Analysis: US shows masterly timing in climate talksTimes Online - Dec 17, 2009 By waiting until today to pledge support for the $100billion fund, the US appeared to be rescuing the whole process. It also ensured that all eyes turned to China to look for a reciprocal concession on independent monitoring of emissions reductions. ... Times Online |
Copenhagen summit talks 'made no progress overnight'Times Online - Dec 18, 2009 President Obama touched down in Copenhagen this morning to try to heal the rift between rich and poor nations that has stalled climate change talks. As the summit entered its twelfth and final day, huge differences remained between the 192 participants ... Times Online |
Obama announces climate change deal with China, other nationsCNN - - 8 hours ago Copenhagen, Denmark (CNN) -- President Obama announced what he called a "meaningful and unprecedented" climate change deal with China and other key nations that was expected to be sealed before the president headed home from the Copenhagen summit late ... CNN |
Deal or dud?National Post - 29 minutes ago Jewel Samad, AFP, Getty Images Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President Barack Obama talk at the climate conference in Copenhagen yesterday. A climate deal among world leaders puts off many tough decisions until 2010 and is being described by ... National Post |
Clock ticking on climate accordAljazeera.net - Dec 17, 2009 Negotiators from countries attending climate talks in Denmark remain deadlocked on the terms of a draft accord, as scores of world leaders prepare to attend the summit's final day. Diplomats had said that leaders and ministers from 30 countries had ... Aljazeera.net | |||||||
Negotiators labor toward dawn at climate talksThe Associated Press - - Dec 17, 2009 COPENHAGEN — Negotiators are working until dawn at the UN climate conference to produce a core document for President Barack Obama and other world leaders to sign at Friday's summit. The final agreement is expected to disappoint those who had hoped for ... The Associated P... |
New climate draft drops 2010 deadline for treatyThe Associated Press - - 18 hours ago COPENHAGEN — A new draft climate agreement being considered by world leaders at the UN summit in Copenhagen drops a previous 2010 deadline for achieving a legally binding treaty to fight global warming. The latest draft obtained by The Associated Press ... The Associated P... |
Obama lands, climate talks in serious disarrayThe Associated Press - - Dec 18, 2009 COPENHAGEN — The UN climate talks were in serious disarray Friday, with delegates blaming both the US and China for the lack of a political agreement that President Barack Obama, China's premier and more than 110 other world leaders are supposed to ... The Associated P... |
Obama says 'unprecedented' deal reached on climateThe Associated Press - - 11 hours ago COPENHAGEN — President Barack Obama said the United States, China and several other countries reached a "unprecedented breakthrough" Friday to curb greenhouse gas emissions — including a mechanism to verify compliance — after a frenzied day of ... The Associated P... |
Clock ticking on climate dealAljazeera.net - Dec 17, 2009 World leaders are preparing for the final day of the climate change summit in Copenhagen, with apparently little hope that the meeting will agree a deal on emission cuts. For two weeks negotiators from 193 nations have been trying to hammer out a pact ... Aljazeera.net |
Analysis: Climate talks a halting step toward goalThe Associated Press - - Dec 17, 2009 COPENHAGEN — The Copenhagen climate conference "failed" long before it even opened. It may not "succeed" until long after it ends. For the moment, then, negotiators must satisfy themselves with something in between, an "outcome," one whose shape ... The Associated P... | ||||||
Climate deal on knife edge as poor nations vent furyAFP - 8 hours ago COPENHAGEN — A climate change deal woven by US President Barack Obama and other top leaders hung in the balance Saturday after smaller nations lashed the pact as a betrayal. Obama announced an "unprecedented breakthrough" after meetings with about two ... AFP |
Obama heads to high-risk, uncertain climate talksThe Associated Press - - Dec 17, 2009 WASHINGTON — With global climate change talks at a critical juncture, President Barack Obama flew to Copenhagen on Thursday to join more than 110 other world leaders looking to push an interim agreement across the finish line. ... The Associated P... |
Copenhagen 'drops climate deadline'Aljazeera.net - 16 hours ago A latest draft of the deal being negotiated at the Copenhagen climate conference has dropped all references to a December 2010 deadline for a reaching a legally-binding international treaty on CO2 emissions, according to a leaked text. ... Aljazeera.net |
Obama hopes to seal the climate deal in CopenhagenThe Associated Press - - Dec 18, 2009 COPENHAGEN — President Barack Obama plunged into an unscheduled meeting Friday with representatives of nearly 20 nations as world leaders, pressed for time, struggled to reach an agreement on how to curb heat-trapping gasses that are warming the planet ... The Associated P... |
Climate: China, US narrow gap on verification, say expertsAFP - 19 hours ago COPENHAGEN — China and the United States have traded sharp barbs during UN climate talks, but the world's two biggest carbon polluters have somewhat closed the gap on the key issue of verification, experts said Friday. How to monitor national pledges ... AFP |
Imperfect climate deal better than nothing: ObamaAFP - Dec 16, 2009 COPENHAGEN — A terse US President Barack Obama on Friday told the world to stop bickering and embrace even an imperfect climate deal, or risk a disastrous split that would let global warming advance unchallenged. "I have to be honest, ... AFP | ||||||
Hour of truth for troubled climate summitAFP - Dec 17, 2009 COPENHAGEN — The hour of truth loomed Thursday at the UN climate talks where countries had to draw a line under procedural squabbles to nail down a deal ahead of one of the largest gatherings of world leaders in history. With just hours to go before ... AFP |
China 'committed to climate fight'Aljazeera.net - Dec 16, 2009 China's premier has said his visit to Copenhangen for the final crucial days of the climate summit demonstrates Beijing's commitment to tacking climate change. Wen Jiabao arrived in the Danish capital on Wednesday evening, joining about 120 world ... Aljazeera.net |
Climate talks: Clinton promises aid to poor nations – but China may resistChristian Science Monitor - - Dec 17, 2009 At the Copenhagen climate talks Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US could provide billions in aid to help poorer nations convert to clean technologies. But that's only if countries like China agree to monitoring of their climate change ... Christian Scienc... |
Climate summit clinches deal: ObamaAFP - 11 hours ago COPENHAGEN — US President Barack Obama on Friday announced a climate deal with other major world leaders calling it "unprecedented" but still not enough to beat global warming. More than four hours after the scheduled close of the summit and an ... AFP |
Obama urges action at CopenhagenAljazeera.net - 22 hours ago Barack Obama, the US president, has called for "bold and decisive action" on climate change amid frustration among world leaders over a lack of political agreement at the summit in Copenhagen. The US leader, speaking on Friday at the climax of two ... Aljazeera.net |
In Copenhagen, greens' love lost for ObamaAFP - 15 hours ago COPENHAGEN — US President Barack Obama's hesitant appearance in Copenhagen drew dismay Friday from environmentalists, conceding that the leader who once embodied their dreams is hamstrung politically. Obama flew to the Danish capital on the final day ... AFP | ||||||
Copenhagen summit: Major powers broker compromiseChristian Science Monitor - - 9 hours ago The US, China, India, South Africa, and Brazil agreed to a voluntary climate pact. President Obama acknowledged that 'we have much further to go.' The deal did not produce commitments on emissions reductions. US President Barack Obama speaks after ... Christian Scienc... |
Obama foes warn he can't bind US on climateAFP - Dec 17, 2009 WASHINGTON — Republican US lawmakers sharply assailed President Barack Obama's approach to climate change on Thursday, warning that Congress could derail any treaty pledges he makes at global talks in Denmark. "Our purpose here is to remind the ... AFP |
'Empty' climate deal worse than no deal: White HouseAFP - Dec 16, 2009 WASHINGTON — An "empty" climate deal at United Nations global warming talks in Copenhagen would be worse than reaching no deal at all, a White House spokesman said Thursday. "Coming back with an empty agreement would be far worse than coming back empty ... AFP |
Sticking points for a Copenhagen global warming pactChristian Science Monitor - - 19 hours ago A key issue blocking a Copenhagen global warming pact from being finalized is whether the agreement would be legally binding, or – more likely – a political deal. International youth staged a sit-in in the main hall of the Bella Center in Copenhagen on ... Christian Scienc... |
Obama cracks the whip at Copenhagen global warming talksChristian Science Monitor - - 20 hours ago At Copenhagen global warming talks, President Obama urged heads of state to agree on a new pact this weekend and move beyond 'the same stale arguments' that countries have rehashed for 20 years. President Barack Obama speaks at the Bella Center in ... Christian Scienc... |
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