THE United States today officially stated a goal to cut carbon emissions by 17 per cent by 2020 off 2005 levels, in a submission to the United Nations as part of last month’s Copenhagen meeting.
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Carbon emissions could rack up $4.5tr in losses
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Dubai: Loss in human welfare benefits due to high carbon emission equates anywhere between $2 to $4.5 trillion annually much higher than the total loss in global financial crisis, a top expert said on Saturday.
INTERVIEW – India hits out at attempt to cast Kyoto aside
* India voices worry over attempt to replace Kyoto
* Attempt to cut obligations “to lowest common denominator”
* Envoy says India won’t sign up to unfair Copenhagen deal
BANGKOK, Oct 8 (Reuters) – India expressed alarm on Thursday over the lack of progress and direction of U.N. climate talks and condemned moves by rich nations to try to replace the existing Kyoto Protocol with a weaker agreement.
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UK companies win contracts to devise blueprint for low carbon social housing refits
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Over 180 organisations from across the UK, including housing associations, construction companies and local councils, have won contracts to devise innovative plans for low carbon refits of existing low-rise social housing that will meet UK government target reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy use.
Japan emissions target hinges on international deal
TOKYO (Reuters) – The greenhouse gas emissions target for 2020 set by Japan’s incoming Democratic Party government is based on the premise that there will be an international agreement including China and India, a party executive said on Friday.
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Warning against carbon tariffs
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WASHINGTON – THE head of a UN panel on the science of climate change says that trade tariffs in a House-passed bill to limit heat-trapping pollution have only served to irritate international negotiations and could undermine US efforts to persuade developing countries to enter into a new global warming treaty.
