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24.08.09, Reuters
Africa wants $67 billion a year to fight climate change
10.07.09, Europe's World
Why Europe’s lead will be crucial to Copenhagen’s success
by Connie Hedegaard Denmark’s Climate and Energy Minister
09.07.09, The Economist
Climate change talks: Poor countries wrangle with rich ones about who can burn what and when
08.07.09, IRIN
Twelve countries on climate change hit-list
07.07.09, euobserver
Brussels hoping for climate commitment at G8
27.06.2009, The Economist
A new (under) class of travellers
19.06.09, EUObserver
EU holds back on climate funds for poor countries
15.06.09, Euractiv
Poor countries 'unable' to absorb climate funding, EU warned
20.05.09, Euractiv
Post-Kyoto climate deal takes shape
Ahead of the next round of talks on a post-Kyoto climate agreement, the United Nations has released the first draft of a negotiating text stuffed with options for rich and poor countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which scientists blame for warming the planet.
07.05.09, European Voice
The real danger of global warming
The current financial crisis demonstrates that many supposedly ‘green' energy policies could do more harm than good.
06.05.09, European Voice
The Truth About Climate Change
The world has to realise that we can alleviate the effects of climate change only by taking action now.
22.04.2009, IPS
Southern Africa: Climate Change to Halve Farm Produce
by DURBAN (IPS) - Environmental researchers predict Southern Africa will be hit heavily by climate change over the next 70 years. Agricultural production is projected to be halved - a development that will threaten the livelihoods of farmers in a region where 70 percent of the population are smallholder farmers.
21.04.2009, Euractiv
Global warming to 'reshape' humanitarian aid agenda
The number of people affected by climate disaster will more than double in the next six years, forcing the global community to both increase and improve humanitarian aid, a new Oxfam report to be published today (21 April) shows.
16.04.2009, Euractiv
EU Ministers offer 'co-leadership' on climate
European Union environment ministers said they would offer the United States and other developed nations "co-leadership" in the fight against global warming if they were to match the EU's ambitious emissions reduction goals later this year. EurActiv Czech Republic reports from Prague.
02.04.2009, European Voice
Four steps towards a Copenhagen deal
by Ivo de Boer
An agreement on climate change hinges on clarifying targets, the plans of developing countries, financing and representation.
11.02.2009, The Guardian online
‘China and the US - the road to rapprochement on climate change’
by Banning Garrett and Jonathan Adams
In a new report released by the Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations and the Pew Center on Global climate change , a group of more than 50 experts on China, politics and business aim to provide Barack Obama's new US administration with a policy roadmap for cooperation with China.
12.02.2009, The New York Times
“Sustainable Energy Week” in Brussels’
by James Kanter
Demand for clean-energy products may be slumping because of the global economic slowdown, but the European Commission says it is doing what it can to keep interest in the sector alive
29.01.2009, European Voice
EU must step up climate-change diplomacy
We need a political mobilisation – and that involves changing timelines, renewed political engagement and a focus on goals rather than obstacles.
28.01.2009, The New York Times
‘Gore Urges Action on Economy, Global Warming’
by the Associated Press,
Former Vice President Al Gore presented lawmakers on Wednesday with a new inconvenient truth: Action on global warming cannot wait until the economy recovers.
28.01.2009, The New York Times
‘EU Vows Billions in Aid to Spur UN Climate Talks’
by the Associated Press,
The European Union promised billions of dollars in aid to the world's poorest nations on Wednesday to entice them to sign a new global climate change pact.
26.01.2009, European Voice
Climate's Tipping point is 2020: McKinsey
By Jennifer Rankin
Report warns that “highly challenging” task of curbing climate change could become “virtually impossible” without immediate global effort.
22.01.2009, The Times Online
'Antarctica is warming, not cooling, study finds’
by Lewis Smith,
Antarctica is warming up just like the rest of the world a new study has found, blowing a hole in an argument of climate change sceptics.
