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KYOTO UNIVERSITY EYES DRUG BREAKTHROUGH VIA STEM CELL TIE-UP  -  16 Nov 2008
Trading Markets (press release),TOKYO, Nov 17, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- SHMZF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Kyoto University will partner with the Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.

Japanese study emphasizes importance of China, India, US in post ...  -  16 Nov 2008
Bradenton Herald,The three countries are not obliged to cut emissions under the Kyoto Protocol between 2008 and 2012. The data compiled by the institute, administered by the

Comment: Climate change review echoes world trend  -  16 Nov 2008
National Business Review,With many Eastern European member countries having suffered from economic collapse during the 1990s, the EU’s Kyoto Protocol agreement to reduce greenhouse

Fixing the economy a big ask  -  16 Nov 2008
Stuff.co.nz,It says the new government should forget emissions trading and quit the Kyoto Protocol. United Future is less extreme but it still wants ruminant animals,

Russia the next climate recalcitrant  -  16 Nov 2008
The Australian,Russia enjoyed an easy ride when the Kyoto Treaty came into force in 2005 because it was required only to reduce its carbon emissions from the comparison

Owen Hembry: Guinea pigs stuck in the carbon tax sty  -  16 Nov 2008
New Zealand Herald,Act wants to repeal the Emissions Trading Scheme and withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, while Federated Farmers want a renegotiation of Kyoto to exempt all

Some see opportunity in China's coalfield fires  -  16 Nov 2008
Kansas City Star,The notion dates to 1997, when some developed nations signed off on the Kyoto Protocol, a UN plan that obliges industrialized countries to reduce emissions

Little Amapola Takes Japan's QE II Cup  -  16 Nov 2008
BloodHorse,Little Amapola was coming off a sixth-place finish in Kyoto's Shuka Sho (Jpn-I) Oct. 19 and was seventh in the Japanese Oaks (Jpn-I) prior to that.

Climate action starts here  -  16 Nov 2008
The Olympian,...•Kyoto Protocol: An international agreement adopted in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, calling on developed nations to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions

PM Harper needs to make environment a priority, in a hurry  -  16 Nov 2008
Hill Times (subscription),Instead, Europeans regulated emitters are using the other Kyoto Protocol mechanisms such as CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) and JI (Joint Projects) for

4th pick Little Amapola captures QEII Cup  -  16 Nov 2008
The Daily Yomiuri,Three-year-old Little Amapola held off favorite Kawakami Princess to win the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup at Kyoto on Sunday afternoon.

Environmental conference will target regional governors from ...  -  16 Nov 2008
Los Angeles Times,Tensions are far from resolved as diplomats prepare to gather in Poland next month to begin negotiating a successor to the 2005 Kyoto pact.

Japan Failing in its Koyoto Protocol Target  -  16 Nov 2008
Red, Green, and Blue,For the country where the Kyoto Protocol was laid out, Japan’s not doing so well. Instead of reducing its emissions to hit the country’s Kyoto target of

As workers flee bankrupt company, Agriprocessors hopes for new ...  -  16 Nov 2008
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier,When Hersey Kyoto, Palauan ambassador to the US, arrived in Postville Friday, his countrymen had just found out they would not be paid for the most recent

Burke blows in hot  -  16 Nov 2008
The Standard - Warrnambool,Burke pulled no punches during his one-hour speech, criticising elements within the environmentalist movement, the Kyoto Protocol and the management of

As things warm up, don't forget Kiribati  -  16 Nov 2008
Toledo Blade,The Denmark event is to result in an accord that replaces the Kyoto Protocol, a controversial one that 38 industrialized countries signed in Japan in 1997.

Heavy burden for disabled people  -  16 Nov 2008
The Japan Times,Twenty-nine disabled people and one parent of a disabled person from eight prefectures — Tokyo, Saitama, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka

Taylor wins Kyoto Prize for arts, philosophy  -  Nov 11, 2008
The Gazette (Montreal),In Japan yesterday, renowned Montreal philosophy professor Charles Taylor was presented with the Kyoto Prize, one of the world's biggest cash awards.

Analysts say Obama may not sign Kyoto protocol despite clean ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
Channel News Asia,There are also doubts about whether an Obama White House would sign the current Kyoto pledges, which President George W. Bush has refused to sign.

FACTBOX-How Japan plans to meet Kyoto emissions-cut goal  -  Nov 11, 2008
ReutersJapan aims to cut emissions to meet its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol in two ways. The government plans more forest conservation at home while

Sunspots spell end of climate myth  -  Nov 10, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,On Kyoto, lawyer Alistair Hercus recently claimed that "as a country we have to pay". In fact, the Kyoto protocol says nothing about enforcement and as yet

Greece returns to Kyoto scheme  -  Nov 15, 2008
Kathimerini,A United Nations committee has decided to reinstate Greece in the emissions-trading system of the Kyoto Protocol after a seven-month suspension,

Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent Than Thought  -  Oct 24, 2008
FOXNewsIt was not covered in the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 agreement signed by 182 countries to reduce greenhouse gases. Nitrogen trifluoride is about 17000 times

Greece gets Kyoto protocol OK  -  Nov 14, 2008
Athens News Agency,Greece is set to rejoin the Kyoto Protocol's carbon-trading mechanisms after a unanimous decision of the United Nations Compliance Committee, the Greek town

20 countries not cutting emissions in line with Kyoto  -  Nov 14, 2008
The Low Carbon Economy,The degree to which 20 signatories of the Kyoto treaty have failed to cut their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the agreements stipulations shows

Europe, Japan Face $46 Billion Global-Warming Penalty (Update1)  -  Nov 14, 2008
Bloomberg14 (Bloomberg) -- Twenty nations including Japan, Italy and Australia may be releasing more greenhouse-gas pollution than they agreed to under the Kyoto

Kyoto Prize Winners Get Set to Celebrate  -  Nov 14, 2008
San Diego Business Journal,Three North Americans, including a UC Berkeley prof, are awarded Kyoto Prizes, given by Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera. Cal’s Richard Karp won for his

Obama climate shift could add pressure on China  -  Nov 6, 2008
ReutersHe views Kyoto as too costly and said it wrongly omitted goals for poor nations such as China and India. The United States effectively ditched Kyoto in 1997

EU Will Seek New Round of Global-Warming Treaty Talks (Update2)  -  Nov 14, 2008
BloombergThe US never ratified Kyoto and China, along with other developing countries, wasn't given a numerical target under that 1997 agreement.

Spain buys 6 million emissions rights from Hungary  -  Nov 13, 2008
ReutersThe Kyoto Protocol allows industrialized countries to meet greenhouse gas targets by buying emissions rights from each other or from clean energy projects

China Asks Rich to Pay for Cleanup  -  Oct 29, 2008
Wall Street JournalEven more crucial will be a meeting in December in Poland to start negotiations over what to do after the UN-backed Kyoto Protocol on climate change expires

Federal Court Rules Canada Not Obliged To Meet Kyoto Targets  -  Nov 13, 2008
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription),The Court held that the Act did not contain express language requiring Canada to comply with its substantive obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.

US, Canadian professors awarded Kyoto Prize  -  Nov 10, 2008
The Associated PressThe three received a gold medal and 50 million yen (US$500000) each at a ceremony in Kyoto. Founded in 1985, the Kyoto Prize is given to people for their

Wall Street Extorts Kyoto Protocol: Lehman, Enron and other Cap ...  -  Nov 13, 2008
Energy Tribune,Among the most influential lobbyists for Kyoto-style policy are Wall Street firms that expect to make commissions on the purchase and sale of carbon-trading

"Bamboo" car runs for 50km on single charge  -  Nov 14, 2008
Xinhua,..."Bamgoo", an electric car with a body made out of bamboo, is displayed in Kyoto, western Japan, November 14, 2008. The sixty-kilogram single-seater

UPDATE 1-Japan steel sector buys 59 mln tonnes Kyoto offsets  -  Oct 28, 2008
ReutersVoluntary emission cuts by the steel sector is a key for Japan to meet its Kyoto commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 6 percent in 2008-2012 from

EcoSecurities Launches ProjectNet, A Website Providing Voluntary ...  -  Nov 11, 2008
MarketWatchEcoSecurities structures and guides greenhouse gas emission reduction projects through the Kyoto Protocol, working with both project developers and buyers

Obama to Act Quickly on Global Warming in 2009 (Update1)  -  Nov 12, 2008
BloombergThe US is the only industrialized country that refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, an international climate accord that expires in 2012.

Kyocera to Build Solar-Cell Factory to Meet Demand (Update2)  -  Nov 13, 2008
BloombergConstruction of the plant in Shiga prefecture, central Japan, will begin in February, the Kyoto, Japan-based company said today.

Kyoto is dead  -  Nov 8, 2008
Globe and Mail,While it falls far short of the cuts that scientists insist are required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it's the new Kyoto."

Batam, Makassar, Palembang promise green transport  -  Nov 14, 2008
Jakarta Post,The Kyoto declaration was launched in Japan in 2004 under the cooperation of UNCRD and the Ministry of Environment of Japan. It aims to promote better

Kyoto coed slapped with 6-month jail sentence for possessing pot  -  Nov 13, 2008
Mainichi Daily News,KOBE -- A female student at Kyoto's Doshisha University, who was arrested in September and indicted for possessing about 3 grams of marijuana plants at her

Africa left behind in Kyoto carbon offset trade: experts  -  Nov 7, 2008
AFPThe CDM, which has been on place since 2005, allows countries which committed themselves to cutting greenhouse gases under the Kyoto protocol to fund carbon

Green alert — a boundless enthusiasm to lead us to the new world  -  Nov 11, 2008
The Age,..."A truly green America will be more valuable than 50 Kyoto Protocols. Emulation is always more effective than compulsion." In other words, Friedman sees

Austria unlikely to meet Kyoto target: court  -  Nov 6, 2008
AFPVIENNA (AFP) — Austria will not be able to meet its Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions targets in 2012 unless it takes even tougher domestic measures,

Kyoto Geisha Get Competition From Tokyo Galleries, Hip Hotels  -  Nov 5, 2008
Bloomberg6 (Bloomberg) -- Kyoto's geisha, the reigning artisans in Japan's ancient capital, face competition as new art galleries, restored boutique lodgings and

Nobel winner urges protection for key forests in UN talks  -  Nov 12, 2008
AFPThis problem was not addressed in the UN's 1997 Kyoto Protocol for tackling climate change. Campaigners hope that in talks to frame its successor deal,

Japan set to say emissions rebounded last year  -  Nov 7, 2008
ReutersIt is also likely to accelerate buying of UN carbon offsets by the world's fifth-largest emitter to meet its Kyoto obligations. The pact, named after the

China issues post-Kyoto plans on climate change  -  Oct 29, 2008
China Daily,By Li Jing (China Daily) The clean development mechanism (CDM) should continue to be implemented even after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expires,

Al Gore or Hillary Clinton as secretary of state?  -  Nov 14, 2008
The Wichita Eagle,...to boot), and his appointment would signal a dramatic shift from the indifference of the Bush era with its cold shoulder to the Kyoto treaty.

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