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Climate campaigners march in London
Yahoo! News | 04 Dec 2010
Green campaigners have marched on Parliament demanding greenhouse gas emissions are slashed to help prevent "climate catastrophe". With UN delegates meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to hammer out a deal to cut global warming, thousands of campaigners marched through London.

Large investors urge progress at climate talks
Yahoo! News | 16 Nov 2010
Stronger domestic and international policy is needed to help unlock investment in low-carbon technology in the absence of a global climate deal investors with over $15 trillion of assets said on Tuesday.

Clean Development Mechanism | Global Warming | Globalisation | Environment

UK says India carbon tie could help global deal
Reuters | 15 Nov 2010
Bilateral agreements to develop clean technology and unlock private sector finance could help fill the gap in the absence of an international climate change pact, Britain's climate and energy minister said on Monday.

United Kingdom | Cleaner Technologies | Climate Change | International Environmental Conventions

Climate pledge failure would boost oil prices
Yahoo! News | 04 Nov 2010
A reduction of ten percent in oil demand could knock about $20 off the price of a barrel of crude by 2035 if nations meet their climate change pledges and cut fossil fuel subsidies the International Energy Agency says.

United Kingdom | Climate Change | Industry | International Environmental Conventions | Traditional Fuel Use

Nagoya summit shows parallels with Copenhagen
Guardian Unlimited | 25 Oct 2010
Nagoya is another ill-tempered bout between the global haves and wanna-haves in which the fiercest blows are landing on the natural world. One week down, one left to go. With time running out for a global biodiversity deal, there ought to be frenetic movement, a spirit of compromise and a sense of...

Biodiversity | International Environmental Conventions

Summit must tackle impacts of food production
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Oct 2010
Nagoya delegates need to plan how the world achieves food security, before ecosystems reach critical tipping points. Governments from around the world will arrive in Nagoya, Japan next week for the high-level ministerial segment of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting. Their task is daunting. Even the modest target set in 2002 of reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 has proved beyond the reach of current strategies.

Biodiversity and Trade | Biodiversity Conservation | International Environmental Conventions

Letters: The challenge facing biodiversity
Guardian Unlimited | 20 Oct 2010
Next week, the conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity meets in Japan. The meeting presents Defra secretary of state, Caroline Spelman, with a global stage to share her government's ambition to "protect wildlife and ... restore biodiversity". We applaud this intent and...

Biodiversity and Trade | Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental Awareness | Education

Biodiversity: Variety as the spice of life | Editorial
Guardian Unlimited | 19 Oct 2010
Conservation is quite literally vital. This is a challenge that calls for serious science, serious action - and serious money. This has been the International Year of Biodiversity and a UN gathering in Nagoya, Japan, is getting under way, charged with launching a 10-year strategy to avert the...

Alien Species | Biodiversity and Trade | Biodiversity Conservation | International Environmental Conventions

World needs urgent action to stop species loss: U.N
Reuters | 18 Oct 2010
NAGOYA, Japan - The world cannot afford to allow nature's riches to disappear, the United Nations said on Monday at the start of a major meeting to combat losses in animal and plant species that underpin livelihoods and economies.

Biodiversity Conservation | Economics and the Environment | Globalisation | Environment

WWF on stopping species loss
Guardian Unlimited | 18 Oct 2010
Representatives of governments from around the world are gathering this week in Japan in an effort to halt the decline of the planet's animal and plant species.While George Monbiot examines the prospects for the meeting today, we're joined tomorrow at 1pm for a live chat with Mark Wright, chief scientist at WWF. He will be here to help answer any questions you have on biodiversity, the meeting itself and the bigger issue of species loss globally.

Biodiversity | Biodiversity and Trade | Biodiversity Conservation | International Environmental Conventions

Climate talks marred by bickering progress on finance
Yahoo! News | 11 Oct 2010
China hit back on Saturday at U.S. claims it was shirking in the fight against climate change likening the criticisms to a mythic pig preening itself. Frustration between the world's two top carbon polluters overshadowed week-long U.N. talks seeking progress on the shape of a new climate pact, with negotiators making some progress on financing but failing to dispel fears the process could end in deadlock.

Economy | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | International Environmental Conventions

Climate talks "troubling" deal eventually - UNEP
Yahoo! News | 11 Oct 2010
The impasse in U.N. climate talks is "very troubling" but worsening effects of global warming will eventually force governments to agree a legally binding deal the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) head said on Monday.

Climate Change | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | International Environmental Conventions

Climate talks marred by bickering, progress on finance
Reuters | 11 Oct 2010
China hit back on Saturday at U.S. claims it was shirking in the fight against climate change, likening the criticisms to a mythic pig preening itself. Frustration between the world's two top carbon polluters overshadowed week-long U.N. talks seeking progress on the shape of a new climate pact, with negotiators making some progress on financing but failing to dispel fears the process could end in deadlock.

International Environmental Conventions

U.N. must not rush genetic resources protocol: lobby
Yahoo! News | 06 Oct 2010
The world should not rush to reach agreement on a United Nations protocol that could have a huge impact on businesses by setting rules for access to genetic resources and discoveries a Japanese lobby said on Wednesday.

Biodiversity and Trade | Corporate Social Responsibility | Economy | International Environmental Conventions

China says climate talks must tackle rich CO2 cuts
Yahoo! News | 05 Oct 2010
Greenhouse gas cuts vowed by rich nations remain far from enough to escape dangerous global warming a top Chinese official said on Tuesday urging talks over a new climate pact to confront the shortfall.

Carbon Storage | Climate Change Convention and Kyoto Protocol | Climate Change Negotiations | International Environmental Conventions

Planned US Coal Plants Would Hike Warming - Group
Planet Ark | 24 Jul 2006
If the more than 150 coal-fired power plants being planned in the United States were built it would boost coal demand 30 percent and raise national emissions of gases thought to cause global warming by 10 percent, according to an advocacy group.

Energy Efficiency | Fossil Fuels | Global Warming | Initiatives | International Environmental Conventions

Blair confident of practical energy-saving measures on global warming
The Independent | 15 Jul 2006
Tony Blair hopes to force climate change back onto the agenda at the G8 summit - even if only in private talks with other leaders.

Anger as world heritage committee fails to protect Everest and other sites from climate change
foe.co.uk | 10 Jul 2006
Friends of the Earth International, the Climate Justice Programme and Greenpeace have reacted angrily today after the World Heritage Committee refused to take urgent action to protect some of the world's finest sites from climate change.

Nuclear and coal seen in energy strategy
Yahoo! News | 09 Jul 2006
The government is expected this week to open the way to new nuclear power stations when it spells out how it will keep the lights burning at the same time as trying to meet its international obligations to tackle global warming.

Carbon Storage | Energy Efficiency | Global Warming | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | International Environmental Conventions

"Toxic" Ship Anchors in India Despite Protests
Planet Ark | 03 Jul 2006
A former cruise liner anchored in Indian waters on Friday, despite protests by environmentalists who say it contains toxic asbestos hazardous to the health of the ship-breakers.

Accidents and Spills | Hazardous Waste | Initiatives | International Environmental Conventions | Ocean Pollution

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