Sat Jun 2 01:05:46 200717

Fetching...
 
YOU ARE HERE: Homepage > Newsdesk > Article
U.N. puts small price on halting global warming
04 May 2007 05:53:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
BANGKOK, May 4 (Reuters) - Limiting global warming to a 2 degrees centigrade rise would cost 0.12 percent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a U.N. climate change report said on Friday.

The third report by the Intergovernment Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) on ways to fight greenhouse gas emissions was finalised after a week-long meeting in Bangkok.
AlertNet news is provided by

Delicio.us  |   Digg  |   NewsVine  |   Reddit                                                                                  Permalink
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2007-06-01T143326Z_01_PEK301_RTRIDSP_2_ENVIRONMENT-CHINA_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PEK301.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2007-06-01T124920Z_01_DEL08-_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-PROTEST-GUJJARS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/DEL08..htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2007-06-01T104719Z_01_DEL07_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-PROTEST-GUJJARS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/DEL07.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2007-06-01T102833Z_01_DEL05_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-PROTEST-GUJJARS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/DEL05.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2007-06-01T083258Z_01_DEL03_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-PROTEST-GUJJARS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/DEL03.htm

A woman and her grandson, wearing masks as protection against the wind and sand, exercise in a park in Duolun county in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region June 1,2007. China will release its first national plan to tackle climate change next week, seeking to rebut international criticism that it is not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials said on Thursday.



URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK232259.htm

For our full disclaimer and copyright information please visit http://www.alertnet.org