CO2 emissions rises mean dangerous climate change now almost certain
Research by Global Carbon Project says emissions growth placing world on path to warm between 4 and 6C
Carbon dioxide emissions from industry rose an estimated 2.6% this year, according to a study of global carbon emissions.
The research by the Global Carbon Project, an annual report card on mankind's CO2 pollution, also says emissions grew 3.1% in 2011, placing the world on a near-certain path towards dangerous climate change, such as more heat waves, droughts and storms.
The finding will give renewed urgency to the nearly 200 countries attending international climate talks in Doha, Qatar, which run until 7 December and aim to galvanize ambition in fighting climate change by limiting warming to below 2C, a goal nations agreed in 2010. Temperatures have already risen by 0.8C since pre-industrial times.
EGYPT
Egyptian judges to boycott constitutional referendum
Egyptian judges say they will not oversee a referendum on the country’s draft constitution. This is just the latest move in a growing dispute sparked by the seizure of sweeping powers by the country’s president.
The announcement that Egypt's judiciary would boycott the referendum followed crisis talks between the national association that represents the country's judges, and its provincial branches.
"It has been agreed by all the judges of Egypt and the Judges Clubs outside the capital not to supervise a referendum on the draft constitution and to boycott it," the head of the Judges Club, Ahmed al-Zind, said. "This protest is in response to what is being called the 'constitutional decree' and we will boycott it until this decree is rescinded," he added.
China should not use trade as weapon: Vietnam
December 3, 2012 - 5:42PM
Vietnam says China should avoid using trade as a weapon in maritime disagreements.
Vietnam says China should avoid using trade as a weapon in maritime disagreements after diplomatic tensions led to a slump in exports from Japan when Chinese consumers boycotted the goods of its Asian neighbour.
"Economic force should not be applied in the case of settlement of territorial disputes," which should be addressed through international law, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh said in Hanoi. He said he had "observed" Japan's conflict with China: Japan reported in November that its exports to China had tumbled 12 per cent.
Thousands attend anti-Nazi rally in Hungary to protest lawmaker’s call to screen Jews
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Thousands attended an anti-Nazi rally Sunday in Hungary organized by Jewish and civic groups to protest a far-right lawmaker’s call to screen Jews for national security risks.
The rally was unusual because politicians from both the government and opposition parties shared a stage outside parliament.
Marton Gyongyosi of the far-right Jobbik party said Monday in the legislature it was time “to assess ... how many people of Jewish origin there are here, and especially in the Hungarian parliament and the Hungarian government, who represent a certain national security risk.”
Gyongyosi later apologized to “our Jewish compatriots” for his statement, but added that Hungary needed to be wary of “Zionist Israel and those serving it also from here.”
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