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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Scientists, environmentalists and government and industry officials from around the world meet this week for a summit on greenhouse gas emissions that their host, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, hopes will highlight the economic benefits of pursuing green technologies....
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Poland hosts UN climate change talks
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United Nations climate talks concluded here Friday, having seemingly achieved their modest goals: setting the world on track to a new UN global climate treaty, possibly by the end of next year, with a renewed sense of purpose.
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The talks concluded Saturday, having seemingly achieved their modest goals: setting the world on the track to a new global climate treaty with a renewed sense of purpose and momentum.
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Poles examine dependence on greenhouse gas-producing coal.
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World oil traded more than $US3.00 ($4.50) higher in Asia on Monday after world leaders united to tackle a global financial crisis.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The global financial crisis could hardly come at a worse time for nations seeking a new agreement on climate change that - on top of everything else - will cost tens of billions more dollars....
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Gordon Brown is calling for global talks this year to reform the world's financial system to avoid any rerun of the worst credit crisis since the 1930s Great Depression.
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A new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History aims to explain what people have done to cause global warming, what impact it is having and what can be done to fix it.
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Tough talks as EU tackles climate change
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Time is running out. If the European Union is unable to resolve internal differences over its ambitious emissions reduction plan, then global climate talks could suffer, say experts. The world needs European leadership.
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China and Denmark on Wednesday called on global efforts to tackle the challenges posed by climate change. The two sides expected an agreement on the issue could be reached at the Conference of Parties (COP15) of the U.N. Framework Convention
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If you're looking for ideas to help your company reach some of its green business goals, Advanced Micro Devices (aka AMD) has released the eighth version of its annual Global Climate Protection Plan. One of the big changes in this year's version is the company's decision to commit to reporting "Scope 3" emissions. More simply put, that means it will now track and report the greenhouse gas emissions related to its supply chain partners, says Larry Vertals, AMD's senior green strategist. "We're trying to be as honest and transparent as possible," he says. Highlights of the new plan include AMD's commitment to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions another 33 percent and its energy consumption by 40 percent before the year...
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Russia hosts Nagorno-Karabakh talks
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The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan met near Moscow for talks on Nagorny Karabakh, a disputed Azerbaijani province with a largely Armenian population that fought a war for independence in which 30,000 died before a 1994 cease-fire.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global institutional investors holding more than $6 trillion in assets pushed policymakers Tuesday to quickly hash out a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean technology.
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Christine Lagarde is in the perfect position to help mediate between Europe and the United States in the search for solutions to the global economic downturn.
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How world leaders approached the summit had a lot to do with how the financial crisis affected their political fortunes.
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How world leaders approached the summit had a lot to do with how the financial crisis affected their political fortunes.
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The Group of 20 is piling the pressure on the World Trade Organisation to resume the Doha round of world trade talks as more ammunition is thrown at the global economy.
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OSLO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will not attend United Nations talks in Poland next month working on a new treaty for fighting global warming, the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Monday.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - President-elect Barack Obama....
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Climate talks chaired by U.N climate chief Yvo de Boer (photo) open in Poland amid U.N praise for "ambitious" goals by Barack Obama for fighting global warming. The global economic slowdown is likely to overshadow negotiations.
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Twelve days of talks chaired by UN climate chief Yvo de Boer (photo) have opened in Poland, but divisions between developed and developing nations continue to pose challenges to any lasting agreement on tackling global warming.
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What hope for U.N. climate talks in Poznan?
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The Confederation of British Industry's urged the UK government to speed up the pace of action on climate change and said the global economic crisis is not a reason for inaction. The government targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.
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Japan and U.S. seek to separate developing countries, such as China and India, into a different category in order to apply emissions cap and targets to these countries. From Bloomberg:China, with an economic boom and no emissions limits, is expected
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Developing nations say that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's goals are not ambitious enough -- ending a brief honeymoon at U.N. climate talks
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Young people feel left out in the cold at U.N. climate talks in Poland
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Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, called a U.S. General Accounting Office report, released this week by the U.S. General Accounting Office, "constructive criticism."
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Barack Obama's pledge to make the United States a leader in confronting global warming raised hopes that his election would rapidly end the long impasse in international negotiations over climate change, but the timing of the presidential transition has severely dimmed those expectations as the...
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Trading volumes have been hit by the bear market and derivatives trading are not holding up as well as hoped
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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and French President Nicolas Sarkozy for a mini-summit in London on Monday on the financial crisis along with business leaders and economists.
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The Conservative government is leaving the door ajar for emerging economies like China and India to set their own targets to lower greenhouse gases.
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