US does not expect binding climate deal in Copenhagen
Barcelona - December's Copenhagen climate conference will produce a real but probably not binding agreement, a US climate change negotiator said Thursday. Jonathan Pershing made the comments in Barcelona, Spain, where UN climate negotiators are try...
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Australia edges closer to carbon-trading scheme
Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd could get his wish and have legislation for a national carbon-trading scheme through Parliament before he attends next month's climate conference in Copenhagen. Rudd's Labor government on Tuesday sealed a...
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Denmark seeks firm commitments at Copenhagen climate summit
Copenhagen - Denmark, host of next month's United Nations climate change conference, is seeking a political deal with firm commitments, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Tuesday. Rasmussen said the politically-binding treaty that was en...
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UN: Climate deal necessary to prevent migration
Athens - A deal at the climate change conference in Copenhagen next month is critically needed in order to curb migration UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday. We are in a critical period...populations will relocate due to more extreme we...
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French, Brazilian leaders stake out joint climate position
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Saturday that they have agreed upon a mutual approach to climate change ahead of a major conference on the topic next month in Copenhagen. We will d...
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Australia's carbon trading scheme in jeopardy
Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's chances of having legislation for a carbon trading scheme through Parliament before next month's climate conference in Copenhagen was placed in jeopardy Thursday by a mutiny within the opposition Libera...
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UN climate experts step up pressure on Obama - Summary
Barcelona - The United States was Monday accused of not making enough efforts to fight climate change as United Nations experts from 181 countries met in Barcelona for the last round of talks before the Copenhagen climate conference in December. Wash...
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1STLEAD:Expectations low at pre-Copenhagen UN climate summit
Barcelona - United Nations climate negotiators from around the world came together Monday in the Spanish city of Barcelona, with low expectations for a breakthrough ahead of the Copenhagen climate conference in December. The five-day talks are the la...
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Expectations low at pre-Copenhagen UN climate summit
Barcelona - United Nations climate negotiators from around the world came together Monday in the Spanish city of Barcelona, with low expectations for a breakthrough ahead of the Copenhagen climate conference in December. The five-day talks are the la...
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Lula confirms attendance at Copenhagen climate conference
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva confirmed Monday that he is set to attend the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December. Lula said in his weekly radio programme Breakfast with the President that he hopes for progr...
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Arctic indigenous peoples debate climate change
Stockholm - A delay in signing a legally-binding treaty on climate change at a UN climate conference in December could offer an opportunity to push for a better treaty, a leading Inuit activist said Monday. Recent statements from several of the par...
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Merkel will attend Copenhagen climate conference
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to attend the UN Climate Conference to take place in December, a government spokesman confirmed Monday. Expectations that a global agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions could be reached at the s...
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Environment ministers prepare for UN climate change summit
Copenhagen - Some 40 environment ministers gathered Monday in Copenhagen for preparatory talks ahead of the UN climate change conference that opens next month in the Danish capital. Ministers from key emitting countries including the United States, C...
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South Korea sets carbon emissions reduction target
Seoul - South Korea has for the first time set a target for the reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions in the run up to the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, the government said on Tuesday. The fourth-largest economy in Asia plans to reduce its...
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