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/ 6 November 2009
Climate negotiators prepared to ditch a December deadline for agreeing a new pact as United Nations talks in Barcelona drew to a close on Friday.
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/ 8 September 2009
Prospects for a new UN climate pact have brightened but negotiations must speed up to meet a December deadline, a UN official said on Tuesday.
About 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to discuss how to plug gaps in climate information to help the world cope with global warming.
Barack Obama’s negotiators make their debut at UN climate talks on Sunday, but many nations have rowed back on plans, focusing instead on the economy.
Governments broadly support tough 2050 goals for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions but are split on how to share out the reductions.
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/ 27 October 2008
The world could eliminate fossil fuel use by 2090 by spending trillions of dollars on a renewable energy revolution.
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/ 27 October 2008
Backers of technologies to curb global warming advocate dumping iron dust into the seas or placing smoke and mirrors in the sky to dim the sun.
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/ 23 September 2008
Most consumers want companies to do more to protect the environment and reckon that firms should play a leading role in fighting global warming.
United Nations climate talks in Ghana are making progress on ways to help developing nations slow deforestation.
Scientists unveiled the first digital map of the Earth’s geology on Wednesday and said it could guide oil and gas exploration and mining.