Developing Countries

Copenhagen is not Kyoto 0
Posted 4 days, 2 hours ago The most common and widespread criticism of the Kyoto Protocol was that it did not require major developing countries like China and India to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and the burden for reducing emissions fell largely on richer nations, like the United States and the European Union. Those concerns will be alleviated in Copenhagen, where a high-level policy agreement is expected to ensure that developing countries take on more responsibility for cutting emissions and paying for programs to do so.
Tackling population rise would fight climate change 6
Posted 4 days, 7 hours ago Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report published Wednesday that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.
Is There A Light of Hope Beneath the Mud?

Salvadoran mudslides: A plea for climate change solutions and holistic water policy 1
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago Torrents of mud and boulders flattened villages in El Salvador recently, leaving over 100 people dead and thousands homeless. From all indications, climate change will be most acutely felt in an escalating frequency and ferocity of floods and droughts. It’s chilling to think that we ought to expect much more of this kind of devastation in the coming years.
U.S. pushes for compromise in Copenhagen climate talks 5
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago The United States called Wednesday for a compromise at next month's global climate talks in Copenhagen and vowed to support a fund to help developing countries cope with emissions cuts.
Chinabsession

U.S. puts onus on China for climate deal 2
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago The United States will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse-gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves, U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern warned Wednesday.
E.U. agrees on helping poor nations fight climate change 1
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago E.U. leaders reached a compromise deal on how to help developing nations tackle climate change, but without putting a figure to Europe's contribution, officials said.
India and China sign pre-Copenhagen climate change pact 0
Posted 1 month ago India and China put aside a diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen.
Climate roulette

A scary new climate study will have you saying ‘Oh, shit!’ 16
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago They say that everyone who finally gets it about climate change has an "Oh, shit" moment -- an instant when the full scientific implications become clear and they suddenly realize what a horrifically dangerous situation humanity has created for itself.
It's the Little Things

Global warming negotiations with 21 (or so) negotiation days left 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago You know the saying: "it's the little things that matter." Well you can't really take that saying too literally when discussing global warming pollution as it is the big things that ultimately matter, such as: pollution reduction cuts, assistance for developing countries in cutting emissions further, and support for the most vulnerable countries to adapt to the impacts of global warming.
Shifting into High Gear

Wrapping up Climate Week, G20 Outcome & on to Bangkok 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
On to the steel city

Seizing the opportunity: reflections from the U.N. Climate Summit 2
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Remember, there are five key building blocks for the agreement that emerges from Copenhagen so we need to watch what details are filled in on each of these.
Amigo, Can You Spare a BTU?

Mexican peasants pay the price for U.S. energy consumption 3
Posted 2 months ago Chances are, the average U.S. citizen has no idea that their demand for electricity might require that a Mexican village be flooded for a hydroelectric dam.
Some Rays of Hope for Global Efforts

Important week for global warming 0
Posted 2 months ago
Today begins a week dubbed because of all the high-level climate discussions that are occurring. And they just all happen to be occurring in the U.S. at an important time for the domestic debate to pass a clean energy and climate bill in the Senate.
Spiraling Towards What?

Copenhagen: turning point or more of the same old same old? 0
Posted 2 months ago This coming week, in New York City and Pittsburgh, there will be important United Nations and G20 meetings that could advance the process of coming up with a new international treaty to address the climate crisis.
Merkel and Sarkozy want carbon tax on imports 1
Posted 2 months ago
The leaders of Germany and France called Friday for the United Nations to support a carbon tax on imports from countries who fail to back international efforts to fight global warming.
Morocco’s unique vulnerability to climate change 1
Posted 2 months ago
With most of its economic activity near the coast, no legislation preventing building in the coastal zone and the government reportedly selling coastal land to developers at notional prices, climate change is a real threat to Morocco.
Sterny Likes It!

Obama administration comes out in support of key international provisions in climate bill 1
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
Todd Stern the Special Envoy for Climate Change, just testified before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on: The Road to Copenhagen and International Climate Agreement.
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U.S. is starting to make a down payment on funding international climate change efforts 0
Posted 5 months ago
This past Wednesday, the Appropriations Subcommittee of the House of Representatives passed a bill with funding for a "down payment" in helping developing countries deploy clean energy, reduce global warming pollution from tropical deforestation, and support adaptation in the most vulnerable populations around the world.
Hinting (in the State Controlled News) from China

Coming global warming limits in China? 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
News coming out of China provides hints that the country might adopt a domestic limit to reduce their global-warming pollution.
Day 17 in the Sprint to Copenhagen

That status of global warming negotiations in Germany 0
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The first week of negotiations slowly worked its way through the things that need to be addressed. The pace will need to pick up the rest of the week and, most importantly, the rest of the year if we are to secure a strong agreement in Copenhagen. There's a clock that sits on the front screen of every session that is the “Countdown to Copenhagen,” reminding delegates how little time is left.