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Australian PM warns Copenhagen talks face 'failure'Sydney (AFP) Dec 14, 2009 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday warned that troubled global climate talks were at risk of "failure" and urged world leaders to adopt a more flexible approach. Rudd, who is due to arrive at the summit on Wednesday, said key polluters like China and India had made positive statements but as the talks enter their second week, a consensus looked difficult to achieve. "There's a ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2009Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Indian and Brazilian counterparts vowed Thursday to cooperate on climate change, state media said, after a rift opened among developing nations in Copenhagen talks. Wen, who is slated to attend the global climate change summit in the Danish capital, spoke by phone separately to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da ... more  
Helsinki, Finland (UPI) Dec 9, 2009 Speaking during a joint news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said: "We have a shared interest in promoting prosperity and stability in the Asia Pacific region. We have a common stake in peace and development in Afghanistan and in defeating terrorism in South Asia and beyond." Singh clearly noted that progress in Afghanistan ... more 
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 9, 2009Amazon Indians, Malawi farmers, Tibetan monks and Inuits from Greenland exchanged ideas Wednesday on how to combat global warming at a boisterous alternative forum in Copenhagen on the sidelines of UN climate talks. "Only pressure from civil society can save the planet," insisted Elis Ngacimek, a 30-year-old American from Kodiak Island, Alaska, where the effects of global warming are being ... more |
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Mumbai (AFP) Dec 7, 2009India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease. The Tata Swach -- named after the Hindi for "clean" -- is designed to be used in poor, rural households that have no electricity or running water, using ash from rice milling to filter out ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Dec 7, 2009India and Russia signed deals on nuclear energy and arms sales on Monday as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks in the Kremlin with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "We welcome Russia's participation in the broadening of our nuclear energy programme," Singh told reporters after the talks, according to remarks translated into Russian. "The successful end of the negotiations ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 7, 2009India's environment minister came under fire in parliament on Monday for his pledge last week that the country would reduce its carbon intensity by 20 to 25 percent by 2020, compared to 2005 levels. Jairam Ramesh's announcement came ahead of the start of talks in Copenhagen on a new global climate treaty and reportedly upset many of the Indian negotiators. "It is bad strategy on the ... more |
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