EU presses climate case with Asians ahead of G8
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HAMBURG, Germany  - EU foreign ministers urged Asian countries on Tuesday to join the fight against climate change after hearing China argue that protecting the environment had to be balanced by the right to develop.
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Leaders of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations should formulate a concrete plan to tackle climate change at their summit this week, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday.
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European Union leaders will put their weight behind ambitious goals to fight climate change today in a move they hope will spur similar action from the United States and other big polluters worldwide.Comment
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Europe pressed Asia on Sunday to   address concerns about worker rights abuses as it grows into an   economic powerhouse and said the region must take a bigger role   in tackling global climate change.
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Australia's conservative, anti-Kyoto prime minister has pushed climate change to the top of the agenda for this week's APEC forum. But can the U.S. and China be brought onboard this time?
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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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HELSINKI, Finland - European and Asian leaders pledged Monday to keep cutting greenhouse gases after the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
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European countries hurled down a challenge at a UN summit on climate change here Monday, calling for the world to set a goal of halving global greenhouse-gas pollution by 2050.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that one-fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and ...Comment
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The world's top polluting  nations were told on Wednesday to prepare for decades of  weather turmoil, even if they act now to curb emissions and  pursue green energy sources.
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BERLIN - European nations are not doing enough to fight climate change and should show more leadership before they criticize the United States and Asia, the head of the U.N. Environment ...Comment
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Asian and European business leaders at a joint forum pushed for greater trade between their regions Thursday, with Asians calling for more transfer of technology to their countries and Europeans demanding greater Asian investment.
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European Union states debated how far they are willing to go to fight climate change on Tuesday as the 27-nation bloc forms what could become the world's most ambitious strategy to curb global warming.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urged the EU to lead the fight against global warming ahead of a summit that is due to pledge to slash greenhouse gases but leave key ...Comment
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BRUSSELS -- Europe yesterday embarked on a bold path to fight climate change, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.
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BERLIN, Jun 4 (IPS) - Legislators from the G8 countries -- Britain,  France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, United States and Russia  -- are hoping against hope that an historic breakthrough on  climate change will be achieved at the Heiligendamm summit this  week.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium _ German Chancellor Angela Merkel will push her European Union counterparts to go green on energy at summit talks Thursday, urging them to adopt tough measures needed to fight global warming ...Comment