UN Climate Talks Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 03:16:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Japan’s Decreased CO2 Goal Casts a Pall Over UN Climate Conference https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japans-decreased-co2-goal-casts-pall-un-climate-conference-20131115/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japans-decreased-co2-goal-casts-pall-un-climate-conference-20131115/#respond Sat, 16 Nov 2013 03:16:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43605 At United Nations climate talks in Warsaw on Friday, Japan, much to the dismay of UN members, announced it is slashing its greenhouse gas emissions target after the Fukushima disaster all but destroyed the country’s nuclear power industry. The Japanese government has decided instead to shoot for a 3.8% emissions cut by 2020. This is […]

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