French PM supports Quebec in climate change talks

UN chief cautious on Copenhagen pact amid boycott

By: zabawaus

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that world nations are unlikely to strike agreement on details of a new climate change pact at a key U.N. summit next month. Meanwhile, African countries boycotted meetings at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, saying industrial countries had set carbon-cutting targets too low for reducing global ...

25 days ago

Ireland to France: You Cheating Wankers

By: nathanielinbrazil

The controversial match between France and Ireland has escalated to the highest levels in both FIFA governance and a war of words between the governments of Ireland and France. On Wednesday, one of the last six positions of the 32-team 2010 World Cup field had the Irish and French squaring off. For a majority of the game, Ireland held a 1-0 ...

9 days ago

Brazil and France in climate deal

By: intellectual

Brazil and France have agreed a common position on fighting global warming before next month's UN climate change conference in Copenhagen. They will pursue the goal of reducing industrialised nations' emissions to 50% below 1990 levels by 2050. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced the ...

14 days ago

Climate deal unlikely

By: babuinam

Governments are unlikely to agree on all the details of a new global climate change deal when they meet in Copenhagen next month, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. While optimistic that the 192 countries will be able to reach some sort of political agreement, Ban warned it would not be the last word on a successor to the United ...

25 days ago