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LEXEGESE | 30. November 2011 —International climate negotiators were at odds Tuesday on how to raise billions of dollars to help poor countries cope with global warming. A major shipping group is willing to help, endorsing a proposal for a carbon tax on vessels carrying the world's trade. Source: AP …
LEXEGESE | 30. November 2011 —The Canadian government promises not to play an obstructionist role in the current round of climate talks in South Africa. Source: CBC News …
LEXEGESE | 29. November 2011 —The Energy and Resources Institute's Arabinda Mishra says 16 out of the 28 Indian states have climate change action plans in place. Mishra was presenting the findings of a recent study at the COP 17 United Nations conference on climate change in Durban. India has committed itself to reducing…
LEXEGESE | 29. November 2011 —Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned. Source: CTV …
LEXEGESE | 28. November 2011 —A pledge that could be worth $100 billion each year to developing countries was one of the few concrete outcomes of a United Nations climate summit meeting two years ago in Copenhagen that was otherwise seen as a fiasco. Source: New York Times …
LEXEGESE | 28. November 2011 —With intensifying climate disasters and global economic turmoil as the backdrop, delegates from 194 nations will gather in Durban, South Africa, starting Monday to try to advance, if only incrementally, the world’s response to dangerous climate change. Source: New York Times …
LEXEGESE | 25. November 2011 —India's strong climate change stance got a boost from Brazil in Durban. The Latin American nation demanded more action from the developed world, and asked for a burden-sharing formula to be worked out before a new global deal is sealed. Source: Times of India …
LEXEGESE | 25. November 2011 —Renewable energy is surpassingfossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments,shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an impasse atthe United Nations global warming talks. Source: Bloomberg …
LEXEGESE | 24. November 2011 —A visiting member of Europe’s Parliament says he is puzzled by Canadian government policies and fears the world may be forced to leave Canada behind as it moves forward in addressing climate change. Source: National Post …
LEXEGESE | 23. November 2011 —More and more economies are looking to create carbon markets to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, but development is being stymied by uncertainty in climate politics. Source: Business Spectator …
LEXEGESE | 22. November 2011 —China is worried the financial crisis is draining contributions to a multibillion-dollar global warming fund but hopes basic financing to help developing countries deal with climate change can be hammered out this month. Source: Washington Post …
LEXEGESE | 21. November 2011 —CARBON pricing can deliver incremental reductions in rich countries' greenhouse emissions but will not drive the discovery of cheap sources of clean power that are the only hope of stopping dangerous climate change, a former senior adviser to Kevin Rudd says in a new essay. Source: Sydne…
LEXEGESE | 21. November 2011 —Governments of the world's richest countries have given up on forging a new treaty on climate change to take effect this decade, with potentially disastrous consequences for the environment through global warming. Source: Guardian …
LEXEGESE | 18. November 2011 —India is firm on seeking a second commitment period for the existing climate treaty Kyoto Protocol without any legally binding commitment at the Durban climate conference saying the developing world has already given away much and it was time for the rich countries to pay back. Source: H…
LEXEGESE | 18. November 2011 —EU authoritieswere wrong to seek to impose a cap on emission permits in Polandand Estonia between 2008 and 2012, an advocate general atEurope's highest court said in an opinion on Thursday, dealing anew blow to depressed carbon prices. Source: Reuters …
