A United Nations panel overseeing trade in carbon offsets under the Kyoto Protocol decided late on Friday to issue 20 million tonnes of offsets, the information company Point Carbon reported.
The panel, known as the executive board, oversees a...
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Energy-efficient lights can save countries billions, massively cut emissions – UN reportBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 2, 2010
Countries across the world can massively reduce their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and save billions of dollars in energy costs, according to a United Nations report released today at a major climate change conference in Mexico. The 100 Country Lighting Assessment,... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , United Nations |
U.N. climate talks must solve forest carbon riddleBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 2, 2010
U.N. climate talks will struggle to agree new greenhouse gas targets next month unless they can solve a complex loophole where developed countries currently ignore emissions from logging plantation forests. Environment ministers from almost 200 countries will gather in... Read more.. Subject Tags: Environment , United Nations |
U.N. panel issues 20 million carbon offsetsBy : sustainabilityo..., Dec 1, 2010
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UN outlines green-house gas emissions gapBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 24, 2010
A new United Nations-led report says that nations can deliver almost 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to keep global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius only if the pledges made at last year's Copenhagen climate change conference are fully met. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology , United Nations |
Climate costs set to rise, technology can help: U.N.By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 23, 2010
Costs of combating global warming will rise inexorably if the world fails to cap greenhouse gases by 2015, but new technologies can curb the price, the head of the U.N. climate panel said on Monday. Rajendra Pachauri also told Reuters he felt "reasonably optimistic"... Read more.. Subject Tags: Entertainment , United Nations |
Tiny U.N. climate fund could take bigger role: chairBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 17, 2010
A tiny U.N. fund that is starting to help developing nations adapt to climate change could expand to manage part of a planned $100 billion aid mechanism to be debated at U.N. talks in Mexico, the chair of the fund said. Developing nations reckon the existing Adaptation... Read more.. Subject Tags: Social Issues , United Nations |
Climate science "under-reported" at 2009 U.N. summitBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 15, 2010
Less than 10 percent of the articles written about last year's Copenhagen climate summit dealt primarily with the science of climate change, a study showed on Monday. Based on analysis of 400 articles written about the December 2009 summit, the authors of the report... Read more.. |
Climate tech-sharing deal possible: officialsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 11, 2010
Next month's crucial U.N. climate summit can yield agreement on a system for transferring funds and technology to developing nations — but only if intellectual property issues are left for later, officials said Wednesday. Mexico's Environment Minister Juan Elvira... Read more.. |
Training scheme aims to 'green' UN peacekeeping operationsBy : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2010
As part of a concerted effort to 'green' UN peacekeeping operations, an intensive training programme for UN peacekeeping missions on environmental matters is taking place at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi. According to the 2009 UN Greenhouse Gas inventory, UN Field... Read more.. |
UN calls for emission, transport taxesBy : Preeti Aggarwal, Nov 8, 2010
A top UN panel has called for increased taxes on carbon emissions and air and sea transport to raise $100 billion a year for poor nations to combat climate change. The group led by the prime ministers of Norway and Ethiopia also proposed a tax on international... Read more.. Subject Tags: United Nations |