50 by 50 Initiative: Cut Global Auto Emissions in Half by 2050
An International consortium, including the UN, is lobbying world governements and the global auto industry to agree to a "50 by 50" initiative. read more
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COP15: Walking the Tight Rope Towards Failure
"The time for talk is over." President Obama seems to have captured the popular sentiment on global warming in his address to international delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change...
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COP15 Leaves A Bad Taste In Europe's Mouth
By most accounts the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen was a failure. The ineptness of the conference especially irked European policymakers who had hoped for much more. read more
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Cooling News: UN Climate Change Secretary Steps Down
Yvo de Boer has announced he will step down as the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. de Boer has been the UN's climate change chief since 2006. Citing a...
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Inaction Doomed Copenhagen Accord
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference that was held in Copenhagen, Denmark last year set achievable standards for countries around the globe to reduce their carbon emissions and help curb...
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Early Progress in Mexico During U.N. Climate Summit
As this year’s UN-sponsored climate change talks kicked off in Cancun, slow but steady progress is being made by those in attendance.read more
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UNEP Report Highlights Record Global Renewable Energy Investments in 2010
A solar powered water pump in India.The newest report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in cooperation with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a clean tech analytics firm, shows that the...
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United Nations Turns to Colorado for Green Energy Solutions
The eyes of world leaders may be on oil-rich Libya, but the United Nations is also focused on another of its top priorities: the issue of the fact that 20% of world's citizens are living without power....
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