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08.03.2011
Eco-farming can double food output by poor: U.N.
(Reuters) - Many farmers in developing nations can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday.
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06.03.2011
Kyoto extension must include U.S., China: U.N. climate head
The head of the U.N. climate convention cautioned last week against Japan's opposition to setting a new phase of commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to fight global warming, and chided opponents for their "simplistic thinking."
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02.03.2011
U.N. climate talks seen missing aid plan deadline
A plan by almost 200 countries to step up efforts to fight climate change is set to miss a March deadline for starting work on a green fund to help developing nations, delegates said on Wednesday.
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02.03.2011
UN urges government to implement Cancun accord
New York : The United Nations climate change chief on Tuesday called on governments to quickly transform the agreements reached in the Mexican city of Cancún last year into tangible action on the ground, and provide clarity on the future of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gases emissions.
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02.03.2011
'Fate of Kyoto Protocol should be resolved'
United Nations: Nations participating in the next United Nations climate conference in South Africa should resolve the future of the Kyoto Protocol, UN climate chief Christina Figueres has said.
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01.03.2011
UN climate chief warns Durban offers last chance for carbon market clarity
The head of the UN climate change secretariat has warned the future of the global carbon market could be thrown into doubt unless this year's annual climate change summit in Durban reaches an agreement on how to replace or extend the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol when it ends in 2012.
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01.03.2011
EU ETS endorsed as growing more cost effective
Confidence is growing in the EU’s emissions trading scheme (EU ETS), according to respondents to the sixth annual carbon market survey carried out by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon.
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