E.U. Raises Bar in Fight Against Global Warming
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PARIS, March 9 -- European Union leaders agreed Friday to take the 27-country bloc beyond the targets of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on global warming, agreeing to legally binding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy.
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By Jonathan Owen  More than 40 countries are backing calls for an international organisation to police governments that fail to act against climate change. It would also fight threats such as global warming, water shortages and the loss of species.
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The United Nations says momentum is building for broader long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial test.
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With tales of rising seas and talk of human solidarity, world leaders at the first United Nations climate summit sought Monday to put new urgency into global talks to reduce global-warming emissions.
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Britain on Tuesday became the first country to propose legislation setting binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions as it stepped up its campaign for a new global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
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The European Union has found new partners in its campaign against global warming: weather forecasters.
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After years of delays, a world plan  to fight global warming went into force on Wednesday, feted by  its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an  economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia.
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Intensive diplomatic efforts to agree the elements of a framework by the end of the year for a new global climate change treaty are starting to make headway, according to a European official close to the ...Comment
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Delight that the UN&#39;s global-warming pact will finally see daylight mixed with veiled demands on Thursday that major polluters United States, China and India also step up their fight on climate change.
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Germany's lack of progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions is holding back international efforts to combat global warming, the European Union's Environment Commissioner was quoted as saying on Sunday.Comment
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HAMBURG, Germany  - EU foreign ministers urged Asian countries on Tuesday to join the fight against climate change after hearing China argue that protecting the environment had to be balanced by the right to develop.
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The measures announced to combat climate change means major changes for how Europe gets its energy
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European countries hurled down a challenge at a UN summit on climate change here Monday, calling for the world to set a goal of halving greenhouse-gas pollution by 2050.
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BERLIN - European nations are not doing enough to fight climate change and should show more leadership before they criticize the United States and Asia, the head of the U.N. Environment ...Comment
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Negotiators at climate  talks in Bali tried to break a deadlock on Friday over  emissions goals after the European Union accused the United  States of blocking progress at the 190-nation meeting.
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The U.N. climate panel issued its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are heating the planet, adding pressure on governments to do more to combat accelerating global warming.
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The European Union's adoption of measures to fight climate change this week could set an example for the United States, China and India, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday.