U.N. hopes U.S. takes lead on climate
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed hope that the U.S. will take a leadership role in combatting climate change &#151; which he said poses as much danger to mankind as war and is likely to fuel future conflicts.
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The U.N. conference seemed to be heading for an agreement on a future deal to reduce greenhouse gases, officials said Friday.
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Al Gore said Thursday the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions.
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An international group of corporate leaders calls for global targets on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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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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The Kyoto Protocol, which aims to slow down global warming, takes effect, but the US remains outside it.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he will ask President Bush on Tuesday to have a top U.S. official attend a high-level U.N. meeting on climate change in September because "American participation is crucially important."
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The United Nations conference looked to be heading for a landmark agreement on a deadline for negotiations to reduce the worldâs greenhouse gases, officials said.
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The president announced that the U.S. would gather together the worldâs largest emitters of greenhouse gases to seek a long-term global reduction in emissions.
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The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.
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While much was said at the United Nations summit on global warming, the world is still a ways from taking concrete action
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a one-day high-level meeting on climate change on Monday was a turning point in the battle against global warming.
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The United States insisted on Thursday it was fighting global warming and tried to reassure skeptics that a meeting of major polluting nations convened by President George W. Bush would not undermine U.N. efforts.
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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 settled a row over greenhouse gas curbs.
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BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 13 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon conceded Wednesday that the United States had succeeded in achieving one of its key objectives at the climate conference here, blocking a proposal that called on industrialized nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40...
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said  on Thursday the world is on the cusp of "the age of green  economics" and called on nations to cooperate to fight global  warming and promote the transformation.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.From California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a champion of climate-saving legislation, the presidents and premiers will hear that even an often-reluctant United States is pitching in.'California is moving the United States beyond debate and doubt to action,' he says in remarks prepared for the meeting's morning kickoff. Read more