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05.02.2011
We expect leadership from India: UN climate chief
India played an “exceedingly helpful role” in the last climate summit and “we expect the same this year and beyond”, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said here on Saturday. “India represented its own interests and stood firm with other developing countries, and then was incredibly helpful it’s mostly in the interest of developing countries to move forward” to combat global warming, said Figueres, executive secretary to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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05.02.2011
Încălzirea globala îl ucide pe Wolverine
Şi nu pe celebrul personaj de benzi desenate şi filme din seria X Men, ci pe ferocele mamifer carnivor care a servit drept model inspiraţional pentru eroul cu gheare metalice şi schelet din adamantin. Cunoscut în limba română sub mai multe denumiri precum jder flămânzilă, jder mâncăcios, gluton, sau polifag, volverinul este celebru pentru forţa, vitalitatea, curajul şi agresivitatea sa. Cu toate acestea, niciuna dintre calităţile mai sus enumerate se pare că nu-l vor salva în cazul intensificării procesului de încălzire globală.
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04.02.2011
Special report: Catastrophic drought in the Amazon
A widespread drought in the Amazon rainforest last year caused the "lungs of the world" to produce more carbon dioxide than they absorbed, potentially leading to a dangerous acceleration of global warming. Scientists have calculated that the 2010 drought was more intense than the "one-in-100-year" drought of 2005.
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04.02.2011
Australian disasters spark call for climate action
(Reuters) - An architect of Australia's stalled climate-change policy has linked the nation's recent natural disasters with global warming and called for a new political push to cut carbon emissions.
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03.02.2011
UN report lauds India for adding 300,000 hectares of forest every year
Asia is leading afforestation activity in the world with a significant contribution from India which is adding 300,000 hectares of forest every year, a senior UN official said. "I would highlight India, which still has important population growth. The forests in India are growing at 300,000 hectare per annum," Eduardo Rojas Briales, Forestry Director of Food and Agriculture Organisation told journalists on Wednesday.
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03.02.2011
UN launches International Year of Forests
The United Nations on Wednesday launched the International Year of Forests -- a year- long celebration of the vital role that forests play in the lives of the people across the world.
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02.02.2011
AP sources: House GOP readies restrictions on EPA
WASHINGTON – In a sharp challenge to the Obama administration, House Republican leaders intend to unveil legislation to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases, officials said. They expect to advance the bill quickly.
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01.02.2011
PM launches climate change project
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding will tomorrow launch a multi-million dollar programme aimed at strengthening Jamaica's resilience to climate change and other environmental hazards.
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28.02.2010
China says moving to enforce greenhouse gas goals
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Sunday it will spell out greenhouse gas emissions goals and monitoring rules for regions and sectors in its next five-year plan, with monitoring to show it is serious about curbing emissions.
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27.02.2010
Jurnalul national: Poluarea omoara anual 56 de milioane de oameni
56 de milioane de oameni mor in fiecare an de boli cauzate de poluare. Cele mai raspandite sunt afectiunile pulmonare, cele faringiene si esofagiene si bolile de piele. Cei mai afectati sunt asiaticii si africanii, in Uniunea Europeana media fiind de 300.000 de decese in fiecare an. Este concluzia OMS.
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26.02.2010
Push to Oversimplify at Climate Panel
In the next few days, the world's leading authority on global warming plans to roll out a strategy to tackle a tough problem: restoring its own bruised reputation.
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