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Climate Change (Global Warming)

 
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Global warming has again taken a world stage in the wake of Climategate and December's climate conference in Copenhagen. World leaders struck a nonbinding accord at the conference, and the next deadline for a treaty will be the 2010 U.N. climate conference in Mexico City.
 
 
 

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Mexico's tourism secretary to organize climate conference

Web Posted: 03/11/2010 12:00 CST
After three years of touting Mexico's sunshine and beaches, tourism secretary Rodolfo Elizondo has a new job: organizing an international climate change conference.
 
 

World's top scientists to review climate panel

Web Posted: 03/11/2010 12:00 CST
At a tumultuous time in U.N.-led climate negotiations, one of the world's most credible scientific groups agreed Wednesday to plug the recent cracks in the authoritative reports of the United Nations' Nobel Prize-winning global warming panel.
 
 

Deforestation conference to turn plans to action

Web Posted: 03/11/2010 12:00 CST
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.
 
 

China tells U.S. to do more on climate change

Web Posted: 03/11/2010 12:00 CST
China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations.
 
 

Gabon president ties U.N. peace costs to climate

Web Posted: 03/10/2010 12:00 CST
Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba said Tuesday that world leaders can reduce the costs of U.N. peacekeeping by doing more to prevent armed conflicts, notably through adopting long-range plans to reduce climate change.
 
 

China, India give qualified nod to climate deal

Web Posted: 03/10/2010 12:00 CST
China joined India on Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord calling for voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions.
 
 

End to bickering urged to achieve new climate pact

Web Posted: 02/27/2010 12:00 CST
Environmental officials urged industrialized and developing countries Friday to stop bickering in climate change negotiations, as a Chinese delegate accused rich nations of reneging on commitments to fight global warming.
 
 

Official: Climate change treaty unlikely this year

Web Posted: 02/26/2010 12:00 CST
Industrialized and developing countries are not likely to reach a treaty this year on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, which have sparked fears of weather-related disasters, the U.N. climate chief said Thursday.
 
 

U.N. weather meeting agrees to refine climate data

Web Posted: 02/25/2010 12:00 CST
World weather agencies have agreed to collect more precise temperature data to improve climate change science, officials said Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged environment ministers to reject efforts by skeptics to derail a global climate deal.
 
 

U.N. climate talks to resume in April in Germany

Web Posted: 02/24/2010 12:00 CST
The United Nations says formal negotiations on an international treaty to control global warming will resume in Bonn in April, four months after the failed climate change summit in Copenhagen.
 
 

U.N. chief: Reject skeptics, climate danger is real

Web Posted: 02/24/2010 3:22 CST
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged environment ministers Wednesday to reject attempts by skeptics to undermine efforts to forge a climate change deal, stressing that global warming poses "a clear and present danger."
 
 

U.N. climate chief quits, leaves talks hanging

Web Posted: 02/18/2010 9:14 CST
Exhausted and frustrated by unrelenting bickering between rich and poor countries, Yvo de Boer said Thursday he will step down July 1 to work in business and academia.
 
 

U.N. taps prime ministers to seek new climate money

Web Posted: 02/13/2010 12:00 CST
The U.N. chief tapped the prime ministers of Britain and Ethiopia on Friday to lead the hunt for hundreds of billions of dollars that nations pledged to contribute this decade for dealing with climate change.
 
 

Scientists seek better way to do climate report

Web Posted: 02/11/2010 12:00 CST
A steady drip of unsettling errors is exposing what scientists are calling "the weaker link" in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning series of international reports on global warming.
 
 

U.N. climate chief defends panel report findings

Web Posted: 02/05/2010 12:00 CST
Errors in an authoritative report about the impact of global warming on Himalayan glaciers should not detract from the overall conclusions drawn in the study, the U.N. climate chief said Thursday.
 
 

U.N. says nations' greenhouse gas pledges too little

Web Posted: 02/03/2010 12:00 CST
Goals on reducing greenhouse gases announced by major industrialized nations are a step forward but not enough to forestall the disastrous effects of climate change by midcentury, U.N. officials said Monday.
 
 

EU: Other regions must cut greenhouse gases more

Web Posted: 01/29/2010 12:00 CST
The European Union told a United Nations climate change panel Thursday that it won't improve its offer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions until other regions also agree to cuts.
 
 

Watchdog: U.K. university hid climate data

Web Posted: 01/29/2010 12:00 CST
The university at the center of a climate change dispute over stolen e-mails broke freedom of information laws by refusing to handle public requests for climate data, Britain's data-protection watchdog said Thursday.
 
 

U.N. panel chief won't quit for Himalayan melt error

Web Posted: 01/23/2010 9:38 CST
The head of a panel of United Nations climate scientists said Saturday he would not resign despite a recent admission that a panel report warning Himalayan glaciers could be gone by 2035 was hundreds of years off.
 
 

Climate change talks set for New Delhi end January

Web Posted: 01/21/2010 12:00 CST
Environment ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China will meet in the Indian capital to discuss how they will fight climate change ahead of a Jan. 31 deadline set by the Copenhagen Accord.
 
 

De Boer says Copenhagen Accord deadline is 'soft'

Web Posted: 01/21/2010 12:00 CST
Countries will be able to give their backing to the nonbinding Copenhagen climate change accord beyond the deadline set for Jan. 31, the U.N.'s climate chief said Wednesday.
 
 

Climate change's failing doctrine obvious

Web Posted: 01/15/2010 12:00 CST
Cal Thomas: Will experts admit their mistakes?
 
 

EU to pursue climate deal through G-20

Web Posted: 01/08/2010 11:33 CST
The EU says it will pursue a new deal on global warming through the Group of 20, since last month's U.N. climate conference of nearly 200 nations led to unwieldy negotiations that didn't accomplish much.
 
 

Global warming a tough sell for the human psyche

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:46 CST
The Copenhagen talks on climate change were convened with a sense of urgency that many ordinary folks don't share. Why is that? One big reason: It's hard for people to get excited about a threat that seems far away in space and time, psychologists say.
More Climate Change coverage
 
 

China: Climate talks yielded 'positive' results

Web Posted: 12/20/2009 12:06 CST
China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, lauded Sunday the outcome of a historic U.N. climate conference that ended with a nonbinding agreement that urges major polluters to make deeper emissions cuts — but does not require it.
 
 

Obama raced clock, chaos, comedy for climate deal

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 10:10 CST
Obama's 15-hour, seat-of-the-pants dash through Copenhagen was marked by doggedness, confusion and semi-comedy. Constrained by partisan politics at home, and quarrels between rich and poor nations abroad, he was determined to come home with a victory, no matter how imperfect.
 
 

Climate talks end with eye on next year

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 10:08 CST
A historic U.N. climate conference ended with only a nonbinding "Copenhagen Accord" to show for two weeks of debate and frustration. It was a deal short on concrete steps against global warming, but signaling a new start for rich-poor cooperation on climate change.
 
 

Climate reality: Voluntary efforts not enough

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 10:06 CST
Around the world, countries and capitalism are already working to curb global warming on their own, with or without a global treaty. But the impact of such piecemeal, voluntary efforts is small. Experts say it will never be enough without the kind of strong global agreement that eluded negotiators at the U.N. summit this past week in Copenhagen.
 
 

Forest plan gets the ax at UN climate talks

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 9:57 CST
A plan to protect the world's biologically rich tropical forests by paying poor nations to protect them was shelved Saturday after world leaders failed to agree on a binding deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
 
 

Thin climate accord a small step in long process

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 9:54 CST
A furious final two days of climate diplomacy and presidential brinkmanship produced 2 1/2 thin pages called the Copenhagen Accord, a deal vague at times in meaning, rejected by some, lacking any teeth.
 
 

Acid oceans: The 'evil twin' of climate change

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 12:00 CST
Oceans absorb about 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere from human activities each year, says a new U.N. report released at the Copenhagen talks this week. That helps slow global warming in the atmosphere, the focus of the Copenhagen talks.
 
 

Text of Obama's remarks at UN climate conference

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 12:00 CST
Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Friday at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.
 
 

Analysis: Obama the pragmatist gets what he can

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 12:00 CST
The world is coming to know President Barack Obama, the pragmatist whose stand at a messy global warming summit underscored the way he leads: Let's get done what we can, imperfect as it is.
 
 

Elements of new Copenhagen accord

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 12:00 CST
Here is what's known about the broad, nonbinding accord reached by the U.S., China, India, Brazil, South Africa and several other countries at the U.N. climate talks — along with current elements in place earlier.
 
 

Obama: 'Meaningful breakthrough' on climate change

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 12:00 CST
President Barack Obama declared Friday a "meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough" had been reached among the U.S., China and three other countries on a global effort to curb climate change but said much work was still be needed to reach a legally binding treaty.
 
 

U.S. strikes climate deal, but few sign on

Web Posted: 12/19/2009 12:00 CST
Some denounced deal because it was nonbinding and set no overall target for curbing emissions.
Elements of the agreement | Analysis
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Climate talks near political accord for summit

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:53 CST
World leaders worked into the early morning hours to forge a political declaration for Friday's summit on climate change, a document expected to envision emissions-cutting targets for rich nations and billions for poor countries but to fall well short of the goal of a legally binding pact.
 
 

South Carolina senator stumps for climate change

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:49 CST
Sen. Lindsey Graham makes an unlikely champion for action on climate change. The South Carolina Republican has joined forces with Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts and independent Joe Lieberman of Connecticut to drum up support for a bill that would put a price on heat-trapping pollution.
 
 

UN document shows Copenhagen summit falling short

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:44 CST
Carbon emissions cuts pledged at U.N. climate talks would put the world on "an unsustainable pathway" toward average global warming 50 percent higher than industrial countries want, a confidential U.N. draft document showed Thursday.
 
 

Study suggests greater sea level rise from warming

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:41 CST
Global warming in this century might raise sea levels more than expected in future centuries, says a study that looked at what happened at a time when Neanderthals roamed Europe.
 
 

NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:38 CST
NASA, the wonder agency of the 1960s, and Google, the go-to company of the early 21st century, are trying to give the world the ability to monitor both the carbon dioxide pollution and the levels of forest destruction that contribute to global warming.
 
 

Greenpeace protests U.S. Chamber's climate policies

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:37 CST
Members of the group Greenpeace are protesting environmental policies of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the business group's headquarters in Washington.
 
 

China asks developed world to show more sincerity

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:32 CST
China asked developed countries on Thursday to show "more sincerity" as the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen neared its end.
 
 

Analysis: Climate talks a halting step toward goal

Web Posted: 12/18/2009 2:35 CST
The Copenhagen climate conference "failed" long before it even opened. It may not "succeed" until long after it ends. For the moment, then, negotiators must satisfy themselves with something in between, an "outcome," one whose shape Thursday was in the hands of the United States and China.
 
 

Analysis: Obama won't break new ground at summit

Web Posted: 12/17/2009 2:56 CST
A warning to delegates in Copenhagen: If you're looking for President Barack Obama to cave to pressure and deepen U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gases, don't bet on it.
 
 

Climate talks deadlocked as clashes erupt outside

Web Posted: 12/17/2009 2:54 CST
Negotiations to combat global warming entered a fraught 11th day Thursday with diplomatic deadlock looming and barely a day left before President Barack Obama and more than 100 other leaders hope to sign a historic agreement to control greenhouse gas emissions.
 
 

U.S., 5 others pledge $3.5 billion to protect rainforests

Web Posted: 12/17/2009 2:49 CST
Negotiators moved closer to a deal to protect the world's forests with a pledge from the United States and five other countries to spend $3.5 billion over the next three years to slow their destruction.
 
 

Key issues at Copenhagen climate talks

Web Posted: 12/17/2009 2:25 CST
A look at key sticking points during negotiations at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.
 
 

U.S. counting on cows to reduce emissions

Web Posted: 12/15/2009 10:50 CST
U.S. Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an agreement with the American dairy industry Tuesday to reduce the industry's greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020, mostly by convincing farmers to capture the methane from cow manure that otherwise would be released into the atmosphere.
 
 

Climate conference emits its share of carbon

Web Posted: 12/15/2009 10:51 CST
If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint.
 
 
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