Topic: Copenhagen
Sydney's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark Saturday at the start of Earth Hour, followed by cities across Asia in a global switch-off aimed at revitalising efforts against climate change.Harbour ferry horns blared to signal the energy-saving event, which is ...
World-famous landmarks including the Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower and Beijing's Forbidden City will go dark Saturday as millions turn out the lights for "Earth Hour", a rolling grassroots movement aimed at fighting climate change.Now in its fourth year, the event looks set ...
The essential role of private enterpriseAfter a great deal of hype and hope, the Copenhagen climate summit produced no more than a vague promise to continue to work together. The only real point of consensus was to agree to meet again in ...
Deforestation conference to turn plans into action brings nations at heart of problem to table French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help ...
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - A World Environment Organization, similar to the World Trade Organization, could be formed as part of environmental governance reform, a meeting of environment ministers decided on Friday.Ministers and officials from more than 135 nations converged on Nusa ...
Whether you're a fan of a global cap on carbon emissions or not, it's important to understand what the failure of the meeting in Copenhagen last month means (that a global agreement is going to be unlikely in the near term) and ...
In the most present situation of the earth nowadays it is a wonder to all environmental analysts on how to hold an environmental awareness to create idealistic and socialistic ideas to every person on how to help support going green ideas and ...
Even without a strong, legally binding agreement in Copenhagen, investors have faith in clean tech and say that a couple of other things are more important than the international agreement for 2010 clean tech investment.. More important than the results of Copenhagen, ...
Recently the world looked to the Copenhagen climate conference to begin to establish a framework by which we could begin to reduce global warming and emphasize corporate environmental responsibility on a worldwide scale. Even with the disappointing outcome of the summit, many ...
OBAMA'S GREEN GAMBIT When it comes to global warming, who needs Congress? As the 192-nation Copenhagen climate summit convened on Dec. 7, President Obama strengthened the U.S. hand when his Environmental Protection Agency said it would clamp down on greenhouse gases under ...