Emissions pact goes forward
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But the tougher work of cutting greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol remains.
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BERLIN, Mar 13 (IPS) - The new EU commitment to reducing greenhouse gases   emissions by at least 20 percent by  2020 relative to 1990  levels is deceptive, leading German scientists say.
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European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.Comment
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Europe is moving toward forcing large polluters to pay for most, if not all, permits to produce climate-changing gases.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- EU leaders agreed Friday on a bold set of measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and 10 percent of European cars will run on biofuels.
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The Kyoto Protocol has finally been given the green light and will become a binding treaty on February the 16th. The finalisation of the United Nations&#39; environmental accord, which is designed to combat global
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Forest-preservation pledges of $166 million this week could entice them to take part in a post-Kyoto climate deal.
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Intensive diplomatic efforts to agree the elements of a framework by the end of the year for a new global climate change treaty are starting to make headway, according to a European official close to the ...Comment
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THE TREATY: A 1997 international agreement setting targets for developed countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions as part of effort to slow global warming.
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European and Asian leaders pledged Monday to set new carbon dioxide emissions targets that go beyond those now set for 2012 under the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. But they set no firm targets now, bowing to Asian reluctance to do so.
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The EU is to set carbon limits under the next phase of the European Trading Scheme, a  tool to tackle global warming.
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Russia is expected to formally agree to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming today, following its signing into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month.
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Delight that the UN&#39;s global-warming pact will finally see daylight mixed with veiled demands on Thursday that major polluters United States, China and India also step up their fight on climate change.
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Moscowâs approval of the Kyoto Protocol is a major step in bringing the treaty into effect. Fifty-five countries (that emit 55 per cent of the worldâs total CO2 emissions) must endorse the Kyoto pact before it can become binding.
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Negotiators at the international climate talks in Bali reach a last-minute agreement to adopt a blueprint for fighting global warming by 2009.
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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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Investor's Business Daily - The European Union agreed on measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and that 10% of European cars will run on biofuels. The binding accord, the 1st to go beyond the 35-nation Kyoto Protocol in its targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts, does not include an enforcement mechanism.