Poznan

Top officials converge in Poland for UN climate change talks

10 December 2008
Ministers and other top officials from nearly 200 nations are gathering in Poznan, Poland, for United Nations-led negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious global climate change deal next year.

Construction sector can do more to curb carbon emissions – UN report

6 December 2008
Energy use in buildings accounts for one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, but the huge potential of the construction sector to combat climate change has not been realized, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Conference Focuses on Climate Change

Next year will be critical year for action on climate change, UN officials say

4 December 2008
With negotiations on a successor pact to the Kyoto Protocol, which mandates targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, expected to wrap up in December 2009, next year will be the year of climate change, United Nations officials said today in New York.
Conference Focuses on Climate Change

Latest round of UN-led climate change talks kicks off in Polish city of Poznan

1 December 2008
The latest round of United Nations-led negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious global climate change deal next year began today in Poznan, Poland, drawing around 9,000 participants from governments, business and industry, environmental groups and research institutions.