Climate chief eyes comparing rich nations' efforts to cut CO2

Climate chief eyes comparing rich nations' efforts to cut CO2

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 14. He called for the creation of a ''platform'' to compare developed countries' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to ensure ''fair'' national emissions reduction targets in a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol.

U.N. climate rep. hopes for 'ambitious' medium-term targets

U.N. climate rep. hopes for 'ambitious' medium-term targets

TOKYO, Japan - Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14. De Boer expressed hope that Japan will exercise its leadership as host of the Group of Eight summit in July to set ''ambitious'' medium-term emissions cut targets for the major nations.

More ambitious targets for U.N. climate change framework called

More ambitious targets for U.N. climate change framework called

NEW YORK, United States - Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the United Nations headquarters on July 31. He said a climate change framework to succeed the current agreement expiring in 2012 should have more ambitious targets and engage developing countries such as China and India. (Kyodo)

U.N. climate rep. hopes for 'ambitious' medium-term targets

U.N. climate rep. hopes for 'ambitious' medium-term targets

TOKYO, Japan - Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14. De Boer expressed hope that Japan will exercise its leadership as host of the Group of Eight summit in July to set ''ambitious'' medium-term emissions cut targets for the major nations. (Kyodo)

Climate chief eyes comparing rich nations' efforts to cut CO2

Climate chief eyes comparing rich nations' efforts to cut CO2

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 14. He called for the creation of a ''platform'' to compare developed countries' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to ensure ''fair'' national emissions reduction targets in a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol. (Kyodo)