International Business News - Climate http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Major developing nations have announced steps over the past year to curb their growing greenhouse emissions as the world tries to negotiate a broader, and tougher, U.N. pact to slow the pace of climate change. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090917/steps-developing-nations-fight-climate-change.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:25:21 EDT Banks, pension funds and other investment groups representing more than $13 trillion in assets called for a strong global agreement on climate policy on Wednesday, saying it would lead to a flood of investment into the low-carbon economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220588-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090916/global-investors-call-binding-climate-policy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090916/global-investors-call-binding-climate-policy.htm Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:16:37 EDT Nations aiming to agree on a new global climate deal should focus on achievable greenhouse gas emissions targets, to involve as many nations as possible, said U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220447-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090915/climate-deal-must-be-wide-not-overwhelming-chu.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090915/climate-deal-must-be-wide-not-overwhelming-chu.htm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:48:46 EDT China's President Hu Jintao will present China's new plans for tackling global warming at a United Nations summit on climate change later this month, the country's senior negotiator said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220440-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090915/china-hu-unveil-climate-proposals-un.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090915/china-hu-unveil-climate-proposals-un.htm Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:56:30 EDT U.S. lawmakers should not let climate change legislation delays hold up proposals to overhaul the nation's outdated electricity grid, a top energy regulator said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/us-climate-bill-should-not-delay-grid-overhaul-ferc.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:18:43 EDT A drive to agree a U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen in December risks failure unless world leaders revive bogged-down negotiations at a U.N. summit in New York on September 22, experts say. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220117-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/september-un-summit-seen-climate-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090910/september-un-summit-seen-climate-deal.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:54:38 EDT A climate bill in the U.S. Senate would cost leading U.S. refinery Valero Energy Corp between $6 billion and $7 billion per year in its current form, the company's CEO said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090909/us-climate-bill-would-cost-valero7-bln-yr-ceo.htm Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:37:51 EDT Prospects for a new U.N. climate pact in Copenhagen have brightened but negotiations must speed up to meet a December deadline, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219929-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/prospects-un-climate-deal-brighter-de-boer.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090908/prospects-un-climate-deal-brighter-de-boer.htm Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:10:48 EDT U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for swifter work on a climate treaty, saying inaction could spell economic disaster and a rise in sea levels of up to 2 meters (6.5 ft) by 2100. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219691-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/un-ban-seeks-tough-climate-pact-warns-disaster.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/un-ban-seeks-tough-climate-pact-warns-disaster.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:26:38 EDT Five states have asked U.S. Senate leaders to let them impose stricter limits on greenhouse gas emissions than what would be permitted under the climate legislation working its way though Congress, saying both levels of regulation are necessary to fight global warming. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219618-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090902/senate-urged-let-states-keep-climate-plans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090902/senate-urged-let-states-keep-climate-plans.htm Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:08:39 EDT WASHINGTON- U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday said they will delay introducing a climate change bill for a few weeks and set a goal of unveiling legislation "later in September." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219495-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090831/climate-change-bill-hits-senate-delay.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090831/climate-change-bill-hits-senate-delay.htm Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:23:02 EDT Adapting to the effects of climate change such as floods and droughts is likely to cost two to three times more than the United Nations estimates, a report said on Thursday ahead of a major U.N. summit in December. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219258-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090827/adapting-climate-dearer-than-un-says-report.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090827/adapting-climate-dearer-than-un-says-report.htm Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:29:59 EDT Industrialized nations can deepen planned cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to shore up a U.N. climate treaty due in December but analysts say there are risks they will promise more than they deliver. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219229-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090827/rich-could-co2-cuts-bolster-climate-pact.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090827/rich-could-co2-cuts-bolster-climate-pact.htm Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:31:10 EDT The United States needs to have a climate change law in place before international talks on a climate pact begin in December, two top Obama administration officials said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090825/us-needs-climate-law-before-copenhagen-officials.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:56:24 EDT U.S. oil refiners could cut output by as much as 25 percent and the nation's reliance on imported refined products could double in the next two decades if the House version of a climate bill becomes law, the American Petroleum Institute said on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090824/climate-bill-could-slashs-fuel-output-study.htm Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:12:06 EDT China is formulating a plan for development of renewable energy, as pressure mounts from Washington for lowered green house emissions to fight the specter of a warming planet. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215008-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090611/china-climate-renewable-energy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090611/china-climate-renewable-energy.htm Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:13:05 EDT European Union plans to re-write the rules of a $6 billion scheme that pays developing nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions risks stalling climate investment, policymakers and industry leaders said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210966-smoke.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090319/eu-plans-puts-climate-finance-risk-industry.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090319/eu-plans-puts-climate-finance-risk-industry.htm Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:11:20 EDT Strict measures across the world to act against climate change could seriously affect the economies of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations, a Saudi official said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090319/action-on-climate-harm-gulf-economies-saudi-official.htm Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:08:56 EDT Investments of $750 billion could create a "Green New Deal" to revive the world economy and protect the environment, perhaps aided by a tax on oil, the head of the U.N. environment agency said on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210963-achim-steiner.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090319/750-billion-quot-green-quot-investment-could-revive-economyn.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090319/750-billion-quot-green-quot-investment-could-revive-economyn.htm Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:01:57 EDT A drastic climate shift such as a thaw of Greenland's ice or death of the Amazon forest is more than 50 percent likely by the year 2200 in cases of strong global warming, according to a survey of experts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210855-greenland.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090317/greenland-thaw-among-feared-climate-shifts-2200.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090317/greenland-thaw-among-feared-climate-shifts-2200.htm Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:00:54 EDT