ARTICLES RELATING TO COP15

Chinese talk climate change

2010-10-04 18:03

Climate change talks are being held in China ahead of December talks in Cancun toward securing a global climate change treaty.

Ban: Climate danger is real

2010-02-24 20:09

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged environment ministers to reject attempts by sceptics to undermine efforts to forge a climate change deal.

55 nations set 2020 gas goals

2010-02-02 08:03

Fifty-five nations accounting for 78% of world greenhouse gas emissions have outlined varying national targets for slowing climate change.

The Two-Headed Beasties

2009-12-24 10:44

News24 User George Annandale loves the fact that Buyelwa Sonjica has dismissed the Copenhagen agreement South Africa helped to build as unacceptable.

Climate 'mess' blamed on rich

2009-12-22 22:21

The Opec cartel's top official has called for the developed world to fund the fight against climate change, saying the developing world was not responsible for the current "mess".

Sign climate treaty, urges UN

2009-12-21 21:29

The UN secretary-general is urging all countries to formally sign on to the Copenhagen accord to tackle climate change and to work toward a legally binding treaty.

UK blames China over deal

2009-12-20 22:51

Britain's climate change minister Ed Miliband has blamed China for blocking an accord on legally-binding emissions targets at the Copenhagen summit.

China welcomes climate deal

2009-12-20 16:17

China has welcomed the outcome of climate change talks in Copenhagen, after a deal reached to fight global warming came in for heavy criticism.

Climate talks: Next stop Mexico

2009-12-20 10:12

Another round of climate talks has been scheduled for November 2010 in Mexico, where negotiators are hoping to nail down a new treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

Copenhagen axes forest plan

2009-12-19 20:23

A plan to protect the world's biologically rich tropical forests by paying poor nations to protect them has been shelved after world leaders failed to agree on a binding deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate deal 'not acceptable'

2009-12-19 16:11

South Africa's political opposition and environmentalists described the Copehagen agreement on climate change reached by five powers, including South Africa, at the weekend as "not acceptable".

Climate accord clears big hurdle

2009-12-19 12:30

The UN climate conference has agreed to "take note" of an accord between senior world leaders, a move that analysts said would allow the pact to take effect.

Sudan denounces climate pact

2009-12-19 09:31

A negotiator from Sudan has likened industrial powers' plans to fight climate change to the Holocaust as passions flared over a deal in Copenhagen.

Climate deal meets furious reception

2009-12-19 07:38

Fury has erupted at a gruelling summit in Copenhagen on rolling back climate change as poor nations took to task a draft deal whose supporters even say is less than they sought.

Canada named 'Colossal Fossil'

2009-12-18 20:27

Green groups have named Canada "Fossil of the Year" - for what they said was a strategy to sabotage efforts to tackle climate change.

3rd draft reinstates deadline

2009-12-18 19:08

A third draft climate agreement being considered by world leaders at the Copenhagen summit has introduced greenhouse gas emissions targets and reinstated a 2010 deadline.

Do a deal, urges Obama

2009-12-18 15:52

US President Barack Obama has told the world to stop bickering and embrace even an imperfect new climate deal, or risk a disastrous split.

Climate: D-Day for world leaders

2009-12-18 09:30

Negotiators facing a Friday deadline hammered out an initial draft UN climate pact overnight that calls for a 2°C cap on global temperatures and billions in aid for poor nations, sources said.

US promises climate billions

2009-12-17 17:39

Hillary Rodham Clinton has sought to put new life into flagging UN climate talks by announcing the US would join others in raising $100bn a year by 2020.

Seychelles gets sinking feeling

2009-12-17 11:28

Camille Hoareau stands on Denis Island's beach of creamy-white sand, exactly where trees used to grow a few years ago and where the fish will soon swim if global warming surges on.

$3.5bn pledge for rainforests

2009-12-17 07:37

US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the US and five other countries have pledged $3.5bn to a programme aimed at protecting rainforests.

Riots outside deadlocked talks

2009-12-16 19:27

Danish police have fired pepper spray and beat protesters with batons outside the UN climate conference, as disputes inside left major issues unresolved.

'Death of Kyoto = Death of Africa'

2009-12-16 13:03

The African Union has estimated that the Copenhagen summit on climate change could lead to the "death warrant for the Kyoto Protocol", the only instrument currently regulating emission of greenhouse gases.

Not further cuts - US

2009-12-15 20:21

The US has poured cold water on the notion that it would deepen its offer of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen.

Climate draft shows discord

2009-12-15 16:32

UN talks in Copenhagen has issued a fresh draft for an agreement on tackling climate change, but the document pointed to wide discord on all the main issues.

 

Questions over mayor's trip

2010-03-26 10:19

The DA in the Tshwane metro council wants to know if Mayor Gwen Ramokgopa's visit to the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen last year was simply another trip on the gravy train.

Copenhagen may be dead

2010-02-14 12:33

Less than two months after it was hastily drafted to stave off a fiasco, the Copenhagen Accord on climate change is in a bad way.

Brazil signs law cutting CO²

2009-12-30 20:25

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a law requiring that Brazil cut greenhouse gas emissions by 39% by 2020.

SA, Brazil, India vital for deal

2009-12-23 19:00

The emergence of China, India, SA and Brazil as a grouping was the most significant outcome of the climate talks in Copenhagen, says the UN Climate chair.

Copenhagen accord 'a disaster'

2009-12-22 21:22

Sweden has described the Copenhagen climate change summit as a "disaster" and a "great failure" ahead of a meeting of European Union environment ministers to discuss how to rescue the process.

Blame flies over climate talks

2009-12-21 16:54

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter recriminations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations.

Castro blasts climate deal

2009-12-20 22:08

Fidel Castro says an agreement forged at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen is "undemocratic" and calls President Barack Obama's speech there "misleading".

WWF: It's not over yet

2009-12-20 12:30

The latest Copenhagen Accord draft mainly reproduced what leaders already promised before they arrived, says Kim Carstensen, the leader of WWF Global Climate Initiative.

Accord underwhelms scientists

2009-12-19 22:02

Top climate scientists are saying that the eleventh-hour political deal hammered out at UN talks in Copenhagen falls perilously short of what is needed to stave off catastrophic global warming.

Copenhagen conference ends

2009-12-19 19:10

The UN climate conference has ended after two weeks of intense wrangling, accepting a new US-brokered deal that offers billions to help poorer nations adjust to global warming.

Ban lauds Copenhagen Accord

2009-12-19 14:14

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has praised the deal at the Copenhagen climate summit as an "essential beginning" but admitted it did not achieve all that was hoped.

Copenhagen '1st step to treaty'

2009-12-19 11:11

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the Copenhagen summit was a "first step" towards securing a legally-binding treaty, which he urged countries to agree to quickly.

Climate deal 'worst in history'

2009-12-19 09:24

A major bloc of developing nations have called a draft climate deal in Copenhagen the "worst in history" and hinted it may try to block it.

Developing countries justified - Zuma

2009-12-18 21:08

The developing world was justified in raising its level of emissions while rich countries should commit to "ambitious" reductions, President Jacob Zuma has said.

'Climate deal needs more time'

2009-12-18 19:09

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the Copenhagen climate summit may fall short and called for talks in 2010 to complete a deal.

Draft deal drops deadline

2009-12-18 17:40

A new draft for a climate deal in Copenhagen has dropped a reference to an end-2010 deadline for reaching a legally binding treaty.

Obama in last push for climate deal

2009-12-18 13:06

The UN climate talks are in serious disarray, and have prompted President Barack Obama to upend his schedule and hold close-door talks with 19 other world leaders to work out a last-minute climate agreement.

China to provide details

2009-12-17 19:02

China says it is willing to provide details about its actions to control carbon emissions, moving to meet a US demand for verification of promises to fight global warming.

Nasa, Google team up

2009-12-17 16:05

Nasa and Google are trying to give the world the ability to monitor both the carbon dioxide pollution and the levels of forest destruction that contribute to global warming.

Africa tables climate fund

2009-12-17 10:05

The African group of nations, backed by the European Union, has tabled a plan at UN climate talks for rich countries to help developing ones cope with global warming and green their economies.

SA delegation locked out

2009-12-16 22:21

Some members of the South African delegation to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, have been locked out and couldn't access the main conference venue, says President Zuma's spokesperson.

Climate deal 'very difficult'

2009-12-16 18:12

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said securing a deal on climate change is going to be "very difficult", as he arrived in Copenhagen for the crunch talks.

US counting on cows

2009-12-16 07:33

The US is counting on cows to help reduce its carbon footprint by capturing the methane from cow manure that otherwise would be released into the atmosphere.

US-China showdown looms

2009-12-15 18:22

A showdown between the world's two largest polluters loomed over the UN climate talks as China accused the US of backsliding on their commitments.

Leaders try to save talks

2009-12-15 15:28

World leaders have arrived at the UN climate summit, seeking to give a shot in the arm to the floundering talks after warnings that the event was at risk of ending in failure.

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