'Now or never' for climate action
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EU nations must back plans to cut emissions by 30% by 2020 or risk jeopardising future global climate efforts, ministers warn.
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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?
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It plans to cut greenhouse emissions by up to 32 percent by 2020, but scientists say it may not be enough.
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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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Bloomberg - Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is resisting calls from the European Union and developing nations to commit to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for global warming, threatening progress on a new accord to fight climate change.
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Science & environment: Green technologies must be developed to combat the worst effects of climate change, MPs have been told
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The world faces a surge in extreme weather events because of global warming and governments must act immediately to avert disaster, Britain&#39;s chief scientist said on Tuesday.
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A leading climatologist explains why he and other experts on global warming have decided to move beyond doing science to pushing for action to cut greenhouse gases.
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At a meeting of world leaders today, Ban Ki-moon said that the moment to act on climate change was now.
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People should be scared about global warming but the tools to tackle the problems are available, says David Miliband.
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The consequences of climate change may be major when looked at over long stretches of time. But can a disaster that needs thousands of years to unfurl illicit a fast-motion response?
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- If current government policies stay as they are, emissions of carbon dioxide from energy production activities will grow by about 60 percent between now and 2030, a report released by the International Energy Agency on Tuesday said.
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Comment is free: Isabel Hilton: China will only act on climate change if we lead by example.
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A powerful new body must drive climate change policy after a decade of failure by the government, MPs warn.
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US recognises global warming danger but wants to lead response outside UN.
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The UK is developing a strategy to adapt to climate change, not just to try to avert it.
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It might be wise to know our geoengineering options just in case climate change comes early. In Beyond the Beyond.