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24.01.2010
China to rich nations: Hand out climate money now
NEW DELHI -- Brazil, China, India and South Africa called Sunday for developed countries to quickly begin handing over the $10 billion pledged in Copenhagen to poor countries to help them deal with the effects of climate change.
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22.01.2010
Govt preparing decree to cut gas emissions
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government is currently preparing a legal umbrella in the form of a presidential decree to achieve the target of greenhouse gas reduction by 26 percent nationwide by 2020.
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22.01.2010
Copenhagen & beyond: Stage set for BASIC meet in Delhi
NEW DELHI: With an eye on the climate change conference in Mexico, the BASIC countries are considering ways to mend fences with the small island states and less developed countries. At the BASIC meeting to be held this week, India is likely to put forward a proposal for a fund to help vulnerable countries to deal with the effects of climate change.
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19.01.2010
Binding climate deal 'reachable this year': UN
Countries could reach a binding agreement on climate change in Mexico City this year after failing to do so in Copenhagen, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Tuesday.
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15.01.2010
Nominee admits EU lacks 'world authority'
Germany's nominee for the European Commission yesterday made an unusually frank assessment of the European Union's weight in global affairs, saying last month's climate change summit had exposed the bloc's limited influence on the international stage.
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15.01.2010
'Kyoto is in intensive care'
Jairam Ramesh is perhaps the most intelligent and energetic environment minister India has had. He has brought a new sense of purpose to his ministry, outlined an ambitious domestic agenda, introduced greater transparency, and dramatically altered India’s negotiating stance in the global talks on climate change. Here, for the first time, Ramesh speaks to Business Standard on what he has done so far and his future agenda. In the first of a three-part interview Ramesh speaks about the meaning of the Copenhagen Accord. Subsequent instalments will deal with the domestic policy agenda.
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15.01.2010
Indonesia ready for binding targets on emissions reduction
State Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has insisted that Indonesia will submit an official report on the country’s emissions cuts target to the United Nation by the end of this month, which will bind Indonesia to emissions reduction.
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15.01.2010
China, 3 others to chart climate roadmap
China's climate official yesterday confirmed that climate ministers from four emerging economies will meet in India this month, to help chart a roadmap toward a legally binding global climate change agreement in Mexico City this year.
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14.01.2010
India Plans $16 Billion Energy-Saving Credit Market
India, the world’s fourth-largest polluter, plans to start a market to trade energy-saving credits that may reach 740 billion rupees ($16 billion) in five years as it seeks to curb emissions that cause global warming.
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13.01.2010
U.S. envoy optimistic Senate will pass climate bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. climate negotiator said he hopes the U.S. Senate will pass a global warming bill in the first half of the year, but the country will have to work on alternatives if the legislation fails.
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13.01.2010
Gore Urges Senate to Defend EPA’s Power to Limit Greenhouse Gas
Former Vice President Al Gore joined a dozen Senate Democrats in opposing a Republican effort to block the Environmental Protection Agency from placing limits on greenhouse-gas emissions. The Republicans may soon try to “strip” the EPA of “its ability to regulate most carbon pollution, letting the worst polluters off the hook,” Gore, who won an Oscar and a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to publicize global warming, said yesterday in an e-mail to supporters.
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13.01.2010
‘US-Japan ties is essential pillar of Asia-Pacific security’
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said that the relationship between the United States and Japan is not only testament to America’s engagement in the region but is also an essential pillar of the Asia-Pacific security architecture.
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12.01.2010
UN, Denmark get active on Copenhagen deal
NEW DELHI: With the January 31 deadline drawing close, the United Nations and Denmark have stepped up the effort to get all countries to sign the Copenhagen Accord. UN Secretary-General ban ki-Moon and Danish prime minister Lars Locke Rasmussen have written to heads of state and government asking them to submit their emission reduction commitments and to take steps to get all countries to get on board.
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11.01.2010
China Says Achieved Goal In Copenhagen Climate Deal
BEIJING - Chinese negotiators achieved their goal at Copenhagen climate talks in ensuring financial aid for developing nations was not linked to external reviews of China's environmental plans, its top climate envoy said on Saturday.
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11.01.2010
BASIC to meet in Delhi, discuss targets under 'Hagen accord'
NEW DELHI: Even as India maintains that it is ready to meet the January 31 deadline to specify steps it would take to reduce emissions, a final decision likely only after the BASIC countries meets in the third week of January. Minister of state for environment Jairam Ramesh has made it clear that there would be no new announcements beyond the voluntary commitment of reducing emission intensity by 20 to 25% from 2005.
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06.01.2010
President Obama Spearheads a Climate Agreement in Copenhagen
President Obama visited Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 18, 2009, and met with the heads of state from Brazil, China, India, and South Africa to reach a climate agreement called the "Copenhagen Accord." The agreement emerged as the primary achievement of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The non-binding agreement calls for deep cuts in global emissions of greenhouse gases so as to hold the increase in global temperature below 2°C, and it calls for industrialized countries to determine their economy-wide emissions targets for 2020 and submit them to the United Nations by the end of January. A number of developing countries, including the major emerging economies, also agreed to list their voluntary pledges to reduce emissions by the end of January and agreed to communicate their efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions every two years.
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