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EU environment commissioner urges to cut emissions by 30 percent - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"Europe should set a good example by agreeing to cut emissions by 30 percent from 1990 levels before the start of the climate change conference in Copenhagen, urges Stavros Dimas, the Environment Commissioner of the European Union."
India: Europe can do better - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"The Times of India reports unnamed Indian climate negotiators to be little impressed by the outcome of last week’s EU summit in Brussels. The summit gave a figure of 100 billion euros as the overall need for international climate funding by 2020, but failed to state how much of this will be provided by the EU."
EU agreement to curb CO2 emissions from planes and ships - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"European environment ministers have agreed to cut global emissions by 10 percent from planes and 20 percent from ships. "
Obama and Hu agree on a successful climate conference - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao commit themselves to strive for a wide consensus and a successful Copenhagen climate change conference. "
Indian environment minister is put in his place - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"After internal disagreements, the Indian prime minister officially denounces his environment minister."
Climate Talks: India Appears to Soften Stance on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions - Environmental Capital - WSJ
"India may be softening its stance on the issue of carbon emission cuts, a move that could shake up the global dynamics ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit in December."
Gordon Brown to world leaders: Come to Copenhagen - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urges world leaders to attend the UN climate conference i Copenhagen to reach agreement and avoid a “catastrophic” future of killer heatwaves, floods and droughts. He sends his message at the Major Economies Forum in London today, and warns that there is no "plan B" to a deal in Copenhagen."
EU: Failure in climate talks would embarrass Obama - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"It would be "more than an embarrassment" to US President Barack Obama if the United States should fail to lead international climate negotiations to completion at a UN conference in Copenhagen in December, a senior European climate negotiator says"
IEA - CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: Highlights
"In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2 emissions, their source and geographic distribution will be essential to lay the foundation for a global agreement. To provide input to and support for the UN process the IEA is making available -- both earlier and for free download -- the Highlights version of CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion. "
Maldives too broke to attend climate summit: president - Yahoo! News
The Maldives, whose fight against rising sea levels has become a cause celebre for environmentalists, said Monday it would have to skip UN climate change talks in Copenhagen this year to save money.
Couldn't someone sponsor them? The Maldives delegation, sponsored by Big Oil ;-)
Indonesia is ready for a 40 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
The conditional promise from the largest economy of Southeast Asia is a far more ambitious target than other developing countries have considered and on a par with the most ambitious rich nations.
Copenhagenize.com - The Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog: 200 Lousy Bicycles For UN Climate Conference
The world is coming to Copenhagen in December for the UN COP15 Climate Conference. The media focus is intensifying the closer we get.
About a year ago I wrote a letter to various parties suggesting some good ideas about how Copenhagen and Denmark could profile themselves when the world comes to town. One of the ideas was to provide bicycles for the delegates who will be arriving from all over the planet. Making bicycles available to them, free to use, in order to show them how the bicycle is the ultimate symbol of sustainability and quick and easy transport in the Danish capital. My idea also included recruiting iconic Danish cycling girls to lead pelatons of delegates to and from the conference centre Bellacenter.
EU presses US on climate change - Yahoo! News
The European Union urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to ensure the United States makes deep cuts in carbon emissions as part of negotiations to reach a new global climate change accord.
Sweden's Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren said the 27-nation bloc, as well as the United States and other developed countries, "should deliver" on promises to cut emissions by 80 percent by 2050, from 1990 levels.
Canada and Japan blocking climate-change deal, Sir David King warns - Times Online
Canada and Japan were blocking a possible deal on climate change at the Copenhagen summit, Sir David King, the former Chief Scientific Adviser,
Nancy Sutley: Obama to stake political prestige on passing US climate bill | Environment | The Guardian
Barack Obama is prepared to stake his own political prestige on getting climate change legislation through Congress, and would be willing to intervene directly to ensure passage of America's first law to reduce the carbon emissions that cause global warming.
Rising CO2 levels damage wildlife - MSN Environment UK
Changes to the ocean caused by carbon dioxide emissions could lead to an "underwater catastrophe", damaging wildlife, food production and livelihoods, scientists have warned.
US won't speed up emissions cuts
Domestic politics will not allow the United States to deepen it commitment for cutting carbon pollution over the next decade despite growing international pressure, Washington's top climate negotiator said Sunday.
China considers setting targets for carbon emissions | Environment | guardian.co.uk
The Chinese government is for the first time considering setting targets for carbon emissions, a significant development that could help negotiations on a Kyoto successor treaty at Copenhagen later this year, the Guardian has learned.
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