EU's carbon trade 'set to fail'
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The EU's carbon trading scheme - deemed a key to tackling climate change - is set to fail yet again, says the WWF.
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It is unlikely that the global temperature rise can be kept below the EU's target of 2C, a leading climate scientist says.
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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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European governments and the EU are urged to hasten introduction of housing that contributes nothing to global warming.
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Romano Prodi, the outgoing European Commission leader, says EU plans to become the world's most competitive economy are a "big failure".
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Business & money: Ethanol, methane or LPG? Too many fuels will put the brakes on EU emission cuts.
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European Union finance ministers failed early today to agree on tax breaks to ease the impact of high oil prices, despite sharp prodding from France and dire warnings that they were threatening economic growth.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 13 (IPS) - European consumers shunning imported food  supposedly to limit climate change should not make African  farmers a scapegoat, a Brussels conference has been told.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - EU efforts to speed action on climate change took a blow on Tuesday when Japan refused to follow the EU line on how to establish a new international regime once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
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As the Kyoto climate protocol comes into effect, European industries fear losing a competitive edge to U.S. rivals.
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Businesses in the European Union will not be forced to reduce their carbon emissions by as much as previously thought because of &quot;short-sighted&quot; plans for the EU&#39;s carbon trading system, environmental group WWF said on Wednesday.
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The EU is to appeal against a World Trade Organisation ruling that its sugar subsidies breach world trade rules.
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EU efforts to speed action on  climate change took a blow on Tuesday when Japan refused to  follow the EU line on how to establish a new international  regime once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
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The European Commission is given a warning that its proposals on cutting carbon emissions could affect industry.
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US Trade Representative Susan Schwab warned Europe on Monday against using environmental issues as an excuse for protectionism amid disputes ranging from biotechnology to greenhouse gas emissions.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 10 (IPS) - Environmental groups are criticising European  Commission proposals for the bloc's policy on climate change  post-2012, saying they fail to establish legally binding targets  for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
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The European Union's all-encompassing approach to the problem of climate change will not work, a Bush administration official says.