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Second round of Bonn UN Climate Change negotiations continue
The 2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 16) negotiations continued this week in Bonn, Germany
Copenhagen climate conference opens
A deal is within our reach —- Danish Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
EU adopts renewable energy measures
European Union leaders on the second day of their summit have agreed on measures to decrease emission of greenhouse gases and to start using more biological fuels.
New Zealand declares 2007 switch of energy efficiency strategy
The New Zealand Government's energy efficiency strategy has been considered ineffective and will hence be replaced in 2007.
Sweden reaffirms aims for oil-free economy
In the past year, Mona Sahlin, the Swedish Minister for Sustainable Development, announced plans to break the nation's dependency on oil by 2020, without building new nuclear plants. She stated that, “There shall always be better alternatives to oil, which means no house should need oil for heating, and no driver should need to turn solely to petrol.”
Obama declares tougher emission targets before Copenhagen summit
Barack Obama has set tougher emission targets in a White House speech. He said, the USA intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions "in the range of" 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. Obama will attend the Copenhagen international climate meeting next month, and is going to offer these figures as an official climate change policy.
Hopes for treaty on climate begin to wither
International climate negotiations for a global climate treaty are not producing the required results in the given amount of time left before the Copenhagen conference in December, diminishing the hopes for a resolution at this conference.
Obama commits Billions to Solar Firms
President Barack Obama, under pressure to spur job growth, said on Saturday two solar energy companies will get nearly $2 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to create as many as 5,000 green jobs.
G8 leaders set new emissions target
he leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) countries are meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, from July 8 to July 11. On Wednesday, the group announced that it had agreed to a cut in carbon emissions.
Climate Change threatens world's poorest says Oxfam
The anti-poverty group Oxfam says global warming is altering the human food supply and threatening some of the world's poorest people with hunger