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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 […]

On the eve of a G8 summit due to address climate change, Britain admitted on Wednesday that it, and by implication others, has been drastically understating its true carbon emissions.The government, which boasts of its success in curbing national emissions of climate warming carbon, said the real picture was reversed if carbon linked to imported […]

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 […]

Governments are not acting fast enough to reduce carbon emissions, a climate change rally in Melbourne has heard.Wearing red, members of more than 60 environmental groups rallied in the city centre and marched to the Alexandra Gardens where they formed a human “sign” 140 metres long, spelling “Climate Emergency”.
The demonstration followed yesterday’s release of economist […]

A major climate change report for Australia’s government on Friday recommended the rapid introduction of an emissions trading scheme to curb greenhouse gases and warned that delay could be disastrous.”Without early and strong action, some time before 2020 we will realise we’ve indelibly surrendered to forces that have moved beyond our control,” said the report’s […]

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 […]

China will deepen international cooperation on climate change, environmental protection, disaster relief and other global issues, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said here Thursday. Li made the remarks in a meeting with the foreign delegates to the 21st congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).
Li said space technology played […]

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 […]