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Greenland's glaciers under threat from climate change

Greenland's glaciers under threat from climate change

AFP - Yesterday, 05:06 pm

ILULISSAT, Greenland (AFP) - One of the world's largest glaciers, on the west coast of Greenland, is shrinking at an alarming rate as a result of global warming -- with potentially dire consequences. More »

  • Climate change progress as G8 hosts new powers

    Climate change progress as G8 hosts new powers

    AFP - Yesterday, 02:18 pm

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - The world's richest nations agreed to try to limit global warming to a two-degree temperature hike Thursday as the major emerging powers confronted them at the G8 summit. More »

  • Climate change progress as G8 hosts emergent economies

    AFP - Yesterday, 01:58 pm

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - The world's biggest economies agreed to try to limit global warming to a two-degree temperature hike Thursday as the major developing economies confronted the world's richest at the G8 summit. More »

  • Global warming impacting Greenlanders' daily lives

    Global warming impacting Greenlanders' daily lives

    AFP - Yesterday, 07:13 am

    NUUK (AFP) - From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, fisherman Johannes Heilmann has watched helplessly in recent years as climate change takes its toll on Greenland. More »

  • G8 emission pledge unravels as Russia objects

    AFP - Wednesday, July 8 08:55 pm

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - G8 plans for deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions began unravelling on Wednesday shortly after leaders signed on to the deal as Russia rejected a key plank as "unacceptable". More »

  • Two degrees a benchmark for climate talks-Barroso

    Reuters - Wednesday, July 8 08:20 pm

    L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - A deal to limit global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) at this week's G8 summit could help secure a post-Kyoto treaty in December, the European Commission president said on Wednesday. More »

  • G8 agrees steep cuts in greenhouse gases

    G8 agrees steep cuts in greenhouse gases

    AFP - Wednesday, July 8 07:22 pm

    L'AQUILA, Italy, July 8, 2009 (AFP) - G8 leaders agreed Wednesday to bear the brunt of steep global cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, calling on a broader bloc of developed countries to reduce pollution by 80 percent by 2050. More »

  • Major polluters water down climate targets

    Major polluters water down climate targets

    AFP - Wednesday, July 8 05:33 pm

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - The world's biggest polluters on Wednesday dropped a pledge to cut emissions of the gases that cause global warming at a G8 summit here, officials said. More »

  • Major polluters water down climate warming ambitions

    AFP - Wednesday, July 8 02:05 pm

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - Major polluting nations watered down their ambitions to tackle global warming at a G8 summit in Italy on Wednesday despite growing pressure to set tough targets to cut pollution. More »

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