December 03, 2009
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Environment Management Newsletter December 03, 2009 |
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The Copenhagen Climate Conference: Key EU objectives
International negotiations were launched at the end of 2007 to draw up a United Nations agreement on tackling climate change for the period after 2012, when the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expires. The EU wants these negotiations to result in a comprehensive, ambitious, fair, science-based and legally binding global treaty. The new treaty should aim to ensure global warming is kept below 2°C above the pre-industrial temperature. It should cover all elements of the 2007 Bali Action Plan, which set the agenda and scope of the international negotiations. Given the slow progress ... |
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Senior Tories launch attack on Cameron`s green policies
The battles over environmental policy that are likely to dog any future Conservative government were laid bare this week when a number of senior Tories attacked the green movement`s `fixation` with carbon targets, and warned that delivering deep cuts in emissions could have a `crippling` effect on the economy. The thinly veiled attack on Conservative Leader David Cameron`s support for green policies was led by David Davis, a former member of the shadow cabinet and leadership challenger. Writing in the Independent, Davis delivered a litany of complaints about the impact of green policies, warning ... |
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