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European Union leaders agreed at a summit Friday to come up with $3.6 billion a year through 2012, or a total of $10.8 billion over three years, to help pay developing nations to cut emissions and adapt to climate change. Here are some of the pledges made by the 27 EU members until a new climate pact being negotiated in Copenhagen comes into effect in 2013:
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Commission Friday rejected CO2 emissions quotas submitted by Poland and Estonia for a second time.
Dynavax gets approval from the EU to make part of its hepatitis B vaccine Heplisav at a German factory.
In the midst of negotiating about climate change, banking bonuses and Iran at a European Union summit, French President Nicolas Sarkozy snuck in a phone call to check on the most French of living icons — ailing rocker Johnny Hallyday.
The European Union naval force hunting Somali pirates needs to extend its patrol area to reflect the widening scale of their attacks, the admiral in charge said Friday.
Posted: Friday, December 11, 2009 5:10 am | Updated: 7:00 am, Fri Dec 11, 2009. EU leaders say they have agreed to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming.
A lawyer for Oracle said he's "confident" about the company's defense of its planned $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems following the first day of a European Union hearing on the deal.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Greek government bonds, which plunged this week, present a “great opportunity” because the country’s European Union partners won’t let it default, said DWS Investment GmbH, Germany’s biggest mutual fund manager.
These days, solar power is getting nearly as much attention as wind received in recent years. In the first week of December, the EU Energy Institute was quoted extensively in British and other European media regarding that organization's belief that solar panel costs will drop dramatically and be cost-competitive with fossil-fuel-based energy for half of Europe's homes by 2020 -- notably, cost ...
By United Press International BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- EU leaders said Friday promised $10.6 billion over the next three years for the fight against global climate change.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders said government measures to stimulate the economy should stay in place until the “ recovery is fully secured.”
European Union leaders agreed at a summit Friday to come up with $3.6 billion a year through 2012, or a total of $10.8 billion over three years, to help pay developing nations to cut emissions and adapt to climate change. Here are some of the pledges made by the 27 EU members, to cover the next three years until a ...
COPENHAGEN -(Dow Jones)- The European Union decision to offer as much as 30% of the money needed to help developing countries fight global warming in the next three years is a "huge encouragement" for the Copenhagen climate talks, the United Nations climate head said Friday.
(Adds quotes.) BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday said European Union leaders will push for a 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 at the United Nations-sponsored climate-change summit in Copenhagen.
UN climate chief Yvo de Boer on Friday said European plans to contribute billions of euros to early funding on tackling global warming were a major boost to the talks unfolding in Copenhagen.
Brussels - European Union leaders hoped Friday to facilitate an ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen after agreeing to provide some 7.2 billion euros (10.6 billion dollars) to a three-year global fund aimed at helping poor nations deal with global wa...
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