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Climate negotiators back out again in Bonn

Another round of climate talks is over, this time in Bonn, Germany. Once again negotiators are leaving without a plan or having left any money on the table to tackle climate change.

Six Greenpeace activists unfurled a huge banner with a message adressed to leaders the EU-US Summit saying: "Bail out the climate!". Activists climbed "Nuselsky bridge", which faces Congress centre, where the EU-US Summit was happening at the same time.Despite of enormous safety measures Greenpeace activists show banners during Obama's speech in Prague (Czech Republic), April 5, 2009. Greenpeace is sending a message to President Obama and EU leaders that it is time to start bailing out the climate, instead of banks. Enlarge Image

Antarctic ice-bridge snaps just as Obama offers a chance for climate action

Patience for world leaders talking about tackling climate change is wearing thin. Just as US President Barack Obama addressed a crowd of thousands in Prague on Sunday, Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner urging him to "lead the change on climate", a challenge Obama accepted in his speech.

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US Climate Bill - a start, but not yet enough

There’s still a long way to go, but the draft energy and climate bill unveiled yesterday in the US Congress gives some idea of what American climate policy may look like in the coming years. The bill provides for strong long-term targets, efficiency legislation, a cap-and-trade system, and sets the goal that 25 per cent of US electricity must come from renewable energy by 2025.

Time to break out the champagne? Not quite...

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise sails between the Solimoes and Negro rivers, Manaus, Amazon to mark the beginning of the “Save the planet now" shiptour. The shiptour is part of the organization’s global effort to alert the Brazilian people to the environmental problems caused by global warming and to pressure the government into taking urgent action to curb climate change. Enlarge Image

Obama and Lula need to bail out the Amazon

Today President Obama will be meeting President Lula of Brazil for the first time and saving the economy will be at the top of their agenda. But they need to add a new item: Saving the Earth.

Twenty percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation and scientists have recently discovered that a shocking 85 percent of the Amazon is at risk from climate change.

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Sands of time push for leadership on climate crisis

In advance of Hillary Clinton's arrival in Beijing, we have delivered an open letter, together with a giant hourglass, calling for immediate cooperation and leadership between the US and China to stop global warming.

The hourglass, inscribed with the words “time is running out”, refers to the time left to take effective action.

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