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05.03.2010
Lawmakers move to restrain EPA on climate change
As climate change legislation stalled in the Senate, the Obama administration noted that it had a workable -- although admittedly unwieldy -- Plan B. If Congress wouldn't cap U.S. emissions, officials said, the Environmental Protection Agency would do it instead.
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05.03.2010
Mett Office: Omul provoaca incalzirea globala
Biroul Meteorologic din Marea Britanie sustine ca dovezile potrivit carora activitatile umane cauzeaza incalzirea globala sunt tot mai clare, informeaza BBC. Cercetatorii britanici spun ca acest lucru e mai evident decat in 2007, cand Grupul Interguvernamental pentru Schimbari Climatice a realizat ultimul studiu pe aceasta tema.
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03.03.2010
Qatar in race to host UN climate summit in 2012
DOHA: Qatar is a bidder for hosting the 2012 United Nations climate summit. The Arab League Economic Affairs Committee has unanimously given the go-ahead to Qatar to bid for the 18th Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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03.03.2010
75 de simboluri ale lumii sting lumina pe 27 martie
75 de constructii-simbol din lume vor stinge luminile pe 27 martie pentru a trage un semnal de alarma privind incalzirea globala in cadrul evenimentului mondial Earth Hour, ajuns la cea de-a patra editie.
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03.03.2010
Yvo de Boer: Cop 16 won’t produce binding agreement
Countries such as China and India will not enter a legally binding agreement at the next United Nations Climate Change conference (Cop16) in Cancun, Mexico at the end of 2010, predicts Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. However, he does expect crucial progress to be made there.
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03.03.2010
Rich need to be clearer on climate cash: de Boer
Rich nations must outline firm plans on where finance to tackle climate change will come from. Only then will poor countries be willing to agree to structure carbon markets beyond 2012, outgoing UN climate chief Yvo de Boer told the Carbon Market Insights conference in Amsterdam today.
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02.03.2010
55 de tari si-au anuntat tintele pentru emisii
55 de tari, responsabile pentru aproape 80% din emisiile de gaze cu efect de sera ale planetei, si-au confirmat la ONU tintele de reducere a acestora, potrivit acordului semnat in decembrie la Copenhaga, transmite Reuters.
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01.03.2010
World’s Biggest Emitters Sign Up to Copenhagen Accord
China, the U.S. and the 27-nation European Union signed up to the Copenhagen Accord, giving life to the first climate-protection agreement that contains numerical goals for all the biggest greenhouse-gas emitters.
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01.03.2010
Major emitters set carbon goals after Copenhagen
Fifty-five countries accounting for almost 80 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions have pledged varying goals for fighting climate change under a deadline in the "Copenhagen Accord," the United Nations said on Monday.
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01.03.2010
US Senators seen ditching cap and trade in new bill
Three U.S. senators are seeking to radically overhaul stalled climate legislation by proposing to dump broad cap-and-trade provisions and take a sector by sector approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a White House official and leading U.S. newspaper reported.
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01.03.2010
Climate Group Plans Review
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's announcement over the weekend that it will seek independent experts to investigate how factual errors were published in its latest report is a key aspect of the organization's effort to understand and divulge its institutional problems, officials there say.
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