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New purple alert signals need for climate talks

16 Jan 2013

The colour purple is the new climate alert. It is the shade Australian weather forecasters added to their maps in anticipation of record high temperatures - over 50 degrees Celsius in some parts...

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Time for China and US to take lead in climate-change debate

31 Dec 2012

Progress at world climate-change talks remains glacial compared with the loss of Arctic sea ice, which scientists link to global warming.

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Analysis of UN climate deal in Doha finds more questions than answers

10 Dec 2012

The fractious debate at the UN climate talks in Doha point to a rocky road ahead to a new, global 2020 deal on saving the earth from calamitous global warming.

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UN climate talks inject symbolic life into Kyoto Protocol

9 Dec 2012

A UN climate conference on Saturday extended the life of the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding pact on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, in a small but symbolic victory in the fight against global...

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Kyoto Protocol extended to 2020 to fight climate change

9 Dec 2012

Almost 200 nations yesterday extended a weakened UN plan to fight global warming until 2020, averting a new setback to two decades of UN efforts that have failed to halt growing global greenhouse...

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China's top Doha negotiator attacks lack of climate control progress

3 Dec 2012

China's top climate negotiator has taken a swipe at the Doha climate talks one week into negotiations, complaining of a lack of progress and underscoring concerns that no concrete deals to slow...

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Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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Commitment lacking on global warming

Is it a savage irony or just a sick joke that the latest talks to try to reach an international agreement to curb the greenhouse gases that threaten our fragile planet have opened in Doha, the...

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Clock is ticking fast, UN climate talks told

Nearly 200 nations launched a fresh round of United Nations climate talks in Doha on Monday, facing urgent appeals to scale up the fight against greenhouse-gas emissions.

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China seeks delay over global climate treaty

Beijing's top climate negotiator said yesterday that international discussions for a new global climate treaty starting from 2020 should not begin until next year, after the securing of renewed...

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Air China leads charge at EU carbon scheme

Chinese airlines are preparing to file a lawsuit in German courts against the European Union's emission trading scheme (ETS), which must be adopted by global airlines in January.

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Battle to cut emissions likely to be fragmented

Global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions using market mechanisms are likely to see the formation of regional emission-trading platforms that will converge over time, according to World...

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Amended air pollution law will lead to drastic emissions cuts

I refer to David Renton's letter ('Change in pollution law relaxes controls over power plants', April 19), regarding our proposed amendment to the Air Pollution Control Ordinance.

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