming. Italian officials have urged the European Union ( eu ) to acknowledge
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Detergents threaten India s waterbodies
<font class='UCASE'>Narinder K Kaushik,</font> professor emeritus at the University of Guleph, Ontario, Canada, speaks to <font class='UCASE'>Nitin Sethi</font> on the dangers of phosphate content in detergents
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UK greenhouse gas emissions fall to 10-year low
Britain's emissions of greenhouse gases, blamed by many scientists for global warming, have fallen to a 10-year low mainly as a result of a drop in pollution from power stations, the government said
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New Trafalgar hotel goes carbon neutral
The Trafalgar, situated in the centre of London, is to have over 3,500 trees planted in order to offset its carbon dioxide emissions over the first year of its operation, and will promote the concept
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World Resources Institute attacks Bush's stance on climate change
However the figures on greenhouse gas emission are displayed - whether it is per capita, historical, or as future projections - the US is still the world's most significant polluter and should take
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Company agrees settlement with US on illegal CFC emissions from cryogenic facilities
Air Liquide America Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of industrial and medical gases, such as super-cooled liquid oxygen and nitrogen, has agreed a settlement with the US regarding
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Luton Airport asks passengers to buy trees
London's Luton Airport is encouraging airline passengers to pay a small voluntary donation, the value of which is based on the distance they are travelling by air, to fund the planting of saplings
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EU presses Japan, US to allow deal on Kyoto
The European Union's top environment official said yesterday the future of the Kyoto pact on global warming depended on the political will of Japan and the non-interference of the United States.
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Russia seeks wider "sinks" use in climate talks
Russia is insisting at informal climate talks that more of its forests and farmland be counted as "carbon sinks" to reduce its greenhouse gas totals, Germany's environment minister said yesterday.
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NZ carbon dioxide emissions rose 22 pct in '90s
New Zealand, whose carbon dioxide emissions grow 22 percent in the decade of the 'nineties, is further away from its commitment to the Kyoto global warming treaty to cut greenhouse gases,the