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7 September 2010
Washington, 3 August - Top climate change leaders from Europe to Africa have expressed uncertainty about America’s role in upcoming treaty negotiations and are wondering if it’s time to give up on the United States.
Bonn, June 12 - UN climate talks have ended, with delegates speaking of an improved mood but with major gulfs remaining between various blocs. A last-minute spat between Russia and Japan and the G77 bloc of developing countries showed the differing goals in play at the talks in Bonn.
Jakarta, 30 March - Indonesia will lobby other Southeast Asian countries to adopt the Copenhagen Accord at the upcoming ASEAN meeting in Vietnam, as only Jakarta and Singapore have done so, a source has said.
Beijing, 28 February - China said on Sunday it will spell out greenhouse gas emissions goals and monitoring rules for regions and sectors in its next five-year plan, with monitoring to show it is serious about curbing emissions.
Bonn, 18 February – The head of the UN’s climate convention said Thursday that he is resigning, in a surprise announcement barely two months after the fiercely-contested Copenhagen summit on tackling global warming.
Jakarta, 17 February - Months after the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, developing countries, including Indonesia, remain in a state of limbo over funds committed by developed countries to help them contain the impacts of climate change.
Insight — The Copenhagen Climate Summit (COP 15) began on December 7, 2009, on the heels of the pirating of the East Anglia University Climatic Research Unit’s email exchanges, and calls of climate sceptics to re-examine the scientific basis for undertaking actions to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions originating from human activity.
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