[artike ] China Unsure On Warming Cause, To Stick With CO2 Cuts

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Sun Won't Stop Global Warming If Dims As In 1600s
11-Mar-2010; 07:34
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

OSLO - A dimming of the sun to match conditions in the "Little Ice Age" of the 17th century would only slightly slow global warming, a study indicated on Wednesday.
A weakening of solar activity in recent years, linked to fewer sunspots, would cut at most 0.3 degree Celsius (0.5 F) from a projected rise in temperatures by 2100 if it becomes a long-lasting "Grand Minimum" of brightness, they said.
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China Unsure On Warming Cause, To Stick With CO2 Cuts
11-Mar-2010; 07:36
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: CHINA
Author: Emma Graham-Harrison

China's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it was creating were so serious that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions.Xie Zhenhua, vice-chairman of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission, also warned the United States it should not use domestic divisions over climate change as an excuse to pass its responsibilities off onto other countries.
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UN Launches Review Of Criticized Climate Panel
11-Mar-2010; 07:38
Date: 11-Mar-10
Country: UNITED NATIONS
Author: Louis Charbonneau
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that a group of national science academies would review U.N. climate science to restore trust after a 2007 global warming report was found to have errors.The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledged in January its report had exaggerated the pace of Himalayan glaciers melting, and last month said the report also had overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level.
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Kerugian Akibat Pemanasan Global 6,33 Miliar Dolar
11-Mar-2010; 07:52
Kamis, 11 Maret 2010 15:11 WIB
Bogor (ANTARA News) - Kerugian ekonomi akibat pemanasan global pada sektor pertanian di Indonesia bisa mencapai 6,33 miliar dolar AS pada 2080 jika tidak ada upaya mitigasi dan adaptasi terhadap perubahan iklim.Kepala Pusat Manajemen Risiko Iklim Asia Tenggara dan Pasifik (CCROM-LPPM) IPB, Prof Dr Rizaldi Boer mengatakan di Bogor, Jawa Barat, Kamis, kerugian tersebut bisa ditekan dengan melakukan upaya mitigasi.
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Political Ads: New Weapon In U.S. Climate Change War?
12-Mar-2010; 07:40
Date: 12-Mar-10
Country: US
Author: Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent - Analysis

Big business is now free to blitz the airwaves to attack politicians who support action against climate change, which could smother messages from environmentalists.
But it is not yet clear whether corporations have the will or the budgets to use the advertising weapon the climate change wars that emerged in January when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations have the same right as individuals to free political speech, including spending on advertising.
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Sarkozy To Press G20 On Climate Funding
12-Mar-2010; 07:50
Date: 12-Mar-10
Country: FRANCE
Author: James Mackenzie

France will push the Group of 20 countries to impose a tax on financial transactions to raise billions of dollars to help developing nations fight climate change, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday.Speaking at a conference on forests, Sarkozy repeated his call for a renewed effort on climate change after the "frustrating" Copenhagen conference in December, aiming his fire at "all those who, behind their fine words, want to do nothing.""Those who don't want to do anything are those who don't want to pay. If the money isn't there, the ones who will pay for the consequences are the poor," he said in a speech.
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Japan Weakens Climate Bill, Pressured By Industry
12-Mar-2010; 07:51
Date: 12-Mar-10
Country: JAPAN
Author: Chisa Fujioka

Japan watered down legislation to fight climate change Thursday after weeks of wrangling within the government over plans for an emissions trading system that has met stiff resistance from industry.The proposed climate bill, set to be enacted in parliament by mid-June, left room for the trading scheme to set caps on emissions per unit of production, which would allow rises in emissions when output grows.
The government had earlier pledged a "cap-and-trade" scheme setting absolute volume caps on emissions as part of its drive for greener policies.
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