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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions, laying out a carbon intensity goal on Thursday that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to looming climate talks as his government's central commitment.
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Another Green World (Free subscription) | yesterday
Climate, too, is a 'common' resource. How do you visualise 'governing the commons' operating at the international level, in the context of the debates over carbon caps and the summit next month at Copenhagen? Climate change is a global phenomenon that requires a global response. But by focusing only on the level of global governance, we could miss out on benefits that could result from responding...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | yesterday
`Jubilee Centre’ `John Hayward’ 'At an ethical level the scientific community, like the rest of society, can only function as it practises values which resonate with its Christian roots, such as truth-telling and co-operation. Currently these are maintained within the community largely on utilitarian grounds, but those grounds may eventually prove insufficiently robust. Naturalism has no...
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The Church Mouse (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mouse is chuffed to bits to hear that President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China are both to attend the UN Climate Change Conference at Copenhagen . The presence of these two is sure to draw out any remaining laggards who will get a domestic PR boost simply from being in the same room as them. President Obama looks set to sign up to carbon cuts, and the possibility of a really meaningful deal...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 52 minutes ago
THE UN climate change summit in Copenhagen next month has been given another boost by China’s announcement yesterday that it now plans to put a lid of sorts on its growing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
China has announced its first firm target to cut carbon dioxide emissions, ahead of climate talks in Copenhagen next month
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The US president's cameo appearance at Copenhagen's climate summit might make more of an impact than his critics realise The White House has announced that Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen for the beginning of the UN summit on climate change next month. Obama will make an appearance at the negotiations on 9 December, a pit stop en route to pick up his Nobel prize in Oslo the following day. There,...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month -- before other world leaders show up.
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
Boston Globe China unveils carbon target ahead of Copenhagen Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - China has unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions, laying out a carbon intensity goal on Thursday that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to looming climate talks as his ... China pledges effort to limit its 'greenhouse' gases Los Angeles Times China announces first greenhouse gas target Times...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Activists disappointed at absence of Hu Jintao but announcement may pre-empt unveiling of China's carbon target The Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, will attend the Copenhagen climate talks next month, the government said amid mounting speculation that the world's biggest emitter will soon revise targets to tackle global warming. A day after the US president, Barack Obama, confirmed he will be...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
China plans to cut the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product in 2020 by around 40%.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
China says it will aim to reduce the so-called 'carbon intensity' of its economy by 40- 45% by 2020, official media say.
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
guardian.co.uk Obama's climate vow boosts chances for Copenhagen deal Los Angeles Times Environmentalists and world leaders are encouraged by the president's commitment on US greenhouse gas emissions and by his plans to attend international talks in December. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Washington - President Obama will attend the ... Rudd to meet Obama before climate talks ABC Online EU, US...
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Dissensus (Free subscription) | yesterday
is coming, after those meetings with China and India recently will everyone come to the table... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/us/politics/26climate.html'hp
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON – US president Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a UN climate change meeting on December 9th, hoping to add momentum to the international process despite slow progress on a domestic Bill to cut carbon emissions.
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Josep Puigmarti | 29/03/2008
The relentless artistic activity to which Josep Puigmarti is delivered, leads him to work on his relentless quest for beauty through his creations, either in his facet as a painter or sculptor. We are talking about a genius in his purest form, with a unique view of the world around him that he reflects in his works. As a painter, his "Singular Figurations", "Alien fashion" and his new lines "Freedom"...