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UN carbon trading scheme suspends reluctant Russia

16 Jan 2009

The immaturity of one of the United Nation’s flagship carbon trading schemes has been underlined after Russia was suspended from registering carbon credits on the international transaction log (ITL) as a result of unpaid fees.

Lawyers to launch association for climate change officers

16 Jan 2009

A professional association of senior executives responsible for climate change and energy will launch in the United States within the next six to 18 months.

Emissions trading will increase Aussie grazing costs

16 Jan 2009

Emissions trading could increase the production costs for livestock by 18 per cent by 2030 if farmers have to offset methane emissions from their cattle and sheep, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE).

Peru planting 40 million trees to fight climate change

16 Jan 2009

Peru has embarked an ambitious project to plant 40 million trees in three months to help to deter the effects of climate change.

Emerging economies more concerned, but optimistic about solving climate change

16 Jan 2009

Consumers in emerging economies are more concerned and willing to take actions against climate change than those in developed countries, according to global research by Accenture.

Climate could be changing the sound of music

16 Jan 2009

Scientists are not ruling out the possibility that climate change may have affected the sound of wooden musical instruments.

Learn the lingo with buzzwords for greenspeak

16 Jan 2009

If you want to impress friends with your green know-how, make sure to brush up on the top green buzzwords of the year.

EU slashes emission caps on utilities, factories

19 Dec 2008

The European Union approved tighter emission caps on energy and manufacturing companies as of 2013, bolstering the world’s biggest greenhouse-gas market in a bid to spur the US and China to help to fight climate change.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk ... Rudd has mad ean opening bid.

Australian plan not enough, says influential minister

19 Dec 2008

South Africa, emerging as one of the most influential developing nations in climate change negotiations, has rejected the Australian Government's emissions package as an inadequate "opening bid", and warns that unless it is strengthened developing countries will refuse to sign a global climate package.

Rudd backs renewables and home power generation

19 Dec 2008

The Rudd Government has released details of two energy conservation schemes which it says will boost renewables and provide powerful incentives for Australians to install home micro-generation units.

Steven Chu ... at the cutting edge.

Obama: Chu appointment shows we’re serious

19 Dec 2008

The appointment of 60-year-old scientist Steven Chu as US energy secretary will send a signal that the next administration will value science, President-elect Barack Obama says.

2008 among 10 warmest years on record, UN experts say

19 Dec 2008

The year 2008 is likely to rank as the 10th warmest year on record since the beginning of the instrumental climate records in 1850, although the global average temperature was slightly lower than previous years of the 21st century, according to United Nations weather experts.

IBM tops climate change governance league table

19 Dec 2008

IBM, Tesco and Dell have taken the gold, silver and bronze positions in a league table assessing firms' response to climate change, released last week by the Ceres coalition of investment firms.

Prince Charles ... 'growing chorus' of voices.

Charles urges international climate cooperation

19 Dec 2008

Prince Charles has urged greater international co-operation to tackle climate change as he drew parallels between the environmental crisis and the credit crunch.

Japan’s voluntary emissions scheme attracts 500 firms

19 Dec 2008

More than 500 businesses have now joined Japan’s two-months-old voluntary emissions trading scheme, the government has announced.

Kevin Rudd ... targets compatible with other countries.

Australia sets minimum target of 5% emissions cut

16 Dec 2008

The Rudd Government has set Australia a minimum target to cut emissions by 5 per cent by 2020, based on year 2000 levels.

Poznan positives: At least some progress is being made

16 Dec 2008

If one message has emerged from the long and often tortuous hours of climate negotiations in recent years, it is this: In the end, progress is being made.

Al Gore ... 'I say it can be done.'

Focus on climate, not O.J. or Paris Hilton, urges Gore

16 Dec 2008

Climate change campaigner Al Gore urged the world to fight on against global warming at the conclusion of UN climate talks at Poznan instead of focusing on celebrity news like the legal woes of O.J. Simpson and Paris Hilton’s latest shopping escapade.

George W.Bush ... welling of disdain.

Poznan delegates (happily) say bye-bye to Bush

16 Dec 2008

US President George W. Bush's last hurrah in the global climate arena has met with a welling of disdain contrasting with the outsized expectations for his successor Barack Obama.

Nicolas Sarkozy ... everyone agrees the situation is grave.

Environment groups slam EU deal on climate, economy

16 Dec 2008

European leaders have papered over deep divisions on solving the interlocking crises of recession and climate change and are hailing breakthrough agreements on both fronts.

Steven Chu ... Obama's climate czar?

Nobel winner likely to head Obama’s climate team

16 Dec 2008

President-elect Barack Obama today is expected to name Nobel physics laureate Steven Chu as his energy secretary when he announces his team to lead the fight against climate change.

BYD's F3DM hybrid ... on sale today in China.

Chinese hybrid car is charging into weak market

16 Dec 2008

With the Big Three US automakers tottering and China's once go-go car market in reverse, this might seem a bad time for a relative unknown to be launching a new vehicle.

We're losing coral reefs at an alarming rate, says report

16 Dec 2008

The world has already lost nearly one-fifth of its coral reefs and many of the remaining reefs could be denuded of life over the next 20 to 40 years as a result of climate change and other threats, the Global Reef Monitoring Network says.

Tim Groser ... we will participate constructively.

Critics slam NZ attitude at Poznan climate talks

12 Dec 2008

New Zealand is making a name for itself at the UN climate change summit in Poznan – for all the wrong reasons.

Ban Ki-moon ... the world is watching us.

UN chief calls for ‘Green New Deal’ at climate talks

12 Dec 2008

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for renewed global solidarity to tackle the twin challenges of climate change and the financial crisis, telling ministers gathered at the Poznan conference that the world cannot afford to let economic woes hinder progress on “the defining challenge of our era.”

Poznan pressure groups blast Australia

12 Dec 2008

Environmental groups have blasted Australia as the single biggest disappointment at climate change talks in Poland, saying it was "Groundhog Day" with the Rudd Government acting like the Howard government.

Poznan talks strike deal on forest conservation

12 Dec 2008

New Zealand played a controversial role at the Poznan climate conference yesterday as negotiators broke an impasse on including forest conservation in a new climate change agreement.

Barack Obama ... vows aggressive approach to climate change.

Obama on climate change: The time for denial is over

12 Dec 2008

The time for denial is over and fighting climate change is a matter of urgency, President-elect Barack Obama said after a two-hour meeting with former vice-president Al Gore.

No country doing the job, say climate change watchdogs

12 Dec 2008

The climate watchdogs who rated New Zealand as one of the worst at dealing with greenhouse gas emissions believe no country is worth praising for its efforts in fighting climate change.

Climate experts begin to doubt renewables, says survey

12 Dec 2008

Support for renewable energy technology to fight global warming is weakening in the face of worldwide economic problems and the true scale of the carbon reductions required, a new survey has suggested.

Italy stalling on eve of EU climate change summit

12 Dec 2008

Negotiations have moved forward on a European plan to combat global warming but Italy is not yet prepared to sign on, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says.

Trading market key is infrastructure, says report

12 Dec 2008

The development of a successful global carbon trading market that delivers real and cost-efficient greenhouse gas emission reductions will require an improved market infrastructure, according to a report issued today by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Climate victims could sue big emitters, says expert

12 Dec 2008

Victims of floods or other climate events made more severe by man-made warming could sue companies that are heavy carbon dioxide emitters, such as oil and power companies, according to a UK climate change expert.

Forest to farms ... 13 million hectares a year are cleared.

Forest protection hopes fade at Poznan talks

9 Dec 2008

Hopes of reaching agreement at Poznan on protecting the world's forests are fading, prompting environmentalists to appeal for an extra push for a deal this week.

Like the weather, Poznan climate talks go cool

9 Dec 2008

At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Bali last year, the sweltering weather was a convenient motif both for global warming and the heat of arguments as negotiators scrambled to produce the Bali roadmap.

Yvo de Boer ... the system is sound.

UN defends American attack on carbon trading scheme

9 Dec 2008

The UN’s top climate official has defended a global trading scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after the US government released a report questioning its efficacy.

Nicolas Sarkozy ... failed to win support.

Brussels talks will decide EU stance on climate change

9 Dec 2008

French president Nicolas Sarkozy met central and eastern European leaders in Gdansk at the weekend but failed to persuade them to accept crucial elements of the package – notably auctioning permits for carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the Irish Times reported.

What world business leaders think of climate change

9 Dec 2008

Business leaders of more than 140 global companies have published The Poznañ Communiqué on Climate Change, which sets out what they believe should be the key elements of an international deal on climate change.

Builders can do more to curb carbon, says UN report

9 Dec 2008

Energy use in buildings accounts for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, but the huge potential of the construction sector to combat climate change has not been realised, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Stewart Stevenson ... world's most ambitious climate legislation.

Scotland comes up with ‘world leading’ climate bill

9 Dec 2008

A newly published Scottish bill to help to tackle climate change could be a "world leader", environmental groups have claimed.

POZNAN: China, India say Obama is the key

5 Dec 2008

China and India, the developing nations with the highest carbon-dioxide emissions, want US president-elect Barack Obama to demonstrate more commitment in tackling climate change, delegates at United Nations talks in Poland said.

Ralph Nader ... bad assumptions.

Nader: Why we need a global carbon tax

5 Dec 2008

If President Barack Obama wants to stop the descent toward dangerous global climate change, and avoid the trade anarchy that current approaches to this problem will invite, he should take Al Gore's proposal for a carbon tax and make it global, says veteran American consumer advocate Ralph Nader.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk ... countries need to put figures on the table.

Pressure mounts on Rudd to cut emissions by 25%

5 Dec 2008

Developing countries are intensifying the pressure on Australia and other wealthy nations to promise to cut greenhouse emissions by at least 25 per cent by 2020 at talks in Poland this month.

Food disaster looms in Pacific, says UN report

5 Dec 2008

Disasters linked to climate change such as cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to have a serious impact on food production in Pacific island nations, a new United Nations report warns.

Hawaii signs up for electric car network

5 Dec 2008

Hawaii has become the first US state to confirm it will establish a network of electric car stations to wean the islands off oil.

10,000 turn up for crucial climate talks in Poland

2 Dec 2008

The latest round of United Nations-led negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious global climate change deal next year began today in Poznan, Poland, drawing more than 10,000 participants from governments, business and industry, environmental groups and research institutions.

Adairn Turner ... case for more nuclear power.

UK climate chief cracks down on coal-fired energy

2 Dec 2008

Britain’s chief climate change adviser has come down hard on coal, saying new coal-fired power stations should be built only on the understanding that they would be retro-fitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology by the early 2020s.

Penny Wong ... business needs certainty.

Australia’s final carbon scheme out this month

2 Dec 2008

The final shape of Australia’s future emissions trading will be known on December 15 when Climate Change Minister Penny Wong releases the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme white paper.

Sigmar Gabriel ... Berlin's plans are working.

Germany cuts gas emissions to below Kyoto marks

2 Dec 2008

Germany has cut its greenhouse gas emissions to below levels required under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the government in Berlin has announced on the eve of a crucial climate conference in Poland.

Religious leaders united in call for climate curbs

2 Dec 2008

Leaders of the world's major religions have called for "rapid and large emission cuts in the rich world".

Australia
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Warmer seas fuel dangerous ‘weather bomb’ in New South Wales

3 Jul 2025

If the storm shapes up as predicted, we can expect to see damage to houses and trees as well as significant beach erosion – especially in heavily populated areas exposed to the storm’s southern flank.

United States
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes

Tue 8 Jul 2025

President Donald Trump’s dismantling of climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement.

China
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China solar and wind installations break more world records

Mon 7 Jul 2025

China is leading the world in new solar and wind installations and doing so at a record-shattering pace.

Europe
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EU countries seek more cuts to deforestation rules

Wed 9 Jul 2025

From December, the world-first deforestation law will require operators placing goods including soy, beef and palm oil, onto the EU market to provide proof their products did not cause deforestation.

United Kingdom
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Net-zero much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of unmitigated climate change far more severe.

Canada
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Is Mark Carney turning his back on climate action?

23 Jun 2025

The G7 summit in Alberta, hosted by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has ended with only passing mention of fighting climate change, including a statement on wildfires that is silent on the pressing need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Asia
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Türkiye's Parliament adopts first-ever climate law

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Promising a wide range of provisions and increased vigilance against climate change, the new law is to provide action plans on a national and local scale, while bolstering Türkiye’s 2053 climate goals and protecting the country from environmental disasters.

Pacific
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Nearly a third of Tuvaluans have applied for climate migration visa

27 Jun 2025

With their country threatened by sea level rise, the people of Tuvalu have been offered an escape route through an agreement with Australia, and many are contemplating leaving their home.

Antarctic/Arctic
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Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Research in Chile suggests the climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk.

Africa
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Africa is not a solar geoengineering test site

Tue 8 Jul 2025

This potentially dangerous course of action would divert financing and support from real solutions, while putting the continent’s ecosystems and communities at risk.

South America
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In Latin America, the energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits

Tue 8 Jul 2025

A new report shows that more than half of the 95 energy transition-related lawsuits recorded globally since 2009 took place in Latin America and the Caribbean.

United Nations
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UN development conference backs innovative ways to boost climate finance

Mon 7 Jul 2025

Leaders push for better financial systems at the Financing for Development summit to help poor nations cope with climate and economic shocks.

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