Canada hails Arctic Council&#39;s climate change document
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Canada&#39;s environment minister says people shouldn&#39;t underestimate the policy recommendations on climate change announced in Iceland Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON: Greenhouse gases have contributed to a gradual warming of the ecologically-fragile Arctic region, causing massive climate changes, including melting glaciers and sea ice, according to a soon-to-be-released environmental study.
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Faced with fresh evidence of rapid warming at the top of the globe, members of the Arctic Council on Wednesday shied from making any commitments to combat the problem.
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The EU and environmental groups hail the Russian cabinet's decision to back the Kyoto climate change treaty.
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More than 300 scientists from 15 countries, including Canada, have released a study that shows the pace of the Arctic ice melt is accelerating.
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Canada OTTAWA -- Canada's House of Commons passed a bill yesterday designed to force the minority Conservative government to achieve the steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions required by the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. It was the latest in a series of initiatives in Parliament to press the government to take tougher action to fight global warming, but, unlike ...
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Major international environmental groups have hailed the decision by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin to endorse ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol as a historic breakthrough in curbing global warming.
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To witness the impact of a warming planet, one need not make a costly trip to the melting Arctic ice cap. Proof of climate change is right there in most people's backyards, scientists said on Tuesday.
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Russia's Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Thursday, clearing the way for the worldwide adoption of the document once the Russian parliament ratifies it as widely expected.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S commitments to greenhouse gas reduction were well ahead of major emitters who had signed up to the Kyoto climate change protocol, federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell said today.
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Russia&#39;s government has approved the Kyoto Protocol and sent the climate change pact to the State Duma lower house of parliament for endorsement.
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MOSCOW Sept. 30, 2004 - Russia&#39;s Cabinet approved the Kyoto Protocol on global warming Thursday, clearing the way for the worldwide adoption of the document once the Russian parliament ratifies it as widely expected.
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WASHINGTON - Scientists say changes in the earth&#39;s climate from human influences are occurring particularly intensely in the Arctic region, evidenced by widespread melting of glaciers, thinning sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures.
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The new leader of Canada's Liberal Party pledged Sunday to honor the country's commitment to the Kyoto protocol if he unseats Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an election expected next year.
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China says it welcomes Russia&#39;s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol that aims to stem global warming by reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
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The United States and the seven other countries with Arctic territory today expressed concern about profound changes in the Arctic climate and said they would consider new scientific findings
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The move comes just more than a week after his country&#39;s Parliament voted to ratify the document. Mr Putin&#39;s signature clears the way for the United Nations (UN) environment pact to come into force early next year.