07.09.2011
EU will re-sign Kyoto if others act
The European Union is willing to sign up to a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, after the present one expires at the end of next year, but only if commitments are forthcoming from other major emitters, EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says. |
05.09.2011
UN, EU Leaders to Hear Pacific Climate Concerns
Auckland, New Zealand. Pacific leaders will highlight the threat that rising seas pose to low-lying nations at a regional forum in Auckland this week attended by the heads of the United Nations and the European Commission. |
30.08.2011
Kyoto team suspends Romania from carbon market
The Kyoto Protocol committee has blocked Romania from selling carbon credits over concerns about irregularities in the country's carbon emissions data, Romania's environment ministry said Sunday. |
29.08.2011
Climate will make us depressed and anxious
If we don't start tackling climate change, Australians will be increasingly depressed, anxious or stressed.... and more prone to substance abuse, a new report says. |
24.08.2011
'Happy' Bhutan alarmed by Himalayan climate change
Bhutan's prime minister has issued a dire warning about the impact of Himalayan climate change, saying it could wreck the tiny kingdom's ambitious plans to be a world leader in hydropower. |
23.08.2011
An island's climate response
AN island in the Lau Group has started taking steps to strengthen its resilience to the impacts of climate change. |
22.08.2011
World Leaders Praise Libyan Rebel Advances
World leaders are applauding the rebel advance into Libya's capital, Tripoli, as a step toward ending violence in the country and beginning a democratic future. |
22.08.2011
EU may propose plan to extend Kyoto:sources: report
LONDON - The EU could yet table a proposal that would throw the beleaguered Kyoto Protocol a lifeline and secure the future of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) beyond 2012, government negotiators and observers have told Point Carbon News. |
19.08.2011
Wildlife Responds Fast To Climate Change: Study
Plants and animals are responding up to three times faster to climate change than previously estimated, as wildlife shifts to cooler altitudes and latitudes, researchers said on Thursday. |
18.08.2011
EU backing Jordanian energy plans
The European government said $102 million in financial assistance to Jordan will help support the country's renewable energy objectives. |
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