Tokyo, Sydney kick off climate change concerts
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CHIBA, Japan  - Pop stars in Tokyo and Sydney kicked off a global chain of climate change concerts on Saturday aimed at persuading the world to go green.
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Al Gore announced a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi
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At Live Earth, a planetwide series of concerts, the highest ranks of the pop aristocracy will use their fame to persuade a global audience that climate change is not only an urgent problem but one they can help solve.
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Environmental activists led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday for a 24-hour pop concert across seven continents in July to mobilize action to stop global warming.
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LONDON  - International broadcasters, environmental activists and some of the biggest names in pop music are in the starting blocks for one of the most ambitious global media events of all time.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has made climate change a key focus of her presidency of the G8 group of world leaders, flew Wednesday into Japan for talks a decade after the Kyoto Protocol.
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Glastonbury, the world's biggest open air arts and music festival, on Thursday made environmental issues a pillar of the three-day event by launching its "I Count" campaign to stop climate change.
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Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Sydney unveil an agreement on climate change, but no commitments.
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Thousands of Japanese fans rocked  to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act as a global concert  aimed at persuading millions of fans to go green for the  environment moved onto a venue near Tokyo on Saturday.
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Al Gore will rock out at the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium on July 7, one of eight worldwide shows designed to draw attention to global warming.
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Environmental activists led by  former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday  for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring like  Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of others to  mobilize action to stop global warming.
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More than 100 rock stars play nine concerts across the globe on Saturday in the hope of persuading millions of fans to go green and pressure governments to do the same.
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The world&#39;s two biggest polluters, the US and China, will have an unprecedented chance to thrash out action on climate change at an upcoming summit in Australia, Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday.
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Japan's prime minister proposed cutting world greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050 on Thursday as part of a new global warming pact for all countries, including top polluters United States and China.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Thousands of Japanese rocked to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act on Saturday in the second of nine concerts worldwide aimed at persuading the globe to go green.
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Comment is free: Henry Porter: Mass events like the Live Earth concert raise awareness, but if we are going to combat climate change, personal action is vital.
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Rock band Muse tell BBC 6 Music they may play at major gig to raise awareness of global warming.