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| Jan.31 |
Global |
Nations in carbon emissions vow
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| Dec.19 |
 Denmark |
Climate deal meets UN qualification   Map of Copenhagen Denmark Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed a US-backed climate deal in Copenhagen as an 'essential beginning'
| After intense wrangling, delegates passed a motion taking note of the deal, without formally adopting it. The accord includes a recognition to limit temperature rises to less than 2C and promises to deliver $30bn of aid for developing nations over the next 3 years
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| Dec.18 |
Denmark |
 Obama announces climate deal with China President Obama announced what he called a 'meaningful and unprecedented' climate change deal with China and other key nations
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| Dec.17 |
Denmark |
Climate deal looks close A deal at the climate summit looks more likely following a frantic day of behind the scenes diplomacy
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| Dec.16 |
Denmark |
 Slow progress at Copenhagen talks Talks remain deadlocked at the climate summit with just two days left to seal a global emissions pact. Developed and developing nations are at odds
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Denmark |
Climate talks resume in Copenhagen Formal negotiations have reopened at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen after a delay of nine hours, caused by wrangles over the texts
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Denmark |
250 arrested in Copenhagen protests
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| Dec.15 |
Denmark |
Ministers lead climate change talks Environment ministers are holding talks at the UN conference amid threats of large-scale protests by environmental groups
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| Dec.14 |
Denmark |
'Get to work', urges climate summit head
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| Dec.12 |
Denmark |
Police detain 900 in climate change rally Map of Copenhagen Denmark| Thousands of protesters took to the streets, as they demanded a climate-change agreement that would curb greenhouse gas emissions | |
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| Dec.10 |
 Belgium |
EU summit struggles on climate pledge The delegates have been working through the night to try to hammer out how much aid the bloc will give to developing nations
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| Dec.8 |
Denmark |
Draft text divides climate summit
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| Dec.7 |
Denmark |
Climate protesters descend on summit
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Denmark |
Summit welcomes US emissions curbs UN and EU officials have welcomed the declaration that greenhouse gases are threatening to human health
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| Dec.6 |
Denmark |
Key global climate talks begin Map of Copenhagen Denmark Almost 100 heads of state have confirmed they will attend the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties, or COP15
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| Dec.5 |
 UN |
UN hits back at climate sceptics The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has hit back at claims that the case for human influence on global warming has been exaggerate...
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London |
Climate change protests ahead of summit
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| Dec.4 |
Washington |
Obama to attend end of climate summit
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| Dec.3 |
Nepal |
Cabinet to meet on Everest
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| Nov.28 |
 Trinidad & Tobago |
Commonwealth leaders back climate fund A multi-billion-dollar plan is to help developing nations to deal with climate change and cut greenhouse gases
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| Nov.27 |
UN |
 UN chief urges to 'seal deal' on climate Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged world leaders to 'seal a deal' on climate change when they meet in Copenhagen next month
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Trinidad & Tobago |
Climate fund plan to help poor nations
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| Nov.26 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Commonwealth summit in targets climate Commonwealth leaders are to meet with climate change high on the agenda in the last major summit before the Copenhagen climate talks
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 Beijing |
China pledges action on climate change Premier Wen Jiabao will attend a U.N. climate-change summit next month in Denmark. State Council plans to reduce the intensity of emissions
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| Nov.25 |
European Union |
Obama climate summit visit welcomed
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| Nov.23 |
Washington |
US will announce climate target
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| Nov.22 |
Denmark |
60 world leaders to attend climate summit
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| Nov.15 |
Singapore |
No climate deal seen by year's end
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| Nov.14 |
 Singapore |
 Apec leaders in climate warning World leaders meeting have said it will not be possible to reach a climate change deal ahead of next month's UN conference in Denmark
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Paris |
Brazil and France in climate deal
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| Oct.30 |
European Union |
EU strikes climate funding deal The EU has agreed a conditional deal on how to help other nations fight global warming, but set no figure on what it would pay
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| Oct.29 |
Belgium |
East-west climate row at EU talks
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| Oct.24 |
Global |
'350' demonstrations on climate change
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| Oct.16 |
 Maldives |
Cabinet meets underwater| The government has held a cabinet meeting about five metres (16ft) underwater to highlight the threat of global warming | |
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| Sep.22 |
 New York |
Summit focuses on climate change | World leaders converge in New York to focus on climate change | |
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China vows climate change action
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| Jul.9 |
 Italy |
World powers accept warming limit G8 summit declaration: The nations have agreed that global temperatures should not rise more than 2C above 1900 levels
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| Jul.8 |
Italy |
G-8 leaders pledge to seek emissions cuts Map of L%27AQUILA Italy Leaders of The Group of Eight, the world's most powerful economies, pledged to seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions at a summit
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| Mar.28 |
 Global |
Lights go out across planet for Earth Hour| Lights were going out as millions of homes and businesses in major cities went dark for one hour to highlight concerns over climate change | |
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| Dec.12 |
Belgium |
EU leaders reach new climate deal The leaders have reached a deal on a package of measures to fight global warming. The plan sets out how countries will cut carbon emissions
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| Jul.22 |
Northern Italy |
G8 leaders fail to agree on Kyoto
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| Mar.29 |
Germany |
Nuclear waste reaches destination
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| Nov.26 |
Netherlands |
U.N. climate summit collapsed
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| Nov.24 |
Netherlands |
World Climate Change conference
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