Bali breakthrough launches climate talks
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Nearly 200 nations agreed at U.N.-led talks in Bali on Saturday to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the United States allowed a breakthrough.
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Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement on rough targets aimed at getting some of the worldâs biggest polluters to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
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Negotiators at climate  talks in Bali tried to break a deadlock on Friday over  emissions goals after the European Union accused the United  States of blocking progress at the 190-nation meeting.
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The Kyoto Protocol, which aims to slow down global warming, will come into effect on Wednesday.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - U.N.-led climate talks in Bali agreed on Saturday to launch negotiations on a new global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol after the United States dropped last-minute opposition.
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Bali talks headed for a  compromise on Saturday to launch negotiations on a global pact  to fight climate change after the European Union toned down a  key demand for sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
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Envoys from 189 nations continued talks Wednesday at a UN conference to finalize details of a global warming treaty going into effect next year.
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The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process.
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Legislators meet for talks in Washington aimed at finding a new global deal to curb climate change.
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The head of the UN opens high-level talks at the climate change conference in Bali with a call to action.
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON  - Nearly 100 corporations, international organizations and experts agreed to a plan on Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions, calling on governments to act urgently against global warming.
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The chief European Union negotiator at a United Nations conference on climate change said new talks under consideration could allow countries to expand the ways they meet reductions in greenhouse gases mandated by the Kyoto Protocol.
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Delegates at the United Nations climate change conference have ended negotiations with a compromise plan for talks on how to combat global warming.
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NUSA DUA, Bali, Dec 12 (IPS) - The United Nations announced Wednesday it is  joining the growing worldwide effort to go "climate  neutral", an acronym for reducing or offsetting any  greenhouse gases.
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Asia Pacific leaders overcame differences on climate change Saturday to agree to take action against greenhouse gases at a key summit protected by the tightest security in Australian history.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed a breakthrough in the fight against climate change on Friday after proposing a European Union summit compromise to set a binding target for renewable fuels.
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Australia's prime minister calls for a new way forward on climate change as Apec talks begin in Sydney.