Qatar Climate Talks

U.N. climate talks in Doha, Qatar, were unlikely to have any impact on depressed carbon markets, analysts said.

Qatar, the host country, today launched desperate measures to salvage the failing climate talks in Doha by proposing a compromise agreement that was low on ambition but kept the Kyoto Protocol and the prospect of a successor deal alive, as the talks went down to the wire.

The world's poorest countries, inundated by rising seas and worsening disasters, made a last ditch plea for financial help early Saturday as negotiators at United Nations climate talks struggled to reach an ambitions deal to combat global warming.

A dispute over money clouded U.N. climate talks on Friday, as rich and poor countries sparred over funds meant to help the developing world cover the rising costs of mitigating global warming and adapting to it.

Catastrophe-hit Philippines on Thursday led a host of countries in making an emotional plea to rich nations to salvage the listless climate talks here, as civil society groups launched a scathing attack on 'deal blockers', warning that the Doha round was on the "brink of disaster."

Arab nations have failed to use U.N. talks on climate change to put forward any meaningful measures on tackling the problem in their own countries, delegates and environmental activists said on Wednesday.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged negotiators at global climate talks in Doha to show "strong political commitment" to reducing Earth-damaging greenhouse gas emissions.

UN climate negotiators bickered in Doha on Monday over cash and commitments needed to curb Earth-warming greenhouse gases, even as fresh alarm bells were rung about the perils the planet faces.

U.N. talks on a new climate pact resumed on Monday in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it.

When the tiny desert nation of Qatar was chosen to host the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations, environmentalists were stunned.

U.N. climate talks in Doha, Qatar, were unlikely to have any impact on depressed carbon markets, analysts said.

Qatar, the host country, today launched desperate measures to salvage the failing climate talks in Doha by proposing a compromise agreement that was low on ambition but kept the Kyoto Protocol and the prospect of a successor deal alive, as the talks went down to the wire.

The world's poorest countries, inundated by rising seas and worsening disasters, made a last ditch plea for financial help early Saturday as negotiators at United Nations climate talks struggled to reach an ambitions deal to combat global warming.

A dispute over money clouded U.N. climate talks on Friday, as rich and poor countries sparred over funds meant to help the developing world cover the rising costs of mitigating global warming and adapting to it.

Catastrophe-hit Philippines on Thursday led a host of countries in making an emotional plea to rich nations to salvage the listless climate talks here, as civil society groups launched a scathing attack on 'deal blockers', warning that the Doha round was on the "brink of disaster."

Arab nations have failed to use U.N. talks on climate change to put forward any meaningful measures on tackling the problem in their own countries, delegates and environmental activists said on Wednesday.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged negotiators at global climate talks in Doha to show "strong political commitment" to reducing Earth-damaging greenhouse gas emissions.

UN climate negotiators bickered in Doha on Monday over cash and commitments needed to curb Earth-warming greenhouse gases, even as fresh alarm bells were rung about the perils the planet faces.

U.N. talks on a new climate pact resumed on Monday in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it.

When the tiny desert nation of Qatar was chosen to host the latest round of United Nations climate change negotiations, environmentalists were stunned.