Dot Earth Blog: Dot Earth: Compromise at the Bali Climate Talks?
552446
Negotiators in Bali talks on climate change appear to have found a compromise, but to what end?.
543517
There's    troubling news (FT subscription reqd, alternate copy here)  coming from Japan, where the Kyoto protocol on Greenhouse Emissions was born in 1997.  It seems that the Japanese aren't going to be able to meet their emissions targets specified in  the agreement in time.  Indeed, unless they buy a "large quantity" of emissions credits from other countries, they're not going to be able to meet their commitment at all.     Taishi Sugiyama, a climate expert at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry in Japan, said emissions were rising 1 per cent a year due to a larger-than-expected impact from vehicles and households. That made it impossible to cut real domestic emissions by the required 16 per cent within a few years, he said.      Is this the last nail in the coffin for the Kyoto protocol?  And if so, which way do we go when it's buried?  Was GWB right to pull out, and where would John Kerry take us, in either case?
705431
The White House calls the results of the two-week U.N. climate conference in Bali "a critical first step," but says it does not sufficiently address the role of developing nations in the fight against global warming.
418349
As the UN climate change talks conclude in Buenos Aires, debate has been gathering pace on two main issues: what happens after Kyoto and how to help developing countries best cope with global warming.
152617
An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
463801
Campaigners and officials celebrate last-minute compromise at Bali conference
155460
NUSA DUA, Bali, Indonesia , Dec 13 (IPS) - Green groups hoping that the social and  environmental cost of biofuels would get an airing at the United  Nations climate change conference here are a disappointed lot.
525794
Bali talks headed for a  compromise on Saturday to launch negotiations on a global pact  to fight climate change after the European Union toned down a  key demand for sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
173644
ASIA/INDONESIA - ÂCambiamenti climatici forieri di nuovi conflitti. Occorre intervenire per mantenere la pace nel mondoÂ: i timori espressi dalla Conferenza Onu a Bali Bali (Agenzia Fides) - Alla Conferenza delle Nazioni Unite sullÂambiente in corso nellÂisola indonesiana di Bali (dal 3 al 14 dicembre) partecipano, oltre ai leader politici e ai rappresentanti della organizzazioni internazionali, numerosi esponenti ...
342321
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.
11715
NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - India and China objected on Saturday to a draft deal at U.N. talks in Bali to launch negotiations on a global pact by 2009 to fight climate change, saying rich nations should do more to lead the way.
721854
A top US negotiator said Friday he was optimistic a UN conference on climate change in Bali would eventually reach a deal, despite a logjam with the European Union.
151032
NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - India and China objected on Saturday to a draft deal at U.N. talks in Bali meant to launch negotiations on a global pact by 2009 to fight climate change, saying rich nations should do more to lead the way.
215174
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 15 -- The United States, under a barrage of criticism from developing countries, agreed today to accept a framework for future climate change talks that would compel industrialized countries to provide measurable technological and financial aid to lesser-off nations if they...
79109
World climate talks in Bali go into their last day amid fierce disagreement over greenhouse gas emissions.
271724
UN climate talks in Bali appear to be heading for a compromise deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
185124
NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Negotiators at climate talks in Bali on Friday struggled to break a deadlock over U.S. objections to goals for cutting emissions by dropping a reference to a non-binding 2020 target in draft text.