UN report puts pressure on Durban for results

Decision-makers at the upcoming COP17 meeting will have the weight of a damaging new report on their shoulders as they try and thrash out global policies, which could prevent dangerous climate change. According to a United Nations report out today, the fact that greenhouse gas emissions are so off track should give international delegates in […]

Electric cars will shuttle leaders at Durban

Delegates at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa (COP17) will be shipped around in a fleet of 100% electric vehicles. The Renault-Nissan Alliance aims to use the platform to show the success of their respective fleets.Nissan has sold more than 20,000 LEAFs on three continents, making it one of the […]

Huhne defends UK stance in Kyoto climate timetable

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has defended the UK’s stance on climate change after suggestions that along with other Kyoto Protocol nations it has given up on setting new emissions targets until 2016. Next week sees the start of global climate talks in Durban. Countries signed up to the existing Kyoto agreement, which expires in 2012, […]

Russia will ‘never’ sign second Kyoto Protocol

Russia will “never” sign up to an extended Kyoto Protocol, according to the environment head of its Foreign Ministry. Oleg Shamanov at the Foreign Ministry said: “We will never sign Kyoto 2 because it would not cover every country,” reported The Moscow Times. His comments come ahead of the Durban summit where heads of state […]

Ten countries create two thirds of world’s CO2 emissions

Ten countries are responsible for the bulk of the world’s CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency. Two-thirds of global CO2 emissions in 2009 came from these ten, according to figures released ahead of the UN climate change meeting in Durban this November. China and the United States were the top emitters, together producing […]