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UN-backed carbon trading plan to cut greenhouse emissions moves closer to fruition

30 August 2007
Initial reviews indicate that countries will meet criteria to implement an essential tool in efforts to reduce global warming gases with a trading mechanism that allows States which cut emissions below treaty targets to sell their surplus allowances to others who overshoot the mark, the United Nations body overseeing the project reported today.

UN-backed global climate change meeting kicks off

27 August 2007
United Nations-backed climate change talks drawing 1,000 representatives from over 150 Governments, business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions kicked off in Vienna today, preparing the way for a global summit set for later this year in Bali.

Major changes in invest flows crucial to address climate change – UN

24 August 2007
Tackling climate change in the next quarter century will require major changes to patterns of investment and financial flows, according to a report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) issued this week.
Yvo de Boer

Experts prepare for UN conference on global warming

14 August 2007
One thousand representatives from governments, business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions will gather in Vienna at the end of this month to set the stage for a major United Nations conference in December on further reducing the greenhouse gases from human activity blamed for global warming.
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf

Climate change could intensify hunger risk in developing world, UN official says

7 August 2007
Climate change could lead to potential food shortages and increase the risk of hunger in developing countries, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said today.

Pollution adds to greenhouse gases melting Himalayan glaciers – UN-backed study

2 August 2007
A new study of the role played by pollution-filled “brown clouds” over South Asia offers hope that the region may be able to arrest some of the alarming retreat of Himalayan glaciers which provide a lifeline for billions of people by feeding the major rivers in the region, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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UN envoys voice new optimism in tackling climate change

1 August 2007
Top United Nations climate change officials today voiced optimism that international leaders are ready and willing to tackle climate change on the second and final day of a General Assembly meeting on the issue.