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...handful of pilot projects, like the one in Noel Kempff and others in nations such as Belize, Indonesia and Madagascar, are proving the logic of paying to keep forests standing. Supporters are confident that when the world meets for the annual U.N. summit on climate change in Poznan, Poland, this month, avoided deforestation will be one of the main topics of discussion. "This is too important not to be front and center on everyone's minds," says Jake Schmidt, head of international climate policy for the New York City-based Natural Resources Defense Council. "It will be a major focus...
...Authors attribute much of the upswing to the recovery of post-Soviet economies in Eastern and central Europe. Among the nations studied, 19 are falling behind on their emissions goals for 2012 under the Kyoto Protocol. The findings were released ahead of next month's climate conference in Poznan, Poland...
Obama's support could further jolt some life into next month's annual U.N. summit on climate change in Poznan, Poland. The summit is a victim of awkward timing - Obama has been elected, but representatives from President George W. Bush's Administration will still be in charge - thus the real focus will be on next year's summit, in Copenhagen, when Obama will hold the reins and the world will face its self-imposed deadline to pass a new Kyoto Protocol. Green activists hope that Obama's plans for a national carbon cap will help break the logjam that...
...August - 25 times more than in the first four months of the year. With car-repair costs around four times lower in Poland than in Germany, Polish buyers can import a damaged car and fix it up. "Long term, it will cause turmoil in the car market," grumbles Poznan-based car salesman Jacek Pietrzyk. The government fears losing revenue: imported cars are still subject to a tax based on their declared value, but buyers and sellers understate that amount. The Finance Ministry is considering measures to stem the flow of cars...
...implied that, because of the cases in the U.S., the sex scandals were a problem only in English-speaking countries. But recent revelations in the Pope's homeland show that the problem is more widespread. In February, the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita published a story alleging that the Archbishop of Poznan, Father Juliusz Paetz, made a habit of sexually assaulting young clerics from the local seminary. According to the report, Paetz's behavior became so notorious that the rector of the seminary, Father Tadeusz Karkosz, forbade the archbishop to visit the college...