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1. Energy, Transportation Ministers from Asia-Pacific Nations Pledge Cooperation on Cleaner, More Energy-Efficient Transportation

SAN FRANCISCO - Energy and transportation ministers from 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific region today agreed to continue progress on initiatives to make transportation in the region cleaner and more energy-efficient, U.S. Transportation Secretary...

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 | Read more

2. Carbon action plan lays down Whitehall deadlines

A cross-Government action plan on climate change backed by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister is launched today setting strict actions and deadlines for Whitehall. The new Carbon Plan sets out what has to happen and by when if the...

Tuesday, 08 March 2011 | Read more

3. Greenpeace's 20-year campaign catalyzes groundbreaking climate commitment on refrigeration by 400 companies

Greenpeace applauds the initiative announced today by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the consortium of over 400 companies, to implement climate-friendly refrigeration using natural refrigerants (1) beginning in 2015. Hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs (2)...

Thursday, 16 December 2010 | Read more

4. ECJ Advocate General puts future of Europe's coal power plants in doubt

The future of coal-fired power plants across Europe was thrown into doubt following advice today from a European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general. Advocate-general Juliane Kokott stated that environmental permits for three Dutch coal-fired...

Thursday, 16 December 2010 | Read more

5. World Bank criticized for establishing carbon market fund

News reports indicate World Bank President Robert Zoellick is coming to Cancun tomorrow to announce the establishment of a multi-million dollar fund to promote the creation of carbon markets in developing countries. Friends of the Earth U.S. Climate...

Thursday, 16 December 2010 | Read more

6. Reaction to the climate talks in Cancun

Friends of the Earth U.S. had the following response to the close of UN climate negotiations in Cancun: Climate change is the greatest threat the human community has faced. The texts considered tonight are a wholly inadequate response, though they...

Monday, 13 December 2010 | Read more

7. Cancun breakthrough puts climate deal back on track

Chris Huhne today welcomed the agreement made at the international climate change summit in Cancun, describing the deal as a turning point in the negotiations. U.K. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said: "A global climate deal is in...

Monday, 13 December 2010 | Read more

8. Industrial emissions: Commission urges Estonia and Ireland to comply with EU legislation

The European Commission is taking Estonia to the European Court of Justice for its incomplete transposition of a law designed to prevent industrial pollution. Ireland is also being urged to comply with the same piece of legislation, as a number of...

Wednesday, 08 December 2010 | Read more

9. 5 Gigatonnes - the gap between climate science and current climate cuts after Copenhagen?

Nations have the chance to deliver almost 60 per cent of the emissions reductions needed to keep global temperatures under a 2 degrees Celsius rise. But only if the pledges made last year in Copenhagen are fully met. These are among the findings of...

Monday, 29 November 2010 | Read more

10. EU Member States must triple efforts to decarbonise by 2050 reveals new EU Climate Policy Tracker

A new tracker tool launched today by WWF and Ecofys reveals that only a third of the necessary action needed today to put EU countries on a path towards a low carbon economy by 2050 (reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95%), is currently being...

Monday, 29 November 2010 | Read more