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Quest for new climate treaty begins in earnest (AP)

Participants attend the opening session of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Delegates from about 190 countries and non-governmental organizations came to Poznan to discuss climate change issues.  (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Negotiators kicked off the final yearlong push Monday for a new climate change treaty — but with the U.S. government in transition, the European Union in disarray and a worldwide economic crisis, chances were hazy for a quick agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.





Italy threatens to veto costly EU climate change package (AFP)

Italy will veto ambitious European Union plans to tackle climate change unless changes are made to make the package less costly to industry and consumers, Andrea Ronchi, Italy's european policy minister, seen here in Madrid on May 22, 2008 warned Monday.(AFP/PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU)AFP - Italy will veto ambitious European Union plans to tackle climate change unless changes are made to make the package less costly to industry and consumers, a minister warned Monday.





Climate juggernaut on the horizon, UN talks told (AFP)

An iceberg drifting at Rothera Point, Antarctica. War, hunger, poverty and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, a 12-day UN conference on global warming heard on Monday.(AFP/Science/File/Pete Bucktrout)AFP - War, hunger, poverty and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, a 12-day UN conference on global warming heard on Monday.





Greens go nuts at UN climate talks (AFP)

Photographers take pictures of officials during the opening session of the United Nations climate change conference in Poznan, Poland. Green groups upped the pressure at UN climate talks in Poland on Monday with wacky stunts aimed at prodding delegates from around the world to get moving on a new deal to tackle global warming.(AFP/Joe Klamar)AFP - Armed with walnuts, apocalyptic art and a small green dinosaur, environmentalists spiced up the UN climate talks here Monday with colourful demands for action on global warming.





Climate change boosts potential for conflict, UN talks told (AFP)

An iceberg drifts at Rothera Point, Antarctica. A 12-day UN conference on climate change began with warnings that the impact of global warming could wreak a dark toll in human misery and conflict.(AFP/Science/File/Pete Bucktrout)AFP - A 12-day UN conference on climate change began Monday to warnings that the impact of global warming could wreak a dark toll in human misery and conflict.





FACTBOX - India sets out demands in climate change fight (Reuters) Reuters - India, the world's no. 4 greenhouse gas emitter, joins about 185 nations in Poznan, Poland, from Monday to work on a new U.N. climate pact meant to curb global warming.


UN: Financial crisis delaying green projects (AP)

Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change speaks during a press conference in Poznan, Poland, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. The United Nations Climate Change Conference will start  Monday Dec. 1 in Poznan. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - The global financial crisis already has delayed some green energy projects, stoking fears that a shortage of investment money will lead to cheap and dirty decisions on new power plants, the U.N.'s top climate official said.





Obama buzz felt at global climate talks (AP) AP - The president-elect won't be there, but an Obama buzz will crackle through the conference hall when negotiators gather Monday for a final push toward a sweeping new global warming treaty.


Climate change fight could create many jobs: aid experts (AFP)

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon attends a meeting on the sidelines of a UN-sponsored conference seeking ways to limit the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries, in Doha. Aid specialists support a claim by Ban Ki-moon that efforts to adapt to climate change could create AFP - Aid specialists support a claim by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that efforts to adapt to climate change could create "millions of jobs" if enough funding is available.





Climate change gathers steam, say scientists (AFP)

This image shows Markham Fiord, in August, after the Markham Ice Shelf broke away. AFP - Earth's climate appears to be changing more quickly and deeply than a benchmark UN report for policymakers predicted, top scientists said ahead of international climate talks starting Monday in Poland.





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