- 13 Sep 2012 16:10 - Reuters
- Russia has confirmed it will not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the UN's Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and Japan.
- 01 Aug 2012 10:31 - Fiona Macleod
- Concerned countries want a new phase of the protocol to kick in immediately after it expires, writes Fiona Macleod.
- 15 Dec 2011 00:00 - Fiona Macleod
- Crucial issues were not resolved, leaving much committee work before Rio+20 and COP18.
- 13 Dec 2011 14:44 - Faranaaz Parker
- COP17 has come and gone, leaving many South Africans still scratching their heads about what it all meant. You have questions, we have answers.
- 13 Dec 2011 06:55 - Staff Reporter
- Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, saying the accord did not represent the way forward for the country or the world.
- 12 Dec 2011 15:23 - Faranaaz Parker
- Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has hailed South Africa's role at COP17 as an "outstanding success".
- 11 Dec 2011 15:07 - Staff Reporter
- According to the presidency of COP17, an ad hoc group will now work towards charting a new universal legal agreement on climate change.
- 11 Dec 2011 07:17 - Staff Reporter
- After two and a half days of round-the-clock discussions at the end of COP17, global leaders have finally agreed on a course to fight climate change.
- 10 Dec 2011 19:44 - Staff Reporter
- Ministers fought to save UN climate talks from collapse, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over fighting global warming.
- 10 Dec 2011 07:15 - Marlowe Hood
- A draft global pact on climate change has boosted UN talks, already deep into overtime, but negotiators are worried it's a little too late.
- 09 Dec 2011 16:11 - Faranaaz Parker
- EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard has stepped up warnings that if major economies do not compromise, a Durban deal may be out of reach.
- 09 Dec 2011 09:13 - Niren Tolsi
- All who gathered in Durban had their own mission and ideas of what was needed.
- 09 Dec 2011 07:14 - Fiona Macleod
- As hopes of securing the Kyoto Protocol faded at the COP17 climate talks this week, large emerging economies united on alternative solutions.
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- 07 Dec 2011 14:15 - Lloyd Gedye
- Environmental NGOs have lambasted ministers at COP17, saying that governments were creating theatre out of the climate talks.
- 04 Dec 2011 18:55 - Staff Reporter
- President Jacob Zuma has launched a flagship solar power plant in Hazelmere, KwaZulu-Natal, which is set to provide job opportunities.
- 02 Dec 2011 08:19 - Faranaaz Parker
- On the first day of COP17 rumours that Canada planned to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol began circulating.
- 02 Dec 2011 07:59 - The Editorial
- The science is clear: even if Durban delivers a second round of carbon-cutting commitments and everyone agrees, climate change will accelerate.
- 02 Dec 2011 07:31 - Fiona Macleod
- Developed nations argue that the Kyoto Protocol agreement is based on outdated notions of global economies.
- 28 Nov 2011 13:39 - Richard Davies
- President Jacob Zuma has urged delegates at the UN climate summit in Durban to work for an outcome that was "fair and credible".
- 28 Nov 2011 07:03 - Faranaaz Parker
- UN talks to save the Kyoto Protocol begin today in Durban, aimed at cutting emissions blamed for rising sea levels, intense storms and crop failures.
