E.U. may eliminate subsidies for crop-based biofuels
16 September 2012Source: mongabay.com - The palm oil industry has been lobbying Europe to allow palm oil-based biofuels to qualify as a low carbon fuel. But (…)
Source: mongabay.com - The palm oil industry has been lobbying Europe to allow palm oil-based biofuels to qualify as a low carbon fuel. But (…)
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Source: Reuters - Russia confirmed on Thursday it would not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol, (…)
Members of the Canadian Youth Delegation were ejected from COP17 today as Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent delivered his opening address (…)
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa (COP 17, Nov. 28 to Dec. 9, 2011), the global shipping industry, Oxfam and (…)
The US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will receive a letter signed by the CEOs ofCenter for International Environmental Law, Defenders of (…)
The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) says it will not accept outcomes at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (…)
The World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations’ authoritative voice on weather, climate and water has just launched this preliminary (…)
“Adaptation is an essential element of the outcome in Durban, particularly for Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and (…)
According to the UNFCCC, ’Addressing climate change effectively is not only a challenge, it is also an opportunity. Growth that is based on high (…)
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new high in 2010 since pre-industrial time and the rate of increase has accelerated, (…)
Addressing the Conference, UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley encouraged Africa to use its negotiating weight to try to raise the (…)