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UN chief urges Doha climate talks to deliver progress

Doha, Qatar - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged governments to make progress, warning that climate inaction threatens world economy, security of all nations and that of …

5 Dec 2012

UN chief urges Doha climate talks to deliver progress
Carbon & Climate

Energy use may be capped for 2015

An energy consumption cap, equivalent to no more than 4.2 billion tons of coal, may be set by 2015, an expert in the sector said.

3 May 2012

Energy use may be capped for 2015

Carbon & Climate

Green Climate Fund to be set up in Vietnam

A national Green Climate Fund will soon be set up to facilitate future financial flow from the global Green Climate Fund into Viet Nam.

16 Apr 2012

Green Climate Fund to be set up in Vietnam
Carbon & Climate

Scientists urge countries to adopt 'climate-smart' agriculture

Agricultural experts, frustrated with climate talks, have called on scientists to aggressively promote action on sustainable agriculture.

23 Jan 2012

Scientists urge countries to adopt 'climate-smart' agriculture

Statistics bureau to publish emissions indexes

27 Dec 2011

Statistics bureau to publish emissions indexes
Green business practices a new fad?

27 Dec 2011

Green business practices a new fad?
Climate change gains focus at Durban meeting

16 Dec 2011

Climate change gains focus at Durban meeting
Overseas experts praise Taiwan greening efforts

9 Dec 2011

Overseas experts praise Taiwan greening efforts
Japan says renewing Kyoto pledges is not enough

2 Dec 2011

Japan says renewing Kyoto pledges is not enough
Shipping industry seeks self regulation on emissions

2 Dec 2011

Shipping industry seeks self regulation on emissions

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What to expect of the Durban Platform in Warsaw

Melissa Low – Between now and September, countries are expected to submit views on what architecture they foresee for a successful climate change agreement in Paris.

10 Jul 2013

What to expect of the Durban Platform in Warsaw
Policy & Finance

The Emperor’s new climate-change agreement

Bjorn Lomborg –
Dressing up failure as victory has been integral to climate-change negotiations since they started 20 years ago. The latest round of talks in Durban, South Africa, in December was no …

13 Jan 2012

The Emperor’s new climate-change agreement
Carbon & Climate

Inside COP17

James Fahn –
Why UN climate summits like the one in Durban are challenging, but worth covering

19 Dec 2011

Inside COP17

- Carbon & Climate
  
  The Climate Extremists
  Bjorn Lomborg
  
  Extreme weather is often said to be one of the main reasons for taking firm action on global warming. Nowadays, no hurricane or heat wave passes without a politician or …
  
  15 Dec 2011
  
  The Climate Extremists
- Policy & Finance
  
  Fortunately, the world will not end in Durban
  Francois Perreault
  
  Two years ago, at the start of the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, expectations were high. The event attracted a slew of media attention reflecting high hopes …
  
  9 Dec 2011
  
  Fortunately, the world will not end in Durban
- Carbon & Climate
  
  Durban’s Green Climate Fund
  Melissa Low
  
  "Finding a workable way forward is the defining issue at Durban," said Ms Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, better known as the …
  
  9 Dec 2011
  
  Durban’s Green Climate Fund

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Adaptation: resources now to plan and implement

What the COP17 conference in Durban can do to get rich nations to help poorer ones adapt to climate change - An opinion brief by Dr Saleemul Huq, senior fellow …

11 Nov 2011

Adaptation: resources now to plan and implement

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