Posted June 17, 2009
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE TREATY SEEMS UNLIKELY IN 2009
It seems unlikely that an agreement on the terms of the next climate treaty could be reached at the December-scheduled Copenhagen talks. The United States, not a member of the Kyoto Protocol and one of the major players in the international negotiations tussle over the climate treaty, has not yet reached a consensus over how to reduce carbon emissions and a bill successfully passing through the Senate in 2009 seems quite difficult.
SWEDES REACH OUT TO MEPS ON DRAFT EFFICIENCY LAWS
The incoming Swedish presidency of the EU has pledged to kick of negotiations with MEPs on a package of draft energy efficiency laws covering buildings, energy labelling and tyre labelling in late September.
BRAZIL COULD ADOPT GREENHOUSE TARGETS
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday Brazil was open to adopting targets for greenhouse gas emissions if rich countries did more to curb climate change.
RAPPORTEURS ON MAJOR DRAFT GREEN LAWS RETAIN SEATS
All of the MEPs chosen by the outgoing European Parliament to lead ongoing discussions on major draft environmental laws have retained their parliamentary seats, according to the results of European elections held across the EU last week.
JAPAN SHOULD SET STRONG 2020 GREENHOUSE GAS CURBS
Japan should set strong 2020 targets for greenhouse gas curbs since Tokyo will be judged against a past promise of a six percent cut, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Tuesday.