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20.08.2009 Indications for success at the global negotiations on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year are not promising, says John Gilbert of campaigning group K2S.

03.08.2009 Environmental campaigners are set to stage a number of protests across central Scotland, which could cause disruption to the coal industry.
+ Scottish climate activists to target coal industry

30.04.2009 U.S.-hosted climate talks with the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters ended with signs of progress but sizable differences as nations work toward a deal this year to fight global warming.
From: Reuters

18.12.2008 Despite driving poor communities off their land and patently failing to deliver carbon emissions reductions, lobbyists for big industries and institutions such as the World Bank were active in Poznan climate negotiations pushing for further deregulation and expansion of the market-based Clean Development Mechanism.

28.08.2008 As the latest round of UN climate talks closes, Greenpeace has urged governments to pick up the pace of the negotiations which, in just over a year, must deliver a global deal to save the climate.

24.06.2008 Kenya has approved a controversial biofuel project that environmentalists say could destroy some of the country's most pristine wetlands.

24.06.2008 The World Development Movement publishes a "shocking new map and data" that it says clearly shows the potential effect of climate change in Kent.

10.06.2008 Scientists from the world's leading industrial countries have today warned of dire consequences, particularly for developing countries, unless action is taken to adapt to threats to food and water supplies now and in the future.

10.06.2008 Qatar Petroleum is to jointly invest up to $70m with the UK/Dutch Shell Group in researching carbon dioxide storage projects in the Middle East, including the development of potential sites in the gas-rich state.

27.10.2007 The UK Government must act on UNEP Global Environment Outlook, says 'climate change' MP.