The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Mexico from 29 November 2010 to 10 December 2010.
The conference is officially referred to as the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) and the 6th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP6).
July 12–16, at the San Diego Convention Center in California.
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The venue for the June 2010 meetings of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies is likely to be Bonn, Germany... More...
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Reuters
China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favored by the United States.
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By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Women hit hard by the effects of climate change -- drought, floods, sea level rise and crop failure -- gathered on Monday to plan a Capitol Hill push for U.S. legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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Presenter: Di Bain
Speaker: Professor David Karoly, Melbourne University
As scepticism about climate change gains traction around the world, a group of international scientists is trying to hit back. They've released a new study which they say shores up the facts and figures behind global warming. The researchers say the study not only updates the information which the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has about global warming, but shows the situation is much worse.
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Written by Katharine Moore
As the days get warmer, many of us start migrating from our homes to our backyards and other outdoor areas. Migrating birds are also on the move – like us, spurred to change their behavior by warmer temperatures.
Birds that overwinter in the Central Valley and other areas in California, like the tundra swan and sandhill crane, will soon be flying north for the summer to their breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska and the northern United States.
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From: Pete Harrison, Reuters
The European Union's development chief may be forced to name and shame France, Germany and Italy for not living up to their aid commitments, contributing to a roughly $17 billion funding gap this year.
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By Deborah Grayson
Last week we asked Climate Rush to interview David Williams, the director of the first climate change comedy 'Beyond The Pole'. In the race to save the world this was boys versus girls and we expected a fight! Unfortunately love broke out...read on...