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‘BANGKOK Reuters – The world is in danger of spending its “carbon budget” by about 2025 and risks temperatures rising beyond 2 degrees Celsius unless nations adopt a flexible carbon accounting system, conservation group WWF says in a report.’
via World needs CO2 budget to limit warming: WWF | Green Business | Reuters.
‘The bill calls for a 20 percent reduction, by 2020, in greenhouse gas emissions over 2005 levels, and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. That goes further than the House bill, which established a 17 percent emissions reduction target for 2020.’
via Reactions to the Senate Climate Bill – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.
‘BANGKOK (Reuters) – Developing countries are standing their ground against demands by rich nations to add steps to curb carbon emissions into a formal registry or appendix as part a broader pact to fight climate change.’
via Poor hit back at rich over new carbon emission demands | Green Business | Reuters.
‘WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency took steps Wednesday to control the emissions blamed for global warming from power plants, factories and refineries for the first time.’
‘WASHINGTON Reuters – World leaders pledged last week to step up efforts to reach a U.N. deal to fight climate change, but they will have to match rhetoric with rapid action to break a crippling deadlock before a December deadline.
via Promises? Leaders must act to spur climate talks | Green Business | Reuters.
‘Climate researchers now predict the planet will warm by 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century even if the world’s leaders fulfill their most ambitious climate pledges, a much faster and broader scale of change than forecast just two years ago, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Environment Program.’
via New Analysis Brings Dire Global Warming Prediction – washingtonpost.com.
‘LOS ANGELES Reuters – California said it had approved the most aggressive energy efficiency plan among U.S. states on Thursday, earmarking $3.1 billion to retrofit homes and other programs that will cut power needs equivalent to three medium-sized power plants.’
via California sets biggest energy efficiency plan | Green Business | Reuters.
OSLO/LONDON Reuters – A summit of world leaders has dimmed hopes for a strong new U.N. climate pact to replace the Kyoto Protocol in Copenhagen in December, with details looking ever more likely to be left for 2010.
via U.N. climate summit dims hopes for Copenhagen pact | Green Business | Reuters.
‘UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China laid out a plan to curb carbon emissions by 2020 and U.S. President Barack Obama called on all nations to act now to tackle global warming, as world leaders tried to inject momentum into climate change talks.’
via China and U.S. try to jumpstart U.N. climate talks | Green Business | Reuters.
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Obama spoke before the United Nations Climate Conference today, reaffirming his commitment to strong action on climate change, and calling for coordinated international efforts and an agreement in Copenhagen,
“Each of us must do what we can when we can to grow our economies without endangering our planet — and we must all do it together. We must seize the opportunity to make Copenhagen a significant step forward in the global fight against climate change.”
The President clearly acknowledged the historical responsibility of the developed nations for existing green house gas emissions, even mentioning the United States by name, while adding, “But those rapidly-growing developing nations that will produce nearly all the growth in global carbon emissions in the decades ahead must do their part as well.”
“What we are seeking, after all, is not simply an agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. We seek an agreement that will allow all nations to grow and raise living standards without endangering the planet. By developing and disseminating clean technology and sharing our know-how, we can help developing nations leap-frog dirty energy technologies and reduce dangerous emissions.”