Global Warming Negotiations Heat Up
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&#39;As negotiators in the capital of Argentina hammer out the next stage of the The Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, two important questions remain unanswered: whether the Kyoto signatories can find a compromise to bring the United States back into the
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Scholars from different disciplines are crossing lines to share ideas about reducing the threat of climate change.
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World scientists gather next week to discuss the climate change crisis threatening the planet amid stark warnings that the time for talking is over and action is urgently needed.
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Politicians in the nation's capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit during the next century, citing uncertainty about the severity of the threat. But that uncertainty may have shrunk somewhat with the release last week of two scientific reports suggesting that global warming is not just a hypothetical possibility, but a real phenomenon that has already started transforming especially sensitive parts of the globe.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.
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UN climate talks in Bali appear to be heading for a compromise deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Amid a mounting sense of urgency about the need for action to slow climate change, President Bush this week will be playing what is, for him, an unusually prominent role in high-level diplomatic meetings on how to confront global warming.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 14 -- International negotiators continued to meet around the clock here today, making some headway in their effort to forge a road map for achieving a new global climate pact by the end of 2009, including agreement on a deal to protect the world's tropical forests.
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"United States does have serious concerns about other aspects of the decision as we begin the negotiations"  World climate negotiators set a 2009 deadline Saturday for a landmark treaty to fight global warming after two weeks of intense haggling led to a climbdown by an isolated United States. via New Straits Times
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Meteorologists warned on Wednesday that 2004 would be one of the hottest years since records began as environment ministers tried to crack U.S. resistance to joining international efforts against global warming.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - U.N. talks in Bali headed for a deal on Saturday to launch negotiations on a global pact by 2009 to fight climate change after the EU and the United States ended a dispute over greenhouse gas curbs.
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MARK COLVIN: The scientific consensus seems to be growing that global warming is not just coming, it&#39;s upon us. An international climate change taskforce is meeting in Sydney this week to discuss ways of avoiding
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By Bart Jansen Washington D.C. correspondent  Congressional debate on climate change is heating up like the proverbial frog in boiling water. But whether the agitation will lead to action or just allow lawmakers to blow off steam is an open question.
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The European Union and United States sparred Thursday as negotiators raced against the clock to come up with framework deal to fight global warming after 2012.
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Bush administration officials set out Friday to convince the world it can cool the Earth with voluntary "processes," more cooperation and fewer barriers to trade among the U.S., China and other major polluters, contrary to the U.N.'s mandatory approach to global warming.
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A rise of 1 degree Celsius could be enough to trigger 'dangerous' warming, scientists warn.
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The world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters -- including the United States and China -- sent envoys to the U.S. State Department on Thursday for discussions on climate change and what to do about it.