Industrial nations agree step to new climate pact
2007-09-01 15:44:11
Industrial nations agreed on Friday to consider stiff 2020 goals for cutting greenhouse gases in a small step towards a new long-term pact to fight climate change.
EU threatens to boycott US climate talks
2007-12-13 19:57:57
European nations threatened to boycott US-led climate talks next month unless Washington accepts a range of numbers for negotiating deep reductions of global-warming emissions.
Japan, US mulls climate summit next year
2007-12-24 10:44:44
Japan and the United States plan to hold a summit of major carbon emitters shortly before the Group of Eight summit scheduled next July in Japan, Kyodo News said Monday.
Bali climate talks draft drop 2020 emissions goal
2007-12-14 14:16:32
A compromise draft text to launch in Bali two years of negotiations for a global pact to fight climate change has dropped a key ambition of tough 2020 greenhouse emissions cuts for rich countries.