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• RENEWABLES: Renewable energy projects to get Munich Re cover in India

  Published: September 21, 2007, 6:36 pm

  Tags: Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy, Kyoto Multirisk Policy, Ludger Arnoldussen, India, Germany, Renewable Energy Projects

  such as India. Under the Kyoto Protocol, there is a facility, where polluting companies, instead of improving their carbon dioxide output, invest in renewable energy projects. In return for their investments, the polluting companies receive emission credits."The Kyoto policy goes beyond the traditional cover. If it is a solar plant or wind

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• RENEWABLES: Renewable energy projects to get Munich Re cover in India

  Published: September 21, 2007, 6:36 pm

  Tags: Kyoto Protocol, Renewable Energy, Kyoto Multirisk Policy, Ludger Arnoldussen, India, Germany, Renewable Energy Projects

  such as India. Under the Kyoto Protocol, there is a facility, where polluting companies, instead of improving their carbon dioxide output, invest in renewable energy projects. In return for their investments, the polluting companies receive emission credits."The Kyoto policy goes beyond the traditional cover. If it is a solar plant or wind

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• Feats Divide Pair Linked by Election

  Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Feats, Divide, Pair, Linked, Election, Al Gore, George W Bush, The White House, Florida, Iraq, United States, Ari Fleischer, Jimmy Carter, Rahm Emanuel, Ron Klain, Samuel Thernstrom, Theodore Roosevelt, Tony Fratto, Colombia, Democratic Caucus, Kyoto Protocol, Panama, Peru

  MIAMI, Oct. 12 -- Somehow, it seemed only fitting that at the moment of Al Gore's triumph, George W. Bush would spend the day in Florida, scene of the fateful clash that propelled one to the presidency and the other to the Nobel Prize.

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• Govt urged to familiarize public about Kyoto Protocol

  Published: November 3, 2007, 3:04 am

  Tags: Asia, Climate, Energy, Environment, Global, Government, Govt, Greenpeace, Hidayati, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kyoto, Protocol, Warming

  "She said introduction of the Kyoto Protocol to the public was necessary because the people n read more

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• Japan Missing Kyoto Protocol Target

  Published: November 6, 2007, 4:23 am

  Tags: All About Japan, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Target

  will likely miss its Kyoto Protocol Target of 6% reduction from 1990 levels by 2008-2012.Greenhouse gas emissions were UP 6.4% during the fiscal year which ended in March of this year.Down, 1.3% from 2005 but still up overall.The Environment Ministry said the country will make every effort possible to reach the 6% reduction target.Plants and

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• U.N. Global Warming Report Sternly Warns Against Inaction

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U N, Global, Warming, Report, Sternly, Warns, Against, Inaction, Bali, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, United Nations, George W Bush, Kyoto Protocol, Al Gore, James L Connaughton, John Kerry, Nicholas Stern, Philip E Clapp, Rajendra Pachauri, Valencia, Spain, Unite

  Global warming is destroying species, raising sea levels and threatening millions of poor people, the United Nations' top scientific panel will say today in a report that U.N. officials hope will help mobilize the world into taking tougher actions on climate change.

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• U.N. Global Warming Report Sternly Warns Against Inaction

  Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U N, Global, Warming, Report, Sternly, Warns, Against, Inaction, Bali, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, United Nations, George W Bush, Kyoto Protocol, Al Gore, James L Connaughton, John Kerry, Nicholas Stern, Philip E Clapp, Rajendra Pachauri, Valencia, Spain, Unite

  Global warming is destroying species, raising sea levels and threatening millions of poor people, the United Nations' top scientific panel will say today in a report that U.N. officials hope will help mobilize the world into taking tougher actions on climate change.

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• Bush Ally Howard Defeated in Australia

  Published: November 25, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Bush, Ally, Howard, Defeated, Australia, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Iraq, George W Bush, Kyoto Protocol, United States, Australian Broadcasting Corp, Emily Lawrimore, The White House, Australian Electoral Commission

  SYDNEY Nov. 24 -- Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global warming and withdraw Australia's combat troops from Iraq.

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• CLIMATE CHANGE: United Nations May Change Emission Rules to Lure U.S.

  Published: November 26, 2007, 6:42 pm

  Tags: United Nations, Global Warming, Co2, Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Unfccc, Un Framework Convention On Climate Change

  The United Nations, manager of the world's second-biggest emissions-trading system, may change its rules from 2013 to encourage the U.S. to join an effort to stem climate change, an official who... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• EUROPEAN UNION: Greenhouse gas emissions in EU15 declining ?

  Published: December 3, 2007, 4:57 am

  Tags: Co2, Energy Policy, Europe, Renewable Energy, European Environment Agency, European Union, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Kyoto Protocol

  of commitment” of the Kyoto Protocol, which extends from 2008 to 2012. The report displays an evaluation of the data corresponding to period 1990-2005, and evaluates the projections of the Member Stateson the future emissions, offering good indicators about the advances obtained in the accomplishment of the objectives of Kyoto Protocol.

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• CLIMATE CHANGE: United Nations Kicks Off Global Warming Conference to Build New Climate Agreement

  Published: December 3, 2007, 7:58 pm

  Tags: Kyoto Protocol, United Nations, Global Warming, India, Climate Change, China, Australia

  signed papers to ratify the Kyoto Protocol climate pact. The move leaves the U.S. the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases as the sole industrial power not to have joined.Conference leaders urged delegates to move quickly to combat climate change."The eyes of the world are upon you. There is a huge responsibility for Bali to deliver," said

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• WESTERN HEMISPHERE: United States refuses to set CO2 cut target

  Published: December 6, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Co2, Kyoto Protocol, European Union, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Bali

  The United States has refused to set a specific target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions at a UN climate conference in Bali. The US says it will host a separate dialogue of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters in 2008, at which clear numbers could be discussed. The European Union... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my

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• RUSSIA: British Foreign Office emissary talks about Russia's participating in combating climate change

  Published: December 7, 2007, 4:44 am

  Tags: Gazprom, John Ashton, Kyoto Protocol, European Union, Climate Change, Putin, Russia, Shell

  British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Special Representative for Climate Change John Ashton came to Moscow on Tuesday for a one-day visit. He told Kommersant correspondent Alexander Gabuev about how Europe is combating global warming and whether Gazprom's export plans threaten those plans. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my

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• ALASKA: Greenpeace calls BP's oil sands plan an environmental crime

  Published: December 10, 2007, 5:01 am

  Tags: Husky Energy, Canada, Kyoto Protocol, Alaska, Greenpeace, Husky Oil

  BP will be involved in the "greatest climate crime" in history by backing tar sands projects to extract oil in Canada and is likely to face direct action, Greenpeace warned last night.The threat came as state officials in Alaska confirmed they were preparing a civil law suit against BP for the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my

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• For U.S., Policy Discord Plays Out at Bali Climate Change Talks

  Published: December 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: For, U S, Policy, Discord, Plays, Out, Bali, Climate, Change, Talks, United States, John Kerry, Ed Markey, United Nations, Barbara Boxer, Harlan Watson, China, Oklahoma, Jim Inhofe, Second Life, The White House, Australia, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Kyoto Protocol, Select Commi

  BALI, Indonesia, Dec. 10 -- Congressional Democrats, in the person of Sen. John F. Kerry, and the White House took their disagreements over global warming policy halfway around the world as United Nations-sponsored climate change talks got into high gear Monday.

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