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 Cancun, …
U.N. climate talks opened on Monday, exposing familiar rifts between rich and poor countries which delegates said were likely to delay a re-start of formal negotiations. The 185-nation Bonn conference, which will run until June 11, is the biggest international …
U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer said on Thursday he will step down in July to join a consultancy group, two months after a Copenhagen summit failed to support a legally binding climate pact. His departure is unlikely to dent …
Trade ministers expressed gloom on Saturday, January 30, about the prospects of concluding stalled global trade liberalization talks this year, with many blaming the United States for foot-dragging. Ministers from about 20 major economies held informal talks on the sidelines …
Danish hosts revived climate talks on Thursday and Washington backed a $100 billion fund to aid poor countries, as world leaders gathered on the eve of a U.N. deadline to reach a deal to slow global warming. Environment ministers planned …
China and other big developing nations rejected core targets for a climate deal such as halving world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 just five days before talks start in Copenhagen, diplomats said Wednesday. China, the world’s top emitter, together with …
A U.N. climate treaty may need an extra year beyond the December deadline to agree on details, delegates at U.N. talks said on Thursday, even as a U.S. Senate committee approved a carbon-capping bill. The Nov. 2-6 meeting of 175 …
Time has almost run out to break the deadlock on a U.N. climate deal supposed to be struck in Copenhagen next month, the United Nations and Denmark warned negotiators at a final preparatory meeting on Monday. “The clock has almost …
Prospects for a new U.N. climate pact in December remained in the balance after talks among big emitters on Monday but with signs of action by Brazil, India and Australia. “It’s more do-able today than yesterday,” British energy and climate …
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged world leaders to intervene personally to break deadlocked talks to agree a global climate change deal in December. Brown is one of the few major economy leaders who has announced plans to …
