Connie Hedegaard

Connie Hedegaard

• EU cap-and-trade system suffers blow

  Europe's fight against climate change was dealt a setback on Tuesday, when EU lawmakers voted against a proposal that would have made it more ... 

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  Buoyed by Obama, leaders press for climate action

  Hurricanes, floods, droughts and a newly climate-conscious Barack Obama are helping boost efforts around the world to fight climate change. 

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  After climate talks, eyes on US for next round

  Even as international climate talks ended this weekend with no new commitments on carbon emissions or climate aid from the United States, some were ... 

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  UN conference adopts extension of Kyoto accord

  Seeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output ... 

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  Clashes over financing threat UN climate talks

  The world's poorest nations on Wednesday called for significant financing to cope with the impacts of global warming, setting up a potential clash ... 

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  Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at climate talks

  Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump. "Thank God that ...