• Global deal at next summit in Mexico impossible, says Prescott• ‘Disarray’ cited over UN organisation assessing pledgesA global deal to tackle climate change is all but impossible in 2010, leaving the scale and pace of action to slow global warming in coming decades uncertain, according to senior figures across the world involved in the [...]
OSLO (Reuters) – Nations accounting for most of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions have restated their promises to fight climate change, meeting a Sunday deadline in a low-key endorsement of December’s “Copenhagen Accord.”
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Global climate talks may have to continue into 2011 after failing last month to agree on a Kyoto successor, the U.N.’s climate chief and Denmark’s new climate minister told Reuters on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday formally notified the United Nations that it has embraced the Copenhagen Accord setting nonbinding goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that was negotiated last month.
State department climate change envoy Todd Stern writes to UN to formally promise to reduce emissions by 17% by 2020America embraced the accord reached at the Copenhagen climate summit yesterday by formally giving notice to the United Nations that it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The announcement was the second piece of encouraging news from the [...]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia faces a possible 300 percent increase in extreme bushfires by 2050 unless world leaders can agree to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said on Thursday.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has stuck to its offer to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 for a U.N. accord on condition major emitters agree on an ambitious climate deal, a statement from the foreign ministry showed on Tuesday.
Last £20m needed for purchase of new press that would enable UK to supply forgings for use in Britain and overseasSheffield Forgemasters is closing in on a £170m financing package which will enable British manufacturers to supply new nuclear reactors built in the UK and overseas.The government, European Investment Bank and nuclear group Westinghouse have [...]
TORONTO (Reuters) – A C$7 billion ($6.7 billion) green energy investment by a consortium led by South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp will make Ontario a leader in renewable energy technology, the Canadian province said on Thursday….
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California has issues with federal attempts to weaken new vehicle pollution standards, but the state backed away on Wednesday from a report that it was threatening to pull out of a deal with U.S. President Barack Obama’s admin…