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19 Dec 2008
Hot southern summer threatens coral with massive bleaching event
A widespread and severe coral bleaching episode is predicted to cause immense damage to some of the world’s most important marine environments over the next few months.
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19 Dec 2008
Carbon reporting on the rise in India
Significantly more of India’s leading companies have signed up to voluntarily disclose carbon emissions and climate policies, a second round of reporting has shown.
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17 Dec 2008
EU Parliament approves poisoned climate deal
Today the European Parliament accepted the compromise agreement on climate change hammered out last week by EU Heads of State and Government. » Read more
16 Dec 2008
WWF applauds British call for ship emission trading
WWF-UK has welcomed a call from the British shipping industry for a global emissions trading scheme which would help to combat greenhouse gases.
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15 Dec 2008
Australia aims low in emissions reductions
In the space of a year Australia has gone from climate change hero to climate change under-achiever, announcing an emissions reduction target of just 5-15 per cent by 2020 with the higher figure tied to the rest of the world reaching a binding agreement on climate change.
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12 Dec 2008
Feeble EU and group of laggard countries stymie UN climate talks - WWF
The disappointing lack of progress at UN climate talks in Poznan is a major missed opportunity towards reaching a new global climate treaty in Copenhagen in 2009. The stalemate was largely the result of a collapse in European Union leadership and obstructionism by other industrialized countries taking the negotiations hostage. » Read more
12 Dec 2008
EU “leaders” follow industry on climate
Last year’s bold commitments on climate were translated into feeble commitments on action today as European leaders finalised the more contentious aspects of the climate and energy package, Europe’s headline response to the climate change issue.
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12 Dec 2008
Shame on EU for poor climate deal
Today’s agreement by EU leaders on the most contentious aspects of the EU’s planned response to climate change, known as the climate and energy package, has been condemned as a failure by Climate Action Network Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF. » Read more
11 Dec 2008
European Council about to betray EU climate policy
European leaders have gathered for a summit that should give a green light to a package of measures to tackle climate change. While negotiations between delegations continue behind closed doors, the draft compromise presented by the EU Presidency looks abysmal. » Read more
10 Dec 2008
Earth Hour to be huge call for climate action
Dozens of events around the world today marked the launch of the campaign for Earth Hour 2009, a global climate event for which 74 cities in 62 countries have already committed to switch off their lights at 8:30pm on March 28.
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