All Blog Posts Tagged 'greenhouse' (13)

According to a new report, global carbon dioxide emissions rose 3 percent to a new record of 34 billion tonnes in 2011, undermining a U.N. goal to limit the rise in global average temperatures to 2C above industrial levels by…

According to a new study,a rise of global temperatures will release more carbon dioxide from forest soils.And that increased release of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere could make the climate heat yet even faster.

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A new initiative that will promote buses, trains and cycling as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector, was announced during Rio +20 Earth Summit.

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A new report shows that HFCs can realistically be banned in most new cooling equipment in the European Union by 2020, and substituted with energy-efficient and more climate-friendly alternatives.

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According to the greenhouse gas inventory published by the EEA, EU greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2010, as a result of both economic recovery after the 2009 recession and a colder winter.

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Published submissions from the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization on information relevant to emissions from fuel used for international aviation and maritime transport.

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Some of the main proposals in a draft text for negotiation at a UN sustainable development conference next month are being watered down at informal talks in New York, observers say, heightening fears the summit will fail to deliver.

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The European Parliament has given its green light to a new resolution which supports the EU Commission road map providing a 80% reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2050.

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Tropical countries that seek a share of billions of dollars of climate finance in return for protecting their forests risk creating strategies that fail to bring social and environmental benefits.

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According to a new study led by a scientist at the University of California, the trees in Sahel are dying due to climate change already established as the primary cause of the drought by previous research.

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The EU project EUCO2 80-50, launched in 2009 and still ongoing, shows that solar energy will help reducing by 80% compared to 1990 the levels of greenhouse gases produced in European cities.

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ARGUELLO: PANAMA WAS A TURNING POINT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS

“The Kyoto protocol is a cornerstone of the climate change regime, and nothing will be achieved unless it can be adopted in Durban”, said the Chair of the G77 and China, Jorge Argüello

The G77 and China remains fully committed to this negotiations and to make the COP17/CMP7 in Durban a success, with a balanced and comprehensive outcome under the experience leadership of South Africa.…