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02.10.2011
EU urges roadmap this year on climate action
PANAMA CITY — The European Union urged all nations Sunday to make clear how they will tackle climate change, saying the world needs a roadmap this year on future action even if a treaty appears out of reach.
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02.10.2011
Spuneti adio Arcticii, asa cum o stiti
Daca vreti sa vedeti cu ochii vostri cum se schimba clima, mergeti spre nord - mult spre nord. Nu este foarte usor de ajuns in zona arctica, insa este ultima sansa de a o vedea asa cum este, inainte de a se transforma pentru totdeauana.
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28.10.2010
KIRIBATI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TARAWA CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Kiribati government is optimistic agreement can be achieved on issues such as funding for climate change adaptation at an international conference it’ll be hosting next month, but it says it can’t say the same for the United Nations conference in December.
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28.10.2010
Hopes for treaty rise at UN biodiversity summit
NAGOYA, Japan (AFP) – Hopes rose that rich and poor nations would be able to forge a historic treaty to protect the world's ecosystems after grinding progress was made at a UN summit on Thursday, delegates said.
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28.10.2010
World Bank launches scheme to green government accounts
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday launched a program to help nations put a value on nature just like GDP in a bid to stop the destruction of forests, wetlands and reefs that underpin businesses and economies.
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28.10.2010
Chinese firms blamed in huge greenhouse gas scam
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is planning to clamp down on a €2 billion ($2.8 billion) carbon trading scam involving the deliberate production of greenhouse gases which the fraudulent manufacturers are then paid to destroy.
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27.10.2010
U.N. talks to save nature zero in on historic deal
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a U.N. deal to protect nature, urged by the World Bank to value the benefits of forests, oceans and rivers on economies and human welfare.
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27.10.2010
Japan looks to ancient wisdom to save biodiversity
TOYOOKA, Japan (AFP) – Four decades ago the oriental white stork became extinct in Japan, the victim of rapid industrialisation and modern farm practices and heavy pesticide use that destroyed its habitat.
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26.10.2010
COP10 flirts with Copenhagen funk
NAGOYA — As the COP10 biodiversity conference headed into its second week Monday with no sign of accord on the key issues dividing delegates, participants feared the same failure that befell last year's climate change talks in Copenhagen.
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25.10.2010
EU tweaks CO2 emissions cap for 2013
The European Commission has revised the EU's greenhouse gas emissions cap under its emissions trading scheme for 2013 in order to accommodate new sectors such as aluminium and petrochemicals.
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