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Copenhagen: India and other emerging economies can expect little from the US at Copenhagen in terms of finance and would be pushed to do more than take action voluntarily at home. This was made clear by US special envoy on climate change Todd Stern in a press conference. Reflecting that …
MARLOWE HOOD The United States and China were at odds Thursday at the UN climate conference over who to blame and who should pay for global warming with Washington saying Beijing was a low priority for compensation. Earlier China's top delegate in Copenhagen blamed rich countries like the United States …
China will receive no significant funding from the US to combat climate change, the US delegation leader at the Copenhagen conference vowed yesterday. The statement, which shocked many negotiators, was part of a broader US attack on China and other developing countries for not promising deeper concessions to reduce greenhouse …
China urged President Barack Obama to increase aUS offer to cut carbon emissions but its top climate envoy indicated willingness on Wednesday to compromise at a UN conference in Copenhagen. Xie Zhenhua said that China wanted to play a constructive role at the December 7-18 climate talks, where a successful …
HARDEV SANOTRA Financial Chronicle The United States on Wednesday made it clear that India, and other developing nations, must put their offer of action on climate change on the table as legally binding instruments. Todd Stern, the leader of the US negotiating team and special envoy to the President also …
Environment Body Can Bypass Legislature To Curb Emissions The US Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the way for regulation of greenhouse gases without any new laws being passed by Congress, reflecting President Barack Obama
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IMOTHY GARDNER nd RICHARD COWAN The US environmental protection agency ruled that greenhouse gases endanger human health, allowing it to regulate them without legislation from the Senate The United States took a step on Monday towards curbing its greenhouse gas emissions, boosting the start of negotiations between 190 countries in …
HARDEV SANOTRA The world's weatherman tells us that this year had been the fifth warmest since 1850 and the decade has been the hottest on record. The Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released its annual data earlier at the UN climate conference which shows that the combined sea and land …
President Barack Obama has been armed with new ammunition for the Copenhagen summit on climate change with an announcement yesterday giving the US administration enhanced authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. A formal ruling issued by the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide and five other gases were a danger …
The European Union withdrew an offer to increase its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target on Monday because it said similar offers made by many nations in the past month were inadequate to prevent significant climate change. The tough stance is intended to spur other governments into increasing their proposed cuts …
As we wait for renewable remedies, clever use of IT can substantially cut emissions Sitting inside the historic golden gate park in San Francisco, the California Academy of Sciences is one of the more attractive buildings in the city. It was among the many buildings in the Bay Area damaged …
Who stands where on the climate front UNITED STATES Rejected (and has singlehandedly sunk) the Kyoto Protocol. Wants India and China also to commit to emission cuts. Will have an emission cap-and-trade# regime. Plans to impose trade barriers against countries without a cap-and-trade system. Willing to cut emission by only …
United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009Discordant Orchestra Unyielding stances have bogged down the climate negotiations The Big Fight Who stands where on the climate front IT Can Do It As we wait for a truly renewable fuel, clever use of IT can substantially cut emissions.
As the biggest environmental meeting in history opens in Copenhagen, the scientific case for a global agreement to fight man-made climate change remains overwhelming. The furore over alleged data manipulation, following the theft of e-mails from the University of East Anglia , has stirred up the sceptics (and shaken some …
Business leaders have called for agreement at Copenhagen, urging governments to provide the support for the vast investment in clean energy they say will be needed to sustain fuel supplies while curbing carbon dioxide emissions. Opinions differ over the details, but chief executives contacted by the Financial Times were united …
FT Energy Source is posting a daily question for our panel of expert commentators. Below, guest panellists Mindy Lubber of CERES, Robert Stavins of Harvard University, Jeremy Leggett of Solar Century and Julian Morris of the Policy Network respond to today
