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Countries Begin Talks to Save Kyoto Protocol
Mon,28 Nov 2011 03:01 PM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - According to Reuters, numerous countries will be meeting through Dec. 9 in Durban, South Africa, to try to save the Kyoto Protocol, a major agreement set to curb climate change. The ratifying countries will have to agree on a new set of targets before the first commitment period ends next year. Full Story | Top |
Canada won't confirm it's pulling out of Kyoto
Mon,28 Nov 2011 02:28 PM PST
Reuters -  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada dismissed the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday as a thing of the past, but declined to confirm a media report it will formally pull out of the international treaty before the end of this year. Although the Conservative government walked away from its Kyoto obligations years ago, a formal withdrawal would deal a symbolic blow to global talks to save the agreement, which opened in Durban, South Africa on Monday. ...
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Canada refuses to confirm Kyoto withdrawal
Mon,28 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PST
AP - Canada's Conservative environment minister said Monday that signing the Kyoto Protocol on climate change was one of the previous government's biggest "blunders" but he declined to confirm a report that Canada will formally pull out of the treaty. Full Story | Top |
Canada refuses to confirm or deny Kyoto withdrawal
Mon,28 Nov 2011 12:18 PM PST
AP - Canada's Conservative environment minister says the country's signing of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change was one of the previous government's biggest "blunders" but he declined to confirm a report that Canada will formally pull out of the treaty. Full Story | Top |
The Weather Is Amazingly Nice in New York City
Mon,28 Nov 2011 11:02 AM PST
The Atlantic Wire - It's late November, and yet the temperature in New York City just hit 70 degrees, tweets The New York Times, breaking the record set in 1896, and making New York one of several areas to see record-breaking warm temperatures in the past couple days. Full Story | Top |
Climate negotiations open, focus on emissions cuts
Mon,28 Nov 2011 08:22 AM PST
AP -  Global warming already is causing suffering and conflict in Africa, from drought in Sudan and Somalia to flooding in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said Monday, urging delegates at an international climate conference to look beyond national interests for solutions.
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EU says climate pact not enough, wants deal by 2015
Mon,28 Nov 2011 08:07 AM PST
Reuters -  DURBAN (Reuters) - The world needs a far more ambitious plan to cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases than the Kyoto Protocol, European Union climate negotiators said on Monday, calling for a global deal to be reached by 2015 and in place by 2020. Time is running out to save the Kyoto Protocol, which sets legally binding emissions cuts for most major economies and is designed to reduce the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, increasingly extreme weather and crop failure. "Kyoto alone cannot save the planet ... ...
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China says "not optimistic" about climate talks
Mon,28 Nov 2011 04:16 AM PST
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's chief negotiator for climate change talks is "not very optimistic" about the results of global climate talks in Durban, state radio reported on Monday. Countries will make a last ditch effort to save a dying Kyoto Protocol at global climate talks starting on Monday aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions blamed by scientists for rising sea levels, intense storms and crop failures. Major parties have been at loggerheads for years about the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005. ... Full Story | Top |
Land, water scarcity threaten food security: U.N.
Mon,28 Nov 2011 03:26 AM PST
Reuters - MILAN (Reuters) - A rapidly growing population, climate change and degradation of land and water resources are likely to make the world more vulnerable to food insecurity and challenge the task of feeding its people by 2050, the United Nations' food agency said. The world would have to boost cereals output by 1 billion tons and produce 200 million extra tons of livestock products a year by 2050 to feed a population projected at 9 billion people, up from 7 billion now, according to U.N. estimates. ... Full Story | Top |
Climate change denial still runs strong in US
Mon,28 Nov 2011 02:26 AM PST
AFP -  On the US political stage, skepticism and denial of climate change are as popular as ever, and experts say that world talks which opened Monday in Durban, South Africa are unlikely to turn the tide.
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Vulnerable nations fear slowdown in climate fight
Sun,27 Nov 2011 11:55 PM PST
AFP -  Countries most vulnerable to climate change are alarmed by recent proposals from rich and major emerging economies to delay a global deal to curb greenhouse gases until at least 2020, delegates and analysts at UN talks opening Monday say.
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Vulnerable nations fear slowdown in climate fight
Sun,27 Nov 2011 11:38 PM PST
AFP -  Countries most vulnerable to climate change are alarmed by recent proposals from rich and major emerging economies to delay a global deal to curb greenhouse gases until at least 2020, delegates and analysts at UN talks opening Monday say.
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Climate set to worsen food crises: Oxfam
Sun,27 Nov 2011 07:22 PM PST
AFP -  Storms and droughts that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply, Oxfam said on Monday.
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Climate set to worsen food crises: Oxfam
Sun,27 Nov 2011 04:07 PM PST
AFP -  Storms and drought that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply, Oxfam said on Monday.
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