G8 rich nations and major emerging economies probably won’t achieve a big breakthrough in talks on global warming in Japan next month, Britain’s climate envoy said on Thursday, echoing other forecasts for modest progress at best.Climate change is a key topic for the July 8 Group of Eight leaders’ summit as well as an expanded […]
A long round of talks on the trek towards a new global deal on climate change headed to a close on Friday, battered by criticism that progress was negligible.The 12-day haggle under the 192-nation UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was the second since the accord in Bali, Indonesia, last December that set down […]
Helping developing nations fight global warming and sharing views on soaring oil and food prices were among the topics on hand at a Group of Eight finance ministers’ meeting opening Friday.The two-day meeting also will address other global issues, including aid for Africa and possibly exchange rates, officials say.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, one of […]
Rich countries are failing to set a good example for developing countries on tackling climate, the head of the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change has said.
According to Rajendra Pachauri, many developed countries have failed to lead the way and do what is necessary to make the developing nations commit to a new global […]
Outraged poor nations bearing the brunt of global warming have become increasingly bold in UN-led climate talks, but some worry that recent trysts of large countries are leaving them out in the cold.A grouping of 192 countries under the United Nations is leading the way in negotiating a groundbreaking climate change treaty, and most of […]
