Agreement Reached on Greenhouse Gas Targets
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Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement on rough targets aimed at getting some of the worldâs biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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An deal is reached at the UN climate summit, but without specific targets for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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EU leaders agree in principle to make targets for renewable energy binding, Sweden's prime minister says.
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In a move environmentalists call a modest victory, the world&#39;s eight Arctic nations, including the United States, have agreed that climate change is threatening northern ecosystems and greenhouse gases must be limited.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - World leaders agreed on Thursday to pursue substantial but unspecified cuts in greenhouse gases and work with the United Nations to clinch a new deal to fight global warming by 2009.
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The governments of New Zealand and Austria have signed a co-operation arrangement on the implementation of emission reduction projects and for the trading of Kyoto Protocol emissions units.
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Here is the passage from the Group of Eight declaration that discusses goals for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, as published Thursday on the G-8 Web site:
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European leaders are set to commit their countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions at a European Union summit focused on energy and the climate.Comment
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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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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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UN climate talks in Bali appear to be heading for a compromise deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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A plan to require automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent is expected to be approved on Thursday by the California Air Resources Board, backers and opponents said.
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Governors of both parties are taking the lead on finding ways to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Seeking to bolster its credentials on global warming, the United States signed an agreement Tuesday with 13 other nations that calls for investing up to &#36;53 million in companies that will profitably control emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas.
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The EU and US reach a compromise after marathon talks over post-Kyoto steps to combat climate change.
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EU leaders agree to adopt a binding renewable energy target, a day after backing cuts in carbon emissions.
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Asia-Pacific leaders agreed on Saturday to adopt a "long-term aspirational goal" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said.