ENVIRONMENT-EUROPE:    Britain, Germany Seek Lead on Climate Change
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LONDON, Nov 1 (IPS) - Britain and Germany will seek to take joint lead   on initiatives to contain climate change at a conference in  Berlin this  week.
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Scotland can become a "global leader" in the fight against climate change, environmental groups claim.
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The European Commission has unveiled a plan of action to tackle climate change. Will it work?
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Britain on Tuesday became the first  country to propose legislation setting binding limits on carbon  dioxide emissions as it stepped up its campaign for a new  global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
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BRUSSELS -- Europe yesterday embarked on a bold path to fight climate change, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.
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LONDON, June 26 -- Tony Blair, in his last news conference as British prime minister, joined California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday in calling for world leaders to take action on climate change.
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BERLIN, Jun 4 (IPS) - Legislators from the G8 countries -- Britain,  France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, United States and Russia  -- are hoping against hope that an historic breakthrough on  climate change will be achieved at the Heiligendamm summit this  week.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jun 5 (IPS) - In the final hours before this week's Group of  Eight (G8) summit gets underway in Germany, activists have  underscored the need for progress with both climate change and  poverty alleviation -- key items on the meeting's agenda --  for there to be real improvement in Africa's living  conditions.
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The European Union will try to cement its leadership role in the fight against climate change at a summit starting Thursday, with plans to set tough targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday urged a new international dialogue with the United States on climate change, weeks before Britain takes over the presidency of the G8 group of industrialized nations. &quot;The most important thing is to try to get a dialogue with America on how we recognize both the scale of the problem on greenhouse gas emissions ...
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on how the EU will juggle tackling climate change with the needs of industry.
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European Union leaders will put their weight behind ambitious goals to fight climate change today in a move they hope will spur similar action from the United States and other big polluters worldwide.Comment
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Britain on Tuesday became the first  country to propose legislation setting binding limits on  greenhouse gases as it stepped up its campaign for a new global  warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
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Action is needed to protect British wildlife from the effects of a changing climate, a report says.
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Germany's government plans to tax cars based on emissions instead of engine size to help tackle climate change, Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee said.Comment
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BRUSSELS, Belgium   Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened to overshadow Thursday's summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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BUENOS AIRES - Germany&#39;s environmental minister is attempting to promote bilateral discussions to wrangle down greenhouse emissions at the 10th United Nations conference on climate and global warming.