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- Bush vows to help resolve abductions, achieve CO è deal 5 Jul 2008 01:30 GMT
... gases must agree to the long-term goals and develop effective interim plans." The 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which targets a minimum 5 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions between 2008 and ...
- Australia's harsh reality: adapt or perish 5 Jul 2008 01:16 GMT
... transition to a full scheme in 2013. If there were a transition period, the Kyoto Protocol would define Australia's emissions reduction target and permits would be sold at a low, fixed ...
- It's back to the 1970s as economy grabs limelight 5 Jul 2008 00:30 GMT
... as the moment when the world agrees a climate change plan to succeed the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. Negotiations have been stalled partly by US unwillingness to sign ...
- Jesse Helms, isolationist who targeted Tehran, dies 4 Jul 2008 23:31 GMT
... deeply sceptical of international co-operation and intervention. His refusal to ratifyinternational accords, notably the Kyoto protocol on global warming, made him the bête noire of the Georgetown foreign policy establishment. "Compromise, ...
- Giving "Vast Wasteland" a Whole New Meaning 4 Jul 2008 23:01 GMT
... the same as the annual CO2 emissions of Austria. NF3 isn't covered by the Kyoto Protocol because it was only being produced in tiny amounts in 1997 when the treaty was ...
- Jesse Helms dies; former U.S. senator used race-baiting campaign tactics 4 Jul 2008 22:46 GMT
... to a shortened tenure. Because of Helms, several major treaties never became law: the Kyoto Protocol against global warming, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the proposed land mine treaty -- all ...
- In the eye of the storm 4 Jul 2008 21:10 GMT
... also be a bipartisan affair. Although Howard could not bring himself to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, he was proposing to act to cut Australian carbon emissions. Remember that it was ...
- TV screen gas 'worse than coal' 4 Jul 2008 20:26 GMT
... hexafluoride (SF6) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs), emissions of the gas are not restricted by the Kyoto Protocol or similar agreements. Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters , Dr Prather and a ...
- Jesse Helms, former North Carolina senator, dies at age 86 4 Jul 2008 19:56 GMT
... to a shortened tenure. Because of Helms, several major treaties never became law: the Kyoto Protocol against global warming, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the proposed land mine treaty -- all ...
- Only seven years left for global warming target: UN panel chief 4 Jul 2008 19:30 GMT
... (UNFCCC) for a new global pact after 2012, when the current provisions of the Kyoto Protocol run out. A major round of negotiations will take place in Poznan, Poland in December, ...
- Australia needs carbon trading to fight climate change: study 4 Jul 2008 19:30 GMT
... to take action over climate change. Rudd, who signed Australia up to the UN's Kyoto Protocol on climate change as his first official act in government, wants to create such a ...
- The result is the Swiss Climate Foundation, which was officially baptised in Zurich on Friday. It is believed to be the first project of its kind in Switzerland and is financed from a CO2 tax rebate. 4 Jul 2008 19:30 GMT
... tax on fossil heating fuels. The levy is part of Switzerland's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases. A tax of SFr12 ($11.7) per tonne of CO2 emitted has ...
- Companies boost climate commitment 4 Jul 2008 19:30 GMT
... tax on fossil heating fuels. The levy is part of Switzerland's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases. A tax of SFr12 ($11.7) per tonne of CO2 emitted has ...
- Eleven major Swiss financial companies have clubbed together to push innovative environmental and energy projects in the country. 4 Jul 2008 19:30 GMT
... tax on fossil heating fuels. The levy is part of Switzerland's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gases. A tax of SFr12 ($11.7) per tonne of CO2 emitted has ...
- NZ sets tough targets 4 Jul 2008 19:19 GMT
... world an obligation to take responsibility for increases in emissions. That arises from the Kyoto Protocol, not the emissions trading scheme. The emissions trading scheme puts the right incentive into ...
- EU's Barroso expects US 'ambition' on climate change at G8 4 Jul 2008 18:31 GMT
... of journalists. The United States is the only major industrial power to shun the Kyoto Protocol, whose requirements to slash emissions expire in 2012. President George W. Bush has argued ...
- Europe weighs price of unity on climate, energy policy 4 Jul 2008 18:30 GMT
... the lead role in curbing greenhouse-gas pollution that stokes . It championed the UN's Kyoto Protocol after that pact was nearly destroyed by a US walkout in 2001 and last year ...
- Carbon dioxide emissions associated with UK consumption increase 4 Jul 2008 17:55 GMT
... basis will produce different numbers for all economies than those reported on under the Kyoto Protocol. For the UK, for example, our consumption emissions in 2004 were 37 per cent ...
- India's contact with Nuclear Suppliers Group is ongoing, decision to go to IAEA awaited: Menon (Lead 4 Jul 2008 17:18 GMT
... address the climate change issues. That was agreed starting at Rio, subsequently in the Kyoto Protocol, and most recently in Bali where we agreed on an Action Plan on how ...
- Former U.S. senator Jesse Helms dies; unyielding Southerner relied on race-baiting campaign tactics 4 Jul 2008 17:17 GMT
... to a shortened tenure. Because of Helms, several major treaties never became law: the Kyoto Protocol against global warming, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the proposed land mine treaty -- all ...
- Merkel takes tough stance on Zimbabwe sanctions 4 Jul 2008 16:50 GMT
... for a fund that would "promote climate-friendly technology until a follow-up treaty to the Kyoto protocol would take effect." The "issue has also become more important for the United States and ...
- '7 years left for climate control' 4 Jul 2008 16:50 GMT
... (UNFCCC) for a new global pact after 2012, when the current provisions of the Kyoto Protocol run out. A major round of negotiations will take place in Poznan, Poland in December, ...
- GLOBAL: Balm to help ease way to climate change deal before G8? 4 Jul 2008 16:50 GMT
... the Indonesian island of Bali in December 2007, looked at the future of the Kyoto Protocol, a commitment made by developed countries in 1997 to cut their discharge of harmful ...
- EUROPE WEIGHS PRICE OF UNITY ON CLIMATE, ENERGY POLICY 4 Jul 2008 16:37 GMT
... lead role in curbing greenhouse-gas pollution that stokes climate change. It championed the UN's Kyoto Protocol after that pact was nearly destroyed by a US walkout in 2001 and last year ...
- Australia's harsh reality: adapt or perish 4 Jul 2008 16:30 GMT
... transition to a full scheme in 2013. If there were a transition period, the Kyoto Protocol would define Australia's emissions reduction target and permits would be sold at a low, fixed ...
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