Deadlock Stymies Global Climate Talks
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The U.S. and Europe remained deadlocked on whether countries should commit now to specific emissions cuts.
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UN talks on climate change have ended with few steps forward after the United States, oil producers and developing giants slammed the brakes on the European
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Â· US softens on deal to halt rising temperature Â· Race against time to rescue talks before summit
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Talks on global warming in the United States next week may be complicated by differences among developing countries as their climate policy positions diverge.
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The European Union and United States sparred Thursday as negotiators raced against the clock to come up with framework deal to fight global warming after 2012.
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A breakthrough on climate change deadlock is being sought in a meeting at the US senate.
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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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Europe, Japan, US, and developing nations are divided over how to handle greenhouse-gas emissions.
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"As the G8 we must come to a common understanding on how we can fight climate change. But as I stand here today, I am not sure that we will manage this in Heiligendamm"  (CP) - The leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are headed for a showdown next month on how to tackle climate change, with the United States pitted against European nations on how to move forward.Where Canada stands on this major rift remains a mystery leading up to the G8 meetings in Heiligendamm, Germany, beginning June 6.The three days of meetings are widely regarded as a bellwether for the success of the United Nations-led efforts to start a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Talks on that second phase, which would include countries such as India and China, begin December in Bali. Read more
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Gaps on how to confront emissions and Russia are unlikely to be closed at a meeting of the wealthy economies.
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BALI, Indonesia  -- The U.S. and Europe headed toward a compromise solution Friday at the U.N. climate conference, breaking a deadlock over how ambitious the goal should be in negotiating future cutbacks in global warming gases, the German environment minister said.
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to get talks rolling for after 2012, when the Kyoto protocol to cut greenhouse gases runs out. protocol last month, allowing the treaty to take effect in February with a seven-year delay.
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Negotiators worked through the final day of a two-week U.N. conference Friday in search of a way to bring the United States back into long-term talks on controlling global warming. A key European official saw a "50-50" chance of compromise.
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The ice is melting and the heat is on for international delegates assembling in Buenos Aires this week to find new ways to confront global warming under the 194-nation treaty on climate change.
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Agreement is reached at the UN climate talks in Kenya, after a deal on reviewing the Kyoto Protocol proved elusive.
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President George W. Bush is under pressure from European allies to give ground on climate change at next week's meeting of the world's richest countries, but policy experts say prospects for a breakthrough are slim.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - U.N. talks on climate  change ended Saturday with few steps forward as the United  States, oil producers and developing giants slammed the brakes  on the European Union's drive for deeper emissions cuts to stop  global warming.