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APEC retreats from C02 target, Brazil pledges cut

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia Pacific leaders backed away on Saturday from supporting a global halving of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, even as Brazil pledged deep cuts of its own over the next decade. An initial draft leaders' statement from an Asia ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  European Commission

Rich nations' climate cash offers still not clear

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Just weeks from a major U.N. climate summit, rich nations have yet to unveil specific amounts to help poor countries fight global warming, Canada's finance minister said on Friday. Funding to help poorer nations adapt to rising ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: G-20,  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation,  Jim Flaherty,  PricewaterhouseCoopers,  United Nations

Climate takes back seat at APEC, focus on trade

Singapore: With little prospect of any new climate change initiatives emerging at an APEC meeting in Singapore this weekend, the climate agenda might instead focus on liberalizing trade in green goods and services. Keeping the fragile global economic ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, livemint.com,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Asia Society

As nations haggle over CO2 cuts, measurement is tough

SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Targets and trust. These are at the heart of a tougher new global climate pact possibly just weeks away. The bigger the pledged emissions cuts or reductions in growth in carbon dioxide pollution, the greater the need ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

As nations haggle over emission cuts, measurement is tough

Singapore: Targets and trust. These are at the heart of a tougher new global climate pact possibly just weeks away. The bigger the pledged emission cuts or reductions in growth in carbon dioxide pollution, the greater the need to prove nations meet ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, livemint.com,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

What "Plan B" for Copenhagen might look like

(Reuters) - Negotiators are already talking about "plan B" for the Copenhagen climate talks in December, with uncertainty growing that nations will be able to agree in time on a tougher and broader U.N. climate pact. While that might sound bad, some ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

China says rich need to honor climate commitments

BANGKOK (Reuters) - China hit out at rich nations on Tuesday, saying failure to honor past climate commitments was undermining U.N.-led efforts to try to seal a broader pact in December to fight global warming. Speaking on the sidelines of climate ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  6 Oct 2009

Climate talks stall on targets, finance

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Efforts to convince rich nations to toughen emissions cuts have failed to make much headway at climate talks in the Thai capital, the U.N. said on Friday. Delegates from about 180 nations are meeting in Bangkok to try to narrow ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  2 Oct 2009

Indonesia CO2 pledge to help climate talks-greens

(For full coverage of U.N. climate talks click [ID:nLL660624]) * Indonesia says to cut emissions by 26 percent by 2020 * Will make deeper cuts if rich nations give funding * Greens say step is positive, puts pressure on rich nations BANGKOK, Sept 2 ...

From DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,  Greenpeace

Negotiators urged to speed up climate pact talks

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Delegates at the start of marathon climate talks in Thailand on Monday were told to speed up "painfully slow" negotiations as they struggle to settle on the outline of a tougher pact to fight global warming. The Bangkok talks, which ...

From THIN LEI WIN AND DAVID FOGARTY, EcoEarth News,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Yvo de Boer,  Connie Hedegaard (politician),  Greenpeace

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