January 29, 2009
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Air & Climate Newsletter January 29, 2009 |
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European Commission sets out proposals for global pact on climate change
The European Commission has set out its proposals for a comprehensive and ambitious new global agreement to tackle climate change and how it could be financed. The new pact is due to be concluded at the Copenhagen UN climate conference in December. In order to keep temperature increase below 2°C, developing countries will require substantially higher funding from the developed world and multilateral institutions to help them shoulder their contribution to addressing climate change. The Commission’s proposals include the creation of an OECD-wide carbon market by 2015 and of innovative international ... |
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With Bush gone, Schwarzenegger leads new car emissions push
California is first in line to push the new Obama administration to undo some of the environmental harm caused by the president`s predecessor. Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, has already written to the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency requesting that last year`s decision to stop the state enacting stricter motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards is overturned. To score some publicity points, that official request was backed up by a personal letter from California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to president Obama asking him to direct the EPA ... |
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