Topic: Yvo de Boer

Companies feel threatened by climate fight: U.N. chief

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Certain countries and companies feel threatened by growing efforts against climate change, the U.N. climate chief said on Thursday, after other officials spoke of a campaign to undermine a consensus on global warming. Yvo de Boer spoke amid a controversy over an incorrect projection on glacial ...
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Major emitters set carbon goals after Copenhagen

OSLO (Reuters) - Fifty-five countries accounting for almost 80 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions have pledged varying goals for fighting climate change under a deadline in the "Copenhagen Accord," the United Nations said on Monday. "This represents an important invigoration of the U.N. climate change talks," Yvo de Boer ...
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World may not do climate deal this year

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Global climate talks may have to continue into 2011 after failing last month to agree on a Kyoto successor, the U.N.'s climate chief and Denmark's new climate minister told Reuters on Friday. The world failed to commit in Copenhagen last month to succeed or ...
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UN climate chief plays down scandals

AP Interview: UN climate chief says global warming still a danger despite scandals over dataU.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer says recent scandals over climate data are unfortunate but don't discredit the view that the earth is warming and humans must act. De Boer, in an interview with ...
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