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Mexico, Germany urge the world to act on climate change at conference with 45 countriesBy : sustainabilityo..., May 3, 2010
With the fight against global warming in serious trouble, Germany and Mexico are calling on world leaders to get international negotiations back on track and reach concrete results by the end of the year. “We need to show the world how serious the threat is,” Mexican... Read more.. |
CFL gamble pays off, UN okays projectBy : sustainabilityo..., May 3, 2010
Manu Maudgal refreshed a certain webpage every 15 minutes, late on 29 April. He had every reason to. On Thursday, the world’s largest carbon emission reduction project under the United Nations (UN) framework got the nod. The project is Indian and it aims to replace around 400... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , United Nations |
UN report pushes for energy access and efficiencyBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 29, 2010
UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Increasing access to clean energy and improving its efficiency will be vital to both enhancing global prosperity and combating climate change, according to a report issued here Wednesday by an advisory group of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-... Read more.. |
UN re-appoints top environment, refugee chiefsBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 23, 2010
The UN General Assembly Thursday approved a new four-year contract for Achim Steiner of Germany, the executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) that has been an important part in the global fight against climate change. Steiner has been active in... Read more.. Subject Tags: United Nations |
Pakistan joins bid for position of UN climate chiefBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 13, 2010
Pakistan has nominated its candidate Tariq Banuri for the position of the head of United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that will be filled by July when the current UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer steps down. The final list of candidates include Christiana... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , United Nations |
UN climate talks wrap up after fresh rowsBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 12, 2010
Three days of talks aimed at putting a new gloss on UN climate talks ended here late Sunday after new textual trench warfare less than four months after a stormy summit in Copenhagen.Countries wrangled for hours beyond the scheduled close over the work schedule under the UN... Read more.. Subject Tags: United Nations |
Won't quit IPCC post even if indicted by UN: PachauriBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 12, 2010
Despite ending up with egg on his face, IPCC chief R K Pachauri has continued to emphatically rule out stepping down. In an interview to a news channel, he said he won’t step down even if the UN-constituted review committee finds faults in the procedures followed by the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United Nations |
IPCC processes to be revampedBy : sustainabilityo..., Apr 4, 2010
New Delhi: Days after the United Nations (UN) asked the InterAcademy Council (IAC) to streamline the procedures of the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) for preparing assessment reports, experts suggest that there is an urgent need to tighten the entire process... Read more.. |
U.N. official expects no climate deal until 2011By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 31, 2010
A new legal agreement committing nations around the world to curb greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely to be completed until the end of 2011, two years later than originally envisioned, the top U.N. climate official said Wednesday. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of... Read more.. |
World's Top Scientists to Scrutinize Intergovernmental Panel on climate changeBy : sustainabilityo..., Mar 11, 2010
New York: A multinational organization of the world's science academies will conduct an independent review of processes and procedures used by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to arrive at its reports on the science of climate change, UN and IPCC officials... Read more.. |