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China, India Still Balk at Efforts to Curb Greenhouse GasesThe leaders of the countries most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions pledged Wednesday a shared effort to combat global warming, but developing countries like China and India continued to balk at the approach favored by the United States.
The 16 countries, along with the heads of the […]

US President George W. Bush pledged Sunday to play a “constructive” role on climate change at a summit of rich nations, but hopes for a breakthrough were dim as he pressed developing countries.Japan, the host of the three-day Group of Eight summit, pushed for progress in the fight against global warming but environmentalists said that […]

European Union energy ministers announced during an informal meeting Saturday that they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels.Documents issued by the EU since the ambitious energy and climate plan was unveiled in January 2007 have consistently […]

Environment ministers from South Asian countries adopted a three-year action plan on Thursday for regional cooperation to combat climate change effects.The meeting agreed to share information and best practices on nationally appropriate actions to mitigate carbon emissions, technology transfer, increasing climate change awareness and other areas.
The meeting was also attended by environment experts from the […]

Global warming legislation will be enacted for the first time in Pennsylvania when Governor Ed Rendell signs the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act as he is expected to do. The measure was overwhelmingly approved today by both houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.A coal-rich state, Pennsylvania emits one percent of the world’s greenhouse gases responsible for […]

Following the U.N. conference on climate change in Bali last year, negotiations on an international framework to follow the Kyoto Protocol after 2012 are now under way. So naturally, climate change will be a key agenda item at the G-8 summit Japan is hosting this month.As it stands, the Kyoto Protocol covers only around 30% […]

China said it is open to general discussion of longer-term goals and industrial targets to combat global warming at the G8 summit, but fended off talk of any specific pledges, stressing rich nations should lead the way.Despite its growing economic and diplomatic clout, China is not a member of the Group of Eight industrialised countries […]

“China and India are taking action to address the challenge of developing their economies and people’s futures in a climate-challenged world. It is time for some developed countries to stop using China and India as the excuses for their own inaction and get down to business as time is running out for the planet,” Ailun […]

The European Union’s new French presidency expects tough negotiations among the bloc’s 27 countries in coming months as it seeks an ambitious deal to protect the climate ahead of international talks in December.
“It will not be easy — it will be much work,” French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told reporters as he and his peers […]

A joint initiative by foreign governments and international agencies was launched here on Monday to assist China’s ecologically fragile provinces to map out plans to cope with the climate change. The “Provincial Programs for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in China” are a joint initiative of the Chinese and foreign governments and […]