Nations Agree to Speed Up Climate Goal
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Delegates at a U.N. conference in Montreal agreed to eliminate ozone-depleting substances 10 years ahead of schedule.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 9 (IPS) - European heads of state have agreed to cut  greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from  1990 levels by the  year 2020.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 15 -- Delegates from nearly 190 countries emerged from a final 24 hours of bruising negotiations Saturday with an agreement on a new framework for tackling global warming, one that for the first time calls on both the industrialized world and rapidly developing nations to...
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WASHINGTON -- Eight nations with Arctic territory agreed yesterday to fight glacial melting and other effects of climate change in the region, though they declined to endorse any new steps to counter global warming out of deference to the Bush administration.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The United States is the big odd man out as diplomats, scientists, and environmentalists from more than 190 countries gather here at the 10th meeting of the United Nations' Convention on Climate Change. The convention's Kyoto Protocol, with its mandatory reduction of &quot;greenhouse gases&quot; that cause global warming, goes into force next year. Discussions of new ...
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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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Forty-five nations answered France's call for a new environmental body to slow inevitable global warming and protect the planet, perhaps with policing powers to punish violators.Comment
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The nations expressed concern about climate change but did not agree on a common strategy for curbing emissions.
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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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Germany's chancellor says the leaders of the G8 nations have agreed a compromise deal on climate change.
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Eight nations with Arctic territory agreed yesterday to fight glacial melting and other effects of climate change in the region, though
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BERLIN -- The leaders of the world's second- and third-largest economies, Japan and Germany, pressed the biggest -- the United States -- yesterday to agree to dramatic action in addressing climate change at a Group of 8 summit meeting next month.
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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 last-minute reversal by the United States allowed a breakthrough.
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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 greenhouse-gas pollution by 2050.
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Russia formally ratified the Kyoto Protocol - aimed at curbing global greenhouse gas emissions - on Thursday. In doing so, it triggered a 90-day countdown to bring the international climate treaty into force.
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The world's most polluting nations must seek a consensus on tackling climate change, John Howard urges ahead of talks on the issue.
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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.