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.”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on President Obama’s announcement of a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the federal government:
“The effort to build a future founded …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday the U.S. government would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 28 percent by 2020 as the result of an executive order he issued to set the example on fighting climate change.
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 [...]
Rich countries are raiding their aid budgets to bankroll a new global fund to help poor countries adapt to climate change, one of the world’s leading development campaign groups warned today.Jamie Drummond, executive director of the One group co-founded by the rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof, said the west was being “dishonest” about the [...]
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway reaffirmed on Thursday a unilateral pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent by 2020 as part of international efforts to combat global warming.
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.
Greenhouse gas emissions down as company says it will no longer offset carbon. From BusinessGreen, part of the Guardian Environment NetworkFootwear manufacturer Nike reduced the emissions of its supply chain by four per cent in 2009 compared to 2008 levels, according to the firm’s corporate social responsibility report (pdf) released yesterday.Although the firm has been [...]