APEC leaders to sign climate change pact at summit
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Asia-Pacific leaders were expected to sign a landmark statement on climate change at their annual summit on Saturday, papering over differences between rich and developing nations over pollution targets.
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The United Nations conference looked to be heading for a landmark agreement on a deadline for negotiations to reduce the worldâs greenhouse gases, officials said.
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A compromise deal with the US for a new international climate change agenda was agreed at the UN summit in Bali today
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European and Asian foreign ministers agreed to set a 2009 deadline to complete negotiations on a new international climate change pact to limit greenhouse gases
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Leaders of 21 Pacific Rim nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed on Saturday to a âlong-term aspirational goalâ of reducing greenhouse gas emissions â but without binding targets.
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"The risk of the global economy taking a downward turn is increasing"  The United States, China and India must be part of the follow-up treaty to the Kyoto Protocol and agree to cut carbon emissions, Denmark's prime minister said Saturday. Japan's leader offered them a bold strategy for doing it.Climate change returned to the fore at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, where Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda proposed a 2020 deadline for countries to boost their energy efficiency by 30 percent. He added that Japan would try to spread its high-quality environmental technology around the world. Read more
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European and Asian leaders pledged Monday to set new carbon dioxide emissions targets that go beyond those now set for 2012 under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged international cooperation in tackling climate change at a meeting Tuesday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, who plans to push President Bush at next week's Group of Eight summit for action to fight global warming.
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Australia said on Sunday the coming Asia-Pacific leaders' summit in Sydney, which will focus on global warming, would set no binding targets for greenhouse gas reduction but might agree on a post-Kyoto consensus.
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Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations are expected to call on Sunday for a final conclusion to world trade talks that have dragged on for six years, ending a two-day summit dominated by climate change and trade.
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Australia's prime minister calls for a new way forward on climate change as Apec talks begin in Sydney.
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European and Asian foreign ministers agreed to set a 2009 deadline to complete negotiations on a new international climate change pact to limit greenhouse gases, diplomats said Tuesday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Economic leaders present at the 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Thursday (Friday in Manila) agreed to strengthen efforts in trade liberalization and free trade.
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European Union leaders clinched agreement on Friday on a bold long-term strategy for energy policy and climate change aimed at leading the world in the fight against global warming, diplomats said.
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Leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit appeared deadlocked on Thursday over what their "Sydney Declaration" on climate change and cutting greenhouse gas emissions should say.
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European Union leaders clinched  agreement on Friday on a bold long-term strategy for energy  policy and climate change aimed at leading the world in the  fight against global warming, diplomats said.
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Delegates at a U.N. climate conference have agreed to include forest conservation in any future discussions about a new global warming pact, paving the way for billions of dollars in new spending to attack illegal logging, officials said.