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Transcript of BBC Interview with Nick Bryant

JOURNALIST: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, thanks for joining us on the BBC. PM: Pleasure. JOURNALIST: Weve heard many differing assessments of what will come out of the Copenhagen climate change c......

Green energy on rise across Africa but still lags behind other regions – UN

More green energy and climate-friendly projects target Africa than ever before, but the numbers still lag behind Asia and Latin America, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announce......

EU on track to meet or over-achieve Kyoto emissions target

The latest projections indicate that the EU-15 countries will meet their 8 per cent reduction target under the Kyoto Protocol. Out of the 12 remaining EU member states, 10 have also individual ......

Ban calls on US to put full weight behind agreeing new climate change treaty

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the United States to take a leading role in forging a new international pact to combat global warming, warning that the consequences of failure outweigh ......

Christopher Columbus points the finger at US for blocking climate deal

The monument commemorates the explorer’s discovery of the New World. However, today Columbus is pointing at the nation that bears historic responsibility for climate change, and which has done ......

UN official still hopeful for strong climate deal as latest talks end

As the last negotiating session before next month’s United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen concluded today, a senior official with the world body called on countries to push ahe......