Sunday, June 14, 2009

U.S. envoy speaks highly of China's measures to contain green house gases

U.S. envoy speaks highly of China's measures to contain green house gases

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern Friday spoke highly of what the Chinese government has done to curb green house gases emission, saying those measures "very favorably impressed" him.



China and U.S. Seek a Truce on Greenhouse Gases

By JOHN M. BRODER and JONATHAN ANSFIELD
Published: June 7, 2009

WASHINGTON — For months the United States and China, by far the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, have been warily circling each other in hopes of breaking a long impasse on global warming policy.



US eases demands on PRC emissions

Sunday, Jun 14, 2009

The US said on Friday it would not demand that China commits to binding cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions, marking an important step toward agreement on a global treaty to fight climate change.



ANALYSIS-Dispute on CO2 cuts forms roadblock to Copenhagen

Fri Jun 12, 2009
By Alister Doyle and Gerard Wynn

BONN, Germany, June 12 (Reuters) - A small reference on page 776 of a mammoth U.N. scientific report to cuts in greenhouse gases far deeper than those on offer by rich nations has become a main roadblock towards a new U.N. climate treaty.



At Odds on Emissions, U.S., China Open Talks

By Ariana Eunjung Cha
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

BEIJING, June 8 -- Senior U.S. and Chinese officials began three days of talks here Monday in hopes of making a breakthrough on climate change, but they remain far apart on the basic issue of who is to blame for carbon emissions and should shoulder the biggest burden for reducing them.



US Climate Envoy Talks with China on Emissions Cuts

By Alison Klayman
Beijing
09 June 2009

China and the United States have agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas like clean energy, as the international community gets ready to discuss a new climate treaty in Copenhagen, this December. U.S. special envoy for climate change Todd Stern has wrapped two days of talks with officials in Beijing.

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