Another week of GW news - Nairobi

(Courtesy of H.E.Taylor, here is the Nairobi GW news roundup
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The Nairobi conference is the big story of the week:

• 2006/11/17: PlanetArk: Agreements at UN Climate Talks [list of resolved and unresolved issues]
• 2006/11/19: AEN: Progress Made at Nairobi Climate Talks, Despite Bush Administration Opposition
• 2006/11/18: GristMill: Ought of Africa: A report from the U.N. climate conference
• 2006/11/19: Independent(UK): New target to reduce emissions of CO2 is agreed
• 2006/11/16: OilChange: Annan Attacks US and Australia Over Emissions
• 2006/11/17: OilChange: Climate Talks Stuck
• 2006/11/18: BBC: Climate talks a tricky business
• 2006/11/18: NewScientist: Climate talks fail to set post-Kyoto timetable
• 2006/11/18: GreenPeace: Some progress made at international climate talks
• 2006/11/18: RadioNZ: Climate change conference fails to set new timetable
• 2006/11/15: UN: Climate change sceptics ‘out of step, out of arguments and out of time,’ Annan tells UN meeting
• 2006/11/17: UN: New climate change measures agreed at UN conference in Nairobi
• 2006/11/18: IHT: Climate conference settles on next steps to negotiate future emissions cuts
• 2006/11/18: MSNBC: Climate talks end with small step forward - Kyoto review process created, but some had homed for 'urgent action'
• 2006/11/15: ENS: Global Warming an All-Encompassing Threat by Kofi Annan
• 2006/11/18: Guardian(UK): Little progress at climate summit
• 2006/11/17: TruthOut: Climate Wrangles go to the Wire
• 2006/11/15: TruthOut: Annan Criticizes US Over Global Warming
• 2006/11/18: ABC(Au): Climate change conference agrees to Kyoto review
• 2006/11/17: PhysOrg: U.N. Nations Reach Deal to Cut Emissions
• 2006/11/17: PhysOrg: [Nairobi] Conference Sets Next Steps for Gas Deal
• 2006/11/17: GristMill: Nairobi climate meeting wraps up without marked progress
• 2006/11/16: TerraDaily: Annan Blunt On Climate Change
• 2006/11/16: TerraDaily: Talks On Post-2012 Kyoto Format Hit Political Snag
• 2006/11/17: NewScientist: Climate talks struggle for post-Kyoto deal
• 2006/11/13: TerraDaily: US, Saudi, China Rank Among Worst On Climate Change
• 2006/11/17: ClimateArk: Stalemate over funds mark end of climate conference
• 2006/11/17: ClimateArk: U.N. nations reach deal to cut emissions
• 2006/11/17: PlanetArk: Rich, Poor Nations Wrangle on Global Warming
• 2006/11/17: PlanetArk: Next Kyoto Climate Goals May be Longer - UN Expert
• 2006/11/17: Yahoo: Climate: Kyoto countries set 2008 for talks on further carbon cuts
• 2006/11/17: CTV: UN delegates agree to 2008 review of Kyoto
• 2006/11/17: Reuters: U.N. climate talks keep Kyoto on track, but scant progress
• 2006/11/17: CAN: U.N. Nations Reach Deal to Cut Emissions
• 2006/11/17: Reuters: U.N. climate talks struggle to agree tiny steps
• 2006/11/17: BBC: The UN climate talks in Nairobi have ended with agreement reached on all outstanding matters
• 2006/11/17: CBC: UN talks to set climate goals continue in 2008
• 2006/11/17: BBC: Climate wrangles go to the wire - Ministers are holding last-minute discussions on several issues as UN climate talks enter their final day.
• 2006/11/17: Reuters: U.N. climate talks struggle to agree tiny steps
• 2006/11/16: Guardian(UK): Annan attacks big polluters on emissions - US and Australia criticised for not signing up to Kyoto
• 2006/11/15: DeSmogBlog: Annan slams climate change junk scientists
• 2006/11/13: NSU: Developing world concerned over climate fund - Kenyan talks stall over how to manage aid for coping with change
• 2006/11/15: CDreams: AFP: Climate Change Is as Serious as WMD: Annan
• 2006/11/14: CDreams: AFP: US, Saudi, China Rank among Worst on Climate Change: Group
• 2006/11/15: CBC: Climate change a 'threat,' Annan tells conference
• 2006/11/15: RTE: Annan criticises 'lack of leadership'
• 2006/11/15: Reuters: U.S. rejects Annan call to cut greenhouse gases
• 2006/11/15: CAN: Annan Criticizes Global Warming Doubters
• 2006/11/15: BBC: UN chief issues climate warning
  UN chief Kofi Annan has criticised a "frightening lack of leadership" in tackling global warming, at a major UN climate summit in Nairobi. Mr Annan told delegates the phenomenon was as grave a threat as conflict, poverty and the spread of weapons.
• 2006/11/15: AFP: Climate change: Key countries stick to old stances despite UN appeal
• 2006/11/15: Yahoo: Climate change is as serious as WMD: Annan
• 2006/11/15: TheAge: Talks unlikely to produce push for a new Kyoto
• 2006/11/14: BBC: Call for post-Kyoto climate deal
  Environment Secretary David Miliband has called for a binding global deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions which goes beyond the Kyoto Protocol. He said a new deal needs to include more countries than the Kyoto agreement, with richer nations leading the way. But he said a deal will not be reached this week at the United Nations climate meeting being held in Nairobi.
• 2006/11/13: ABC(Au): Australia pushes for new Kyoto deal at UN climate talks
• 2006/11/13: Grist: Fund, Fund, Fund 'til Daddy Took the T-Note Away - U.N. climate talks continue, but dissension rules the day
• 2006/11/13: PlanetArk: Kyoto Countries Seen Agreeing Steps to Extend Pact
• 2006/11/13: CBC: Ambrose in Kenya to defend climate change policy
• 2006/11/12: BBC: Cash row looms at climate talks
  Disagreement over management of a fund to help poorer countries adapt to climate change threatens the second week of UN climate talks in Nairobi. Western nations want control to lie with a body tied to the World Bank, while developing countries argue they should decide how funds are allocated. Adaptation is the main focus of the 12th round of UN climate negotiations.
• 2006/11/13: ABC(US): U.N. climate fight seen more flexible after 2012
• 2006/11/13: SwissInfo: Leuenberger considers problems facing Africa
  Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger is visiting Kenya and Ethiopia this week to take part in the post-Kyoto climate talks and discuss Swiss-African cooperation.
• 2006/11/16: TruthOut: French Vow to Act Against Kyoto Evaders
• 2006/11/14: Grist: No More McDonald's For Them - French prime minister proposes an import tax on Kyoto-averse countries
• 2006/11/14: PlanetArk: French PM Proposes Taxing States that Shun Kyoto
• 2006/11/18: Reuters: U.N. climate pact unlikely until after Bush: experts
• 2006/11/19: ABC(Au): Kyoto debate pointless: Campbell
  Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says the arguments for or against signing the Kyoto protocol are now purely academic.
• 2006/11/17: ClimateArk: Australia given cold shoulder on gases
• 2006/11/17: PlanetArk: Canada Named Top "Fossil" at Kenya Climate Talks
• 2006/11/17: CAN: France chides `fossil' Canada on green policy
• 2006/11/13: CanWest: Ambrose earns "fossil of the day" award
• 2006/11/14: CAN: Canada wins 'fossil' award for second day
• 2006/11/13: PlanetArk: Canada Faces UN Grilling over Kyoto Abandonment
• 2006/11/15: ClimateArk: Canada takes heat - Blamed for stalling international climate change talks
• 2006/11/18: CanWest: Ambrose shifts gears on Kyoto message
• 2006/11/09: TerraDaily: Opposition To Usurp Canadian Position At Kyoto Talks

--regards--

-het

PS. You can access the previous postings of this series here.

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