Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said here Tuesday that industrialized countries must take the lead in dealing with the threat of climate change. “Looking at global emissions from a per capita perspective, it is obvious that the richest countries must take the lead,” Annan told the first annual meeting of his new […]
Tackling climate change is too crucial to be derailed by a temporary economic downturn, the OECD head has said.In a wide-ranging interview for BBC News, Angel Gurria said that the long-term damage that would occur if the world did nothing about greenhouse gases would far outweigh the short-term problems of the credit crunch.
Nevertheless, the OECD […]
Development campaigners have accused the UK government of making a stealth cut to an £800m fund designed to help poor countries adapt to climate change.Ministers said they were proud to have set a moral lead when the Environmental Transformation Fund was launched.
The government now says an unspecified amount will go out as interest-free loans but […]
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 […]
The United Nations’ top climate change official, Yvo de Boer, on Monday asked the European Union (EU) to provide financial help to major developing economies in order to reach a global deal on climate change. De Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, addressed an EU environment […]
