Showing posts with label global warming talks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label global warming talks. Show all posts

Saturday, 19 December 2009

Copenhagen: Agreement Reached, No Final Deal

The meeting is over, but no final legally binding treaty has been reached. At present there is no agreement which will ensure global temperatures do not exceed 2 degrees Celsius, considered to be the point at which dangerous climactic changes could occur
In a nutshell "The deal sets an end-January 2010 deadline for all nations to submit plans for curbs on emissions to the United Nations. A separate text proposes an end-2010 deadline for reporting back on - but dropped a plan to insist on a legally binding treaty."

Sunday, 8 November 2009

UK Rules Out Deal At Copenhagen

With less than a month to go before the Copenhagen climate summit, most major powers are too far apart to agree any form of legally binding climate treaty. A further 50 billion tonnes of CO2 will be pumped into the atmosphere before the next major summit schedule for Mexico city in December 2010.

Friday, 2 October 2009

Grim predictions as 6.3 degree F temp rise forcast

It seems that the world is heading for a 6.3 F degree rise in temperature by the end of the century, even if the most stringent cuts are put in place in Copenhagen in December...

Sunday, 31 May 2009

Climate talks

Special climate talks underway to try and thrash out incredibly complex issues before Copenhagen meeting in December...