Climate talks reach landmark deal
Posted on 11. Dec, 2011 by admin in Blog News
(AP)A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a complex and far-reaching program meant to set a new course for the global fight against climate change for the coming … Read More Climate talks reach landmark deal
Al Gore to speak on climate change in Jakarta
Posted on 08. Jan, 2011 by admin in Blog News
Former US vice president Al Gore is scheduled to speak at a climate change training session at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) on Sunday. Read More Al Gore to speak on climate change in Jakarta
Europe launches satellite to track climate change
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by admin in Blog News
The European Space Agency says it successfully launched a new satellite designed to measure the effects of climate change on Earth’s polar ice caps.
Trembesi tree to help RI tackle climate change
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
Trembesi tree, native to Latin American plant, will help Indonesia cope with climate change as it can absorb 28 tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year, a minister says.
New year, new climate resolutions
Posted on 04. Jan, 2010 by admin in Blog News
The New Year has arrived. And 2010 has come with bigger challenges than ever for everyone and society as a whole when it comes to confronting the risk of catastrophic climate change.
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RI secures climate supports through bilateral deals in Copenhagen
Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
The outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit may be only ?morally-binding?, but the Indonesian delegation hasn’t come home empty-handed.
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China Climate talks yielded positive results
Posted on 20. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, lauded Sunday the outcome of a historic UN climate conference that ended with a nonbinding agreement that urges major polluters to make deepe
New climate draft drops 2010 deadline for treaty
Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
A new draft climate agreement being considered by world leaders at the U.N. summit in Copenhagen drops a previous 2010 deadline for achieving a legally binding treaty to fight global warming.
Yudhoyono busy lobbying counterparts in climate talks
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is actively lobbying a number of world leaders to support Indonesia?s stance on climate change he promoted in the national statement read at the UN Climate Chan
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Clinton US would help raise billions on climate
Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging UN climate talks Thursday, announcing that the United States would join others in raising US$100 billion a year by
Climate talks deadlocked as clashes erupt outside
Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
Danish police fired pepper spray and beat protesters with batons outside the U.N.
Hurdles remain even if climate deal is reached
Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
JAKARTA ‘ For Indonesian farmers, burning down rain forests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations. The millions of acres (hectares) they burn every year has made their Southeast Asian nation the world’s third-largest producer of greenhouse gases. And, environmentalists warn, the powerful forestry and agricultural industry will likely stymie any efforts to crack down. As difficult as it may be to hammer out a global climate deal in Copenhagen, implementing one could prove even harder. From New Delhi to Washington, domestic political opposition, corruption, grass-roots intransigence and sheer bureaucratic incompetence stand as significant…
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Hurdles remain even if climate deal is reached
Last, best chance UN climate conference opens
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by admin in Blog News
The largest and most important U.N.
RI to promote propoor carbon initiative at Copenhagen climate talk
Posted on 16. Nov, 2009 by admin in Blog News
Indonesian delegates to the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks said they would propose a new forest initiative to help local people gain financial benefits from forest protection schemes.
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