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Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said the country may have to be more flexible over climate change talks after China unveiled its first firm targets to cut carbon emissions, a newspaper reported on Friday. Related Reading: The world’s top two greenhouse-gas-producing countries for the first time offered specific targets for controlling their emissions, but their broad promises ahead of a United Nations climate summit merely set the terms for a high-stakes struggle over money and future economic growth. Related Reading: Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found. Related Reading: China’s pledge on greenhouse gases means it would shoulder more than a quarter of the CO2 emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous global warming, a top economist said Thursday. Related Reading: China has invited key developing country partners on November 27 for talks on climate change ahead of the U.N. negotiations that commence in Copenhagen on December 7. Related Reading: Actress Cate Blanchett and Copenhagen Climate Council Chairman Tim Flannery have launched an eleventh-hour appeal to global citizens to join them in pushing for the strongest possible outcome at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, which opens in less than two weeks. Related Reading: In his regular column, the BBC’s environment analyst Roger Harrabin draws on his experience of a quarter of a century reporting the environment to assess the thesis of two veteran environmentalists who believe the Copenhagen climate meeting will not deliver results. While nations tussle over the size of the pot to combat climate change at their [...] LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Global warming is increasing the frequency of extremely high clouds in the Earth’s tropics that cause severe storms and rainfall, according to a NASA study released Friday. |
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