Kyoto risks collapse; U.N. urges government action
Reuters | 03 May 2010
OSLO (Reuters) - Governments must confront risks that the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol for fighting climate change will collapse because of splits about a successor treaty, the U.N.'s top climate official said on Monday. Yvo de Boer also said that 194-nation climate negotiations in 2010 were likely merely to lay the "groundwork" for a new legally binding pact to slow global warming after a U.N. summit in Copenhagen in December fell short with a non-binding accord.
 Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Negotiations

Australia shelves climate scheme
BBC World Service | 27 Apr 2010
Australia says a key emissions trading scheme will not start until 2013 at the earliest, after it was repeatedly blocked in the Senate.
 Australia | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | EU Emission Trading Scheme

Climate: Copenhagen pledges set Earth for +3 C warming - study
The Independent | 24 Apr 2010
Carbon-curbing pledges under the Copenhagen Accord are likely to doom Earth to warming of three degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) or more, compared to the deal's target of 2 C (3.6 F), scientists said on Wednesday.
 Germany | Carbon Storage | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Global Warming

U.S. seeks climate ideas after Copenhagen fell short
Reuters | 16 Apr 2010
OSLO (Reuters) - The United States is asking for ideas about how to tackle global warming without raising expectations of breakthroughs in 2010 ahead of climate talks among the world's top emitters in Washington on Sunday.
 United States | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Negotiations | Global Warming

Causes for optimism (1)
chinadialogue.net | 30 Mar 2010
The bare-bones climate agreement produced at Copenhagen has provoked international gloom. But, argues Michael Grubb, history may judge it more kindly
 China | Climate Change | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol

Climate Panel Vows Better Oversight on Research - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal | 25 Feb 2010
The world's leading organization on climate change says it is working on a strategy to better police the experts who produce its high-profile reports, to try to ensure they adhere to rigorous scientific standards.
 Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Science

U.N. says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C
Reuters | 24 Feb 2010
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on Tuesday by the United Nations says.
 Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Negotiations | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Climate change target 'difficult'
BBC World Service | 24 Feb 2010
Experts warn that Scotland's targets on cutting emissions will be hard to achieve without a wider international agreement.
 United Kingdom | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Government and Climate Change | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Bonn to host extra U.N. climate talks, treaty unsure
Reuters | 23 Feb 2010
OSLO (Reuters) - Germany will host an extra session of U.N. climate talks in April but it is too early to say if the world will agree a new treaty this year after falling short at a summit in Copenhagen in December, Denmark said on Monday.
 Germany | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Negotiations

Jordan enlists army in climate fight
Reuters | 22 Feb 2010
OSLO (Reuters) - Jordan has unveiled plans to help fight climate change, including upgrading its armed forces by 2020, an area usually overlooked in the global warming debate.
 Jordan | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Mitigation | Transport