DURBAN, South Africa – The plan to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol will severely mar the talking process at the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, the Chinese delegation told Xinhua on Tuesday. It will further hurt the international community’s […]
In only the second day of talks at the 2011 UN climate conference in Durban,, another ominous development has taken center stage, further heightening tensions and fears of another flop similar to the 2009 Copenhagen summit. After signaling for some […]
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an impasse at the United Nations global warming talks … findings indicate the world is shifting toward consuming […]
Canada’s failure to deny reports that it is about to ditch the Kyoto Protocol is “setting a bad example” to other developed nations as global climate change talks enter their third day, China’s official news agency said on Wednesday. Read […]
Green Party of Canada Leader, Elizabeth May, sets the facts straight on the Canadian Governments most often repeated distortions around the Kyoto Protocol and climate-change agreements. Check out her fact sheet here. Read more…
“How are we to going to ask India and China to do more when Canada is saying, ‘OK, we’re checking out of the Kyoto Protocol?” – Seyni Nafo, spokesman for the 54-nation Africa Group in the UN forum. A Canadian […]
Mr. Kent said major emitting economies, such as China and India, insist on being treated the same as the poorest African country when it comes to the responsibility to address the global climate crisis. “That’s why Kyoto is ineffective and […]
Canada has received a public scolding for its climate-change policy from several prominent South Africans, including anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu. “For us in Africa, climate change is a life and death issue. By dramatically increasing Canada’s global warming pollution, […]
(Durban, South Africa) Canada has been awarded yet another Fossil of the Day award on the third day of climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa. This “prize”, given to countries who are blocking progress at the United Nations climate […]
Au premier jour de la Conférence des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques qui s’est mise en branle en Afrique du Sud hier, le gouvernement canadien n’a pas voulu nier qu’il songe à se retirer formellement du protocole de Kyoto. […]
