Adaptation program necessary despite optimism about mitigation

""Adaptation is important despite the optimism that climate change can be mitigated," De Boer said in a press conference here Wednesday. He said the world community would run the greater risk of suffering the impact of climate change which had already affected a number of...

Pacific small island states send out SOS

""Climate change is a very serious problem for island states in the Pacific and Indian oceans," Arieta Moceica of Greenpeace for the Pacific said on the sidelines of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) here on Wednesday. Climate change which is...

Developed nations should not use new climate regime to hide their failure

"Speaking to the press on the sidelines of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Hira Jhamtani said the proposed Bali Roadmap -- a future framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012 -- received many responses from participants...

RI wants binding agreement as NGOs doubt commitment to saving forests

"The US-based Tropical Forest Group (TFG) meanwhile expressed doubt about the commitment of many countries to saving tropical forests, given their lackluster performance in conserving the environment since the Rio Earth Summit 25 years ago."We are still wondering about their...

Many extreme natural phenomena happens in 2007, WWF

""Concrete measures related with climate change need to be taken to deal with these phenomena," WWF`s international`s Program Director for Climate Change Han Verolme said here Monday.Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Four national parks in Jambi to be discussed in UNFCCC

"The four are the National Parks of Kerinci Seblat, Berbak, Bukit Dua Belas, and Bukit Tiga Puluh, Director of the Indonesian Community for Conservation (KKI-Warsi) Jambi Rakhmat Hidayat said on Sunday.He said the condition of the four national parks were relatively good and...

RI plants trees amid rising climate change concerns

"In this case, MS Kaban said industrialized countries had owed Indonesia about Rp6 trillion (US$638.5 million) this year alone because it was able to reduce its tree felling by 5.5 million cubic meters of its production forests.."We have 12 million cubic meters of potential...

Watch out for separatists trying to disrupt UNFCCC: mily officer

Denpasar (ANTARA News) - A high-ranking military officer has asked his rank and file to be wary of separatist groups infiltrating into the venue of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to be held in Bali from Dec 3 to 14. "Watch out for the...

Bali prepares 1,028 medical workers to serve UNFCCC participants

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Bali`s provincial health office, in cooperation with all hospitals here, has prepared 1,028 medical workers to serve participants of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference to be held here on Dec 3-14. "They...

US `reconnaissance` boat moors at Bali port

"He said he believed the US patrol boat which arrived in Bali on Thursday was likely to help monitor security conditions in the runup to the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali on December 3-14, 2007. "We have no idea what the real tasks and...

A Climate Change Dictionary

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - To understand the climate change debate, it helps to understand the jargon, a mixture of diplomatese, pundit-speak and techno-talk.

PM accused of corruption

"Israel's attorney general yesterday ordered police to open a criminal investigation into allegations that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert fraudulently purchased a Jerusalem home well below market value. The move dealt a blow to the Israeli leader at a time when he has begun to...