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WHAT might a truly fair and effective solution to climate change look like?
Earlier this year a Lancet Commission stated that
US Ambassador James F Moriarty in a statement said the nations of the world are working hard right now to negotiate a new international agreement to combat the impacts of climate change, one of the greatest challenges facing the world today.
The Arctic ice pack melted this summer to its third-smallest size on record, up slightly from the low points of the past two years but continuing an overall shrinking trend symptomatic of climate change, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
In the game of climate poker, developing nations might feel they have the right cards on the table in U.N. talks after ramping up efforts to curb greenhouse gas output.
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.
A U.N. climate deal to in Copenhagen in December will also be vital to guide trade and development policies, Denmark's Prime Minister said on Thursday. Lars Lokke Rasmussen told Reuters he hoped that a summit of world leaders at U.N. headquarters on September 22 would be a "tipping point" to give momentum to stalled negotiations for a climate treaty before the December 7-18 talks.
The European Union's flagship emissions trading scheme has had no negative impact so far on business costs or competitiveness, a survey by non-governmental organization The Climate Group said on Thursday. But costs could rise as the EU's ETS develops and free emissions permits are phased out for some emitters, the survey found.
India laid out on Thursday new tariff norms for electricity from renewable energy sources, offering a higher return on investments to spur a sector that is at the center of the country's plans to fight climate change.
