Global warming pact set for 2009 after US backs down
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"United States does have serious concerns about other aspects of the decision as we begin the negotiations"  World climate negotiators set a 2009 deadline Saturday for a landmark treaty to fight global warming after two weeks of intense haggling led to a climbdown by an isolated United States. via New Straits Times
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The US may be willing to back an agreement on cutting carbon dioxide emissions, the prime minister says.
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The United States stood firm in rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on global warming despite renewed pressure to yield after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to ratify the treaty.
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THE TREATY: A 1997 international agreement setting targets for developed countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions as part of effort to slow global warming.
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Hopes of concrete US commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. are hit
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Worldwide efforts to put a cap on global warming edged forward yesterday when the United States agreed to participate in a seminar next year to discuss climate issues including the next steps on emission controls.
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The United States agreed yesterday to "seriously consider" a European plan to combat global warming by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050. The deal averted a trans-Atlantic deadlock at a meeting here of the Group of 8 industrial nations.
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The Kyoto treaty on global climate change is set to be enacted next year over the opposition of the US, the world&#39;s biggest polluter.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - U.N. talks in Bali headed for a deal on Saturday to launch negotiations on a global pact by 2009 to fight climate change after the EU and the United States ended a dispute over greenhouse gas curbs.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 14 -- International negotiators continued to meet around the clock here today, making some headway in their effort to forge a road map for achieving a new global climate pact by the end of 2009, including agreement on a deal to protect the world's tropical forests.
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After years of delays, a world plan  to fight global warming goes into force on Wednesday, feted by  its backers as a lifeline for the planet but rejected as an  economic straitjacket by the United States and Australia.
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Bush administration officials set out Friday to convince the world it can cool the Earth with voluntary "processes," more cooperation and fewer barriers to trade among the U.S., China and other major polluters, contrary to the U.N.'s mandatory approach to global warming.
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Â· US softens on deal to halt rising temperature Â· Race against time to rescue talks before summit
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US recognises global warming danger but wants to lead response outside UN.
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While a binding global agreement would be the best way to cut back on carbon emissions, a more limited approach is wending its way through Congress.
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The Kyoto agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions doesn&#39;t take effect for two months, but climate change negotiators are already fixated on what happens when it expires in 2012.
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The U.N. conference seemed to be heading for an agreement on a future deal to reduce greenhouse gases, officials said Friday.