US and Canadian leaders commit to Kyoto obligations
The governors of the six US New England states, which include two Republicans, have committed alongside the premiers of five eastern Canadian provinces to achieve 1990 levels of greenhouse gases
The governors of the six US New England states, which include two Republicans, have committed alongside the premiers of five eastern Canadian provinces to achieve 1990 levels of greenhouse gases
The compromises made at the conference on climate change held in Bonn seem more of a step backward than an attempt to push the Kyoto Protocol and aid the
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global warming will have serious repercussions on the world economy. The damage from climate-induced natural disasters could rise so steeply that will will become difficult for insurance
More and more people are waking up to the need for an international climate regime based on the principle of per capita entitlements to the atmosphere
More people come out of the closet to support a fair and equitable approach to the climate negotiations
During the second week of the meeting, it became clear that there were four main areas of contention. In climate jargon, these were: sinks, supplementarity, compliance, and funding for adaptation. A
Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. Merely planting more trees won t help
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming
New England governors and Canadian premiers have adopted a Climate Change Action Plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the region shared by the two nations. The government officials
The countries like Vietnam in Asia-Pacific region plans to have an additional 5 million hectares of forest. These could serve as carbon sinks to offset carbon emission in a developed country. To get
The German energy industry was firmly at loggerheads with government and European Commission officials Tuesday over plans to introduce an EU state-wide, company-based emissions trading system by
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The trans-Atlantic standoff over the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to curb global warming, is producing tense family squabbles inside some of the world's multinational corporations. At
The science company, DuPont and energy trading company, MIECO Inc. have announced the first-ever transaction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances under the UK's newly developed trading scheme,
A lack-lustre response by Canadian provinces to the needs of tackling climate change is causing the country to renege on its international obligations, with Alberta in particular criticised for its
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A new round of on-line greenhouse gas emissions trading simulations, taking place between 1-8 November, requires companies to participate in order to give them an insight into how a future emissions
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service for its failure to protect 57 of Arizona's rivers and streams that have been identified as potential additions