Climate Change

By Shaun Benton

Cape Town – South Africa is making moves to become a low-carbon economy, says Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk.

The minister announced on Monday that a progressive policy on climate change had been agreed upon by Cabinet that would help ensure that the country was helping prevent global temperatures from rising a further two percent.

The world is currently experiencing a mean global ...

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Japan – The Group of Eight (G8) Declaration on Climate Change lacked substance and is a step back in the fight against the global challenge, says Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.

“South Africa has noted the G8 statement on Climate Change …as it is expressed in the G8 statement, the long term goal is an empty slogan without substance,” the minister said on Tuesday.

“While ...

JOHANNESBURG, 4 July 2008 (IRIN) - Experts under the leadership of former UK prime minister Tony Blair have prepared a report described as a "useful balm applied at the right moment to tense muscles" in an attempt to crack a global deal on climate change in international talks ahead of the upcoming G8 summit in Japan, according to a global warming policy analyst.

"It is sending a soothing message: 'don't make target-setting a make-or-break issue in the talks, as action ...

Korea – The global food crisis and climate change will be among the top issues on the agenda of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as he attends the Group of Eight (G8) Summit in Japan this week.



“We must act, in Hokkaido ...

Japan – The world must reach a new agreement on measures to fight climate change by the end of 2009, says United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.

Speaking on Sunday in the Japanese city which gave birth to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, Mr Ban said the Protocol was a historic and crucial first step by the international community to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

With the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ending in 2012, the secretary-general said a new ...