How to deal with the impact of climate change is front and centre
at international climate talks in Warsaw, with a fund for «losses and damages» caused by climate change to developing nations on the table.
As international climate talks resume in Bonn today, two months after climate scientists warned of climate - change - related risks from extreme events, leaders of the G7 are meeting in Brussels to discuss topics including the Ukraine, climate and energy.
These emails have the appearance of having been held back after the theft of data and emails in 2009 to be released at a time designed to cause maximum disruption to the
imminent international climate talks [the U.N. conference in Durban, South Africa, next week].
Barack Obama won't be attending the next round of
international climate talks next month in Poland, nor is he in Los Angeles today for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's conference on climate change.
EMBARGOED UNTIL JUNE 3, 2015, 11 am EST June 3, 2015 Washington, D.C. Companies, governments, and individuals voluntarily spent just under $ 4.5 billion on conservation and clean energy over the past decade by purchasing nearly 1 billion carbon offsets, finds a new report released on the sidelines of this week's
international climate talks -LSB-...]
The plan is a crucial part of President Barack Obama's overall strategy for combating climate change, and its stalling could undermine promises America made during
recent international climate talks held in Paris — although, of course, the White House says things will be fine.
Byass, who co-authored one of the papers, observed that previous
international climate talks focused more on economic issues relating to development, curbing emissions and spreading the cost burden.
Quebec Adopts Cap - and - Trade Program Canada as a whole may be getting rightly pilloried for its governmental enthusiasm for tar sands and obstructing the
latest international climate talks, but here's a counter point: Montreal Gazette reports that Quebec has just adopted a cap - and - trade system.
[T] he divisions between wealthy countries and poorer countries that are making such a treaty difficult, and have long
bedeviled international climate talks, were on display yet again in Berlin.
Expect technology transfer, and in particular, the responsibility of developed countries to facilitate technology transfer to developing countries, to be a key agenda item on China's climate change policy as
international climate talks reach a critical phase.
Poland — Monday 18th, November — As Australia continued to come under fire for
obstructing international climate talks, civil society groups from across the world introduced a «People's Communique on Coal» into the UN climate summit that concludes this Friday.
As
international climate talks begin today in Warsaw, Poland, Friends of the Earth Europe calls on European politicians to work towards an equitable, ambitious and people - centred solution to the climate crisis.
Gaining support for a world - wide shift from diesel and gasoline to renewably - powered vehicles clearly will not be simple and will not occur overnight — though it may help avoid the blame - games which all along have
hampered international climate talks.
The president himself has made six major speeches on the need for climate legislation, and last December he flew to Copenhagen to help
salvage international climate talks from a complete crash - and - burn.
And it's the type of unpredictable force that's felt when the government of those 1.2 billion is in election mode, clamoring for votes by brazenly blocking progress
at international climate talks.
«These emails have the appearance of having been held back after the theft of data and emails in 2009 to be released at a time designed to cause maximum disruption to the
imminent international climate talks,» UEA said in its statement.
India has been obstructing progress
on international climate talks, culminating during the two weeks of U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations that ended Saturday in Warsaw.
The
recent international climate talks in Bonn included a day dedicated to water action, with many of the solutions presented reflecting those being pursued in California.6 months ago
Here's a sneak peek at what the next global climate treaty might look like.The UN has begun the momentous task of paving the road to Copenhagen,
where international climate talks will hopefully yield a new global treaty more effective than Kyoto.
During international climate talks at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Brazil sits in the «BASIC» (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) negotiating bloc, as well as the «G77 + China» bloc.
The Obama administration announced Monday that 81 major companies have committed to large reductions in carbon emissions, part of a broad push by the White House to show progress ahead
of international climate talks in Paris this year.
During last year's
international climate talks in Bonn, Climeworks announced the creation of a new market mechanism using Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology to help achieve the world's climate goals.
The IMO process differs from
the international climate talks conducted under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in that a simple majority can forge an agreement — as was the case last week.
In 2010, the Bulletin found some hope in arms reduction treaties and
international climate talks and nudged the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock back to six minutes from midnight from its previous post at five to midnight.
The moves are being made ahead of the next round of
international climate talks, which kick off in Lima, Peru, on 1 December.
INTERNATIONAL climate talks may be stalled, but the fight to protect the planet from dangerous warming goes on.
March also marked six straight months with temperatures that were more than 1 °C above average, a notable mark given the stated goal of
international climate talks to keep warming in the 21st century below 2 °C (with some talk of even aiming for 1.5 °C).
Meyer and others said the new landscape could have serious implications for how
the international climate talks develop at the next major U.N. meeting in Cancun, Mexico, this month.