Former Vice President Al Gore and California Arnold Schwartzenegger warned yesterday at the UN Climate Change Summit that the time had come for deeds, not words.
“We have to overcome the paralysis that has prevented us from acting and focus clearly and unblinkingly on this world crisis,” said Gore, while Schwartzenegger said “”The time has come to stop looking back at the Kyoto Protocol…. The rich nations and the poor nations have different responsibilities, but one responsibility we all have is action.”
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said that “Ultimately, we must develop and bring to market new energy technologies that transcend the current system of fossil fuels, carbon emissions and economic activity. Put simply, the world needs a technological revolution.”
British Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said that major polluter nations must agree to binding emission reduction targets.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon starts a South American tour this week and will visit the Antarctic and the Amazon rain forest to "see first-hand the effects of climate change and deforestation on ...
Policymakers are gather in Rome for the FAO Food Summit over the next two days. The US agriculture secretary, Ed Schafer, and the International Monetary Fund disputed the impact of corn ethanol produc...
The two-day conference of the 17 "Heavy Smoker" major polluting nations ended with disappointment over President George Bush's call for voluntary emission targets set by each individual country.
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The British Antarctic Survey released its annual CO2 report, showing that despite worldwide action on climate change through the Kyoto Treaty, CO2 emissions and concentration in the atmosphere is stil...
The UN Conference on Climate Change in Bali, Indonesia opens today.
Participants at the ten day long conference hope to frame a successor to the 1997 Kyoto Accord, which expires in 2012.
The lea...
As the UN Conference on Climate Change in Bali approached its final day, signing of the Bali Roadmap document was imperiled by a deadlock over the inclusion of emission reduction targets in the docume...
