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In the wake of next week’s G8 meeting in Japan, India released its first action plan for climate change (PDF) earlier this week.
India Reveals It’s First Climate Change Plan
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EU environment ministers will 3 July be urged to accelerate the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants during a two-day informal Council meeting of EU energy and environment ministers, the first of its kind under the French EU Presidency.
EU states under pressure to advance CO2 storage
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G8 leaders will agree to take their own initiatives to reduce or abolish import tariffs on industrial goods that aid efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and thus help fight global warming, Japan’s Asahi newspaper said on Friday.
G8 to agree tariff steps to drive CO2 cuts: report
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There is good chance the next U.S. administration will agree to tight controls on its carbon emissions and help reach a deal by the end of 2009 to slow climate change.
Next U.S. president likely to agree to CO2 cuts: UN
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The SAARC meeting came shortly before the annual G8 summit of leading industrialized nations in Japan next week, where climate change is expected to be a leading topic and an agreement may be reached on cutting greenhouse gas.
South Asia adopts action plan on climate change
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China said it is open to general discussion of longer-term goals and industrial targets to combat global warming at the G8 summit, but fended off talk of any specific pledges, stressing rich nations should lead the way.
China warns of ‘empty talk’ before G8 climate change meet
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None of the G8 countries have come even close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada and Russia lagging especially far behind, a new study published on Thursday found.
G8 nations fail to keep climate change vows: report
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French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo on Thursday warned an arduous road lay before the European Union as he kicked off talks on realising the EU’s vision of slashing carbon pollution by 2020.
‘Tough’ talks ahead on EU climate plan, warns France
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Carbon sequestration, although “not a silver bullet”, is an essential bridging technology that needs to be deployed fast if Europe and the rest of the world are serious about tackling climate change, argues Paal Frisvold, head of the Brussels office of the Bellona Foundation, a Norwegian environmental NGO.
Interview: ‘Innovative’ solutions needed for CO2 storage
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The Indian government pledged Monday to devote more attention to renewable energy, water conservation and preserving natural resources in the country’s first climate change plan, but it did not set any concrete goals or pledge to cap harmful emissions.
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