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[Truthout - All Articles] t r u t h o u t | Climate Change: Commonwealth Champions Adaption Fund: Participants said they want the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, to be held in Copenhagen early next month, to address the urgent needs of developing countries by providing new financing, support for adaptation, technology transfer, capacity building, and incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

[General News] Commonwealth Leaders Back Climate Change Fund | Science/Nature ...: Commonwealth leaders met days after pledges by the US and China to limit their greenhouse gas emissions, amid concerns that December's Copenhagen meeting on climate change could fail to agree to substantial cuts.

[Political News and blogs on Stephen Harper, Canadian Politics and Voting on Informed Vote | InformedVote.ca] Stephen Harper Declines the Opportunity for Canadian Leadership on ...: The Harper government has made no secret of its disdain for the existing Kyoto targets (which he once called ”˜a Socialist scheme’), going so far as to announce what he felt were more ”˜practical’ emissions reductions calling for a 20% reduction of 2006 levels by 2020. This has only raised the ire of environmental groups in Canada, who say that the government is in no position to promise alternative emissions reductions while opposing Kyoto and allowing the limits set by that protocol to balloon to levels 30% higher than the agreement called for.

[Stabroek News] Stabroek News - Despite momentum, no smooth path to climate deal: The Commonwealth group, which welcomed Rwanda as its 54th  member (see story on this page), called for a full legally binding climate treaty to be  adopted “no later than 2010” and insisted fast funding be made  available to poor states to counter the global warming threat. Commonwealth leaders hailed the consensus achieved in their  Port of Spain Climate Change Declaration as improving the odds  for a comprehensive agreement in Copenhagen and as proof that  their geographically diverse group was a viable institution.

[Trak.in News» Trak.in News | Business Hollywood Entertainment Politics News] Climate Change hijacks CHOGM 2009 climate change mitigation ...: Nearly half of the Commonwealth’s members are small island states like Maldives, which are directly threatened by rising sea levels caused by global warming, and developing nations which are appealing for financial aid from the rich governments to help them counter climate change and reduce carbon pollution.

[The British National Party] The British National Party ”” Blog ”” No Surprises as 48 Third World ...: It was announced at the CHOGM meeting that the quite-mistakenly called “global fund” (it is not “global,” but First World only) fund is aimed at distributing “money from rich countries to the developing countries to help them adapt and pay for low-carbon alternatives.”

[Trinidad and Tobago News Blog] Port of Spain Climate Change Consensus: The Commonwealth Climate ...: A global climate change solution is central to the survival of peoples, the promotion of development and facilitation of a global transition to a low emission development path. The agreement in Copenhagen must address the urgent needs of developing countries by providing financing, support for adaptation, technology transfer, capacity building, approaches and incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and for afforestation and sustainable management of forests.

[Ghana Business News] Commonwealth supports UN move on climate change : Ghana Business News: Rasmussen said 89 heads of state and government had so far advised they would attend next month’s talks in Copenhagen, and Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister and the Commonwealth summit’s host, Patrick Manning, announced he would be there too, bringing the total expected number to 90.

[Daily Environment News] Obama calls Manmohan over AfPak, climate change (Lead): Obama's call reinforced speculation about pressure mounting on India to play a "deal maker" at the conference that is expected to take forward the Kyoto Protocol on reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases that are causing global warming, or to come up with a successor to the protocol.

[cop15.dk News] Proposal to exclude Canada from the Commonwealth - COP15 United ...: In Canada many people are ashamed of Canada's position under Prime Minister Harper's leadership. Ashamed and incensed of his lack of transparency (even the press decries this since their access to information is now very difficult), his contempt for democratic principles and his contempt for the opinion of the large majority of canadians, who in almost ALL polls since 2006 show overwhelmingly their support for a stringent reduction of GHG.

[NEWS JUNKIE POST] Momentum Building Towards Climate Change Progress in Copenhagen ...: The summit of political leaders who are to gather in Copenhagen have been given an extra incentive towards strong action in combating man made climate change recently from various sources. Despite the recent controversy from leaked emails in what some have termed Climategate, both developing countries, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the world’s scientific experts have given their endorsement of sweeping and binding accords.

[FarmPolicy.com] FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Climate Issues; Doha; U.S. Ag ...: The article explained that, “In June, Russia offered to cap emissions at no more than 10 to 15 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, a modest goal widely criticized by environmental groups because it would have allowed an acceleration in emissions growth. But European leaders said this month that President Dmitry Medvedev had signaled behind closed doors a willingness to commit Russia to staying 20 to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.

[WBUTian] Commonwealth States,Commonwealth,Common Wealth ,Commonwealth Heads ...: In an address to the Commonwealth summit meeting with small island developing States, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Ban told participants that given their countries were on the frontline of the impact of climate change, it was vital that their voices were heard to try to achieve “a strong, equitable agreement” in the Danish capital.

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