Tag: Christiana Figueres

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 22:32 UTC

  Canada’s withdrawal from Kyoto Protocol regrettable, says UN climate official

  

  Canada’s decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol is surprising and regrettable, the United Nations climate change chief Christiana Figueres said on Tuesday, calling on developed countries to meet the commitments they recently made at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 05:11 UTC

  Happy ending for Durban climate summit: Kyoto Protocol extended to 2017

  

  Climate negotiators agreed a pact that would for the first time force all the biggest polluters to take action on greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the action plan was not aggressive enough to slow the pace of global warming.