Topic: Politics
All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it’s here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. // Barack Obama
Copenhagen Accord
Feb 3, 2010
The Copenhagen Accord asked the Annex I countries to define their emissions reduction goals for 2020 by 31 January 2010. Non-Annex I countries have been invited to send in their mitigation actions. Two major nations — Mexico and Russia - had not submitted pl ...>>
1992 UN Conference
Jan 26, 2010
UN Earth Summit 1992If you don't know how to fix it, stop breaking it!
more: Michael Archer interviews Severn Suzuki, April 2009
Wikipedia: Earth Summit 1992
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G8 Summit
Jul 13, 2009
We reaffirm the importance of the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and notably of its Fourth Assessment Report, which constitutes the most comprehensive assessment of the science.
We recognise the broad scientific view that the ...>>
Obama in Strasbourg
Apr 4, 2009
Obama at Nato Summit
He said about Climate Change and responsibility:
... we also know that in the 21st century, security is more complex than military power.
This is the generation that must also stop the spread of the pollution that is slowly kil ...>>
Meetings
Mar 21, 2008
G20 is officially referred to as “The 4th Ministerial Meeting of G8 Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development”, and was set up as a result of an agreement at the Gleneagles G8 Summit held in the United Kingdom in 2 ...>>
Coal-fired Power Plants
Jan 24, 2008
... If Germany halted construction of coal-fired power plants that do not capture and sequester the CO2, it could be a tipping point for the world.
Leaders in Great Britain are advocating a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants; U.S. citizens are block ...>>
Climate Conferences
Jan 6, 2008
Finally in a dramatic session the participating countries agreed on the 'Bali Action Plan'. What do you expect when representatives from over 180 countries come to a conclusion? Would searching the least common denominator lead to a powerless settlement? W ...>>
Kevin Rudd
Dec 4, 2007
Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd used the opportunity to target Australia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. In opposite to former PM Howard - he claimed the emissions intensive economy will suffer from tackling Climate Change - the Labor Party ...>>
Ban Ki-moon
Nov 15, 2007
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek visited Chile and Antarctica last week (8-11 November). As first Secretary-General he walked on the frozen continent and inspected Collins Glacier on King George's Island.
I am here tod ...>>
Scientific Community
Nov 12, 2007
Earlier this year german chancellor Angela Merkel asked climate advisor Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber to organise a symposium with Nobel laureates from various disciplines to focus Climate Change and discuss solutions. The Interdisciplinary Nobel Laureates ...>>
The Future in our Hands
Nov 10, 2007
Schwarzenegger at UN
7 min 38 sec, uploaded November 06, 2007, Transcript
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited California's Governor Schwarzenegger to speak at the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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ICAO Headquarter
Oct 15, 2007
The ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) sees its responsibility to address, limit or reduce the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate.
During the latest session of the Assembly - held at ICAO Headquarters in Montr ...>>
UN Plenary
Aug 5, 2007
The new website works as a one stop to the summary for policy makers and full reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. You'll find material for the youth and kids plus a calendar of upcoming events.
Opening paragraphs of the address by UN ...>>
Harper
Feb 1, 2007
Stephen Harper, Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and payed once by the petroleum industry made the flip-flop:
And, more than anything else, Canadians want us to continue moving forward on practical, realistic and achi ...>>
Political Pressure
Feb 1, 2007
Policy should be based on sound science; results of science should not be diluted or . . . adjusted to justify policy.
This particular Administration has gone beyond reasonable boundaries, on this issue.
To be in denial on climate change is a crime ...>>
Bush
Jan 26, 2007
First time Bush addressed Climate Change in his State of the Union speech. For economic reasons he proposes to highter the supply of alternative fuels, to double the current capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and to reform and modernize fuel econo ...>>
Stavros Dimas
Jan 23, 2007
Stavros Dimas at launch event of the European Commission and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change co-operation for 2007, London, 11 January 2007
Some quotes:
... The reality of climate change is already with us. In the United Kingdom, ...>>
Poll
Jan 23, 2007
Do you think global warming is an environmental problem that is causing a serious impact now, or do you think global warming isn't having a serious impact?
Great deal - 26%
A good amount - 23%
Just some - 24%
Hardly at all - 22%
No opinion - 2%
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