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The first Mekong River summit will take be held between April 2 to 5 in Hua Hin, Thailand, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has announced.
UN taps prime ministers to seek new climate money
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief tapped the prime ministers of Britain and Ethiopia on Friday to lead the hunt for hundreds of billions of dollars that nations pledged to contribute this decade for dealing with climate change.
Thai PM looks to Japan for pollution solutions
Thailand will adopt the success and experience of Japan in solving the Map Ta Phut industrial estate impasse, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says.
Obama urges greater use of biofuels
The Obama administration gave a boost to the corn and coal industries Wednesday, announcing a series of moves to accelerate biofuel use and deploy so-called clean-coal technology on power plants.
U.S., China, others join Copenhagen Accord on climate
Washington - The United States, China and dozens of other countries accounting for nearly 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have signed onto a voluntary agreement to curb climate change.
Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden blasts U.S. in audiotape spewing hate for... global warming
Osama bin Laden is joining the global warming debate. In a new taped rant, the fugitive Al Qaeda leader blames the U.S. for global warming and calls for the world to boycott American goods to "liberate humanity from slavery and dependence."
China rejects UK claims it hindered Copenhagen talks
China has dismissed claims made by a British minister that it "hijacked" efforts to reach an agreement at the climate summit in Copenhagen.
U.N. climate talks end with bare minimum agreement
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement on Saturday when delegates "noted" an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the conference's original goals.
PM: Thailand will move ahead with plan to tackle climate change
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stressed Saturday that Thailand will move ahead with its own plan to tackle climate change despite the failure of the Copenhagen summit.
No U.N. deal on carbon cuts, last day of talks
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Two years of U.N. climate talks reached their climax in Copenhagen on Friday without a deal on carbon emissions cuts, as world leaders tried a last push to agree a new global climate pact.
Danish Police Arrest Hundreds in Climate Protests
COPENHAGEN — Police officers fired tear gas and wielded batons on Wednesday to beat back hundreds of demonstrators outside the global climate meeting here, as a police spokesman said 250 people had been arrested.
Copenhagen negotiators struggle to save talks
Climate change negotiators have been working through the night in Copenhagen to try to rescue plans for a global agreement from collapse.
Thailand will cut CO2 emissions by 77 million tonnes by 2020
Thailand's Ministry of Energy has submitted a voluntary scheme to reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva prior to his attendance at the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) in D...
EU nations commit $3.6 billion to climate fund
BRUSSELS — EU leaders agreed Friday to commit EUR2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, as they sought to rescue their image as climate change innovators and bolster the talks in Copenhagen.
Emerging giants draft climate deal: Kyoto must stay
COPENHAGEN — The world's major emerging economies led by China are calling for a "binding" amendment to the Kyoto Protocol requiring rich countries to slash carbon pollution by more than 40 percent compared to 1990, according to a document seen by...
Environment ministers prepare for UN climate change summit
Copenhagen - Some 40 environment ministers gathered Monday in Copenhagen for preparatory talks ahead of the UN climate change conference that opens next month in the Danish capital. Ministers from key emitting countries including the United States...
US Senate panel passes climate change bill
WASHINGTON — A key Senate panel on Thursday passed a sweeping climate change bill despite a boycott of deliberations by Republicans opposed to the measure.
Full climate deal unlikely by Copenhagen - Barroso
A full-fledged international climate deal to fight global warming will not be reached next month in Copenhagen but a framework pact is still possible, the head of the European Commission said on Tuesday.
UN signals delay in climate change treaty
UNITED NATIONS — Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it was scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warming.
US Energy Secretary Chu hopeful about climate bill
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Monday he was still hopeful President Barack Obama would be able to sign a domestic carbon-cutting bill before a crunch global climate meeting in Copenhagen in December.