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10.05.2011
US, China must ensure climate success: Clinton
WASHINGTON - SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton asked China on Monday to work with the United States on climate change, saying the two largest carbon emitters could together ensure the success of UN talks.
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10.05.2011
Finance key to using renewable energy
THE ability to attract finance and improve grid infrastructure are key in the big-scale deployment of renewable energy technologies, the sector said yesterday.
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10.05.2011
80% of Energy Use Could be Renewable by 2050: UN
Renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydropower could fulfil almost 80 percent of the world's energy demand by 2050 with the right policies, according to a U.N. report which won backing from governments on Monday.
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09.05.2011
Committee on Climate Change calls for renewable energy revolution
The independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) will today release a major new report arguing that the UK should be able to deliver at least 30 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 as part of efforts to deliver deep cuts in carbon emissions.
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05.05.2011
Zuma: Fast-growing Africa must rethink its global role
Propelled by high growth and an expanding middle class, Africa has entered a new chapter in its history. Its countries must change the way they relate to the rest of the world and to each other, South African President Jacob G. Zuma told more than 900 business, government and civil society leaders from 60 countries in the opening session of the 21st World Economic Forum on Africa.
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04.05.2011
Efectele schimbarilor climatice din Arctica, mult mai serioase decat se presupunea
Efectele schimbarilor climatice din zona arctica isi fac deja simtita prezenta, pornind de la subtierea calotei glaciare si pana la scurtarea anotimpului friguros. Iar schimbarile au loc mult mai repede decat prevazusera cercetatorii. Cel putin acest lucru reiese dintr-un nou studiu efectuat in Arctica, si prezentat la Copenhaga in aceasta saptamana.
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31.05.2010
Global climate deal 'a year' away
THE comprehensive Copenhagen Accord on climate change formulated last year in Denmark will have to wait another year before it becomes a legally-binding treaty.
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31.05.2010
Cancun talks may bring in no accord
The climate conference in Mexico this year may not witness any legal accord on cutting greenhouse gases or fund commitment for the countries vulnerable to climate change impacts, two leading climate change experts said yesterday.
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31.05.2010
Un acord climatic la Cancun, sub semnul intrebarii
Conferinta pe tema schimbarilor climatice care va avea loc in Mexic anul acesta s-ar putea finaliza fara vreun acord global de reducere a gazelor cu efect de sera, potrivit expertilor citati de The Daily Star.
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27.05.2010
Int'l conference to save forests opens in Oslo
OSLO, Norway -- Last December, an international conference on climate change approved global plans prevent deforestation. But those plans have not been implemented, and now a smaller meeting of nations in Oslo will try Thursday to find ways to start to put them in place - even if on a smaller scale.
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26.05.2010
Germany to help fund UN program to protect forests
OSLO, Norway – Germany will pledge $500 million to fight deforestation, blamed for releasing some of the carbon dioxide contributing to global warming, Norway's prime minister said Wednesday on the eve of a conference in Oslo.
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