Carbon Negative – Because Neutral is not enough

The Environment Agency has signed a seven year otusourcing contract with supplier Capgemini which it claims will cut 50 per cent of its carbon emissions from IT.

A group of developing countries agreed Tuesday to "green" their economies but stopped short of promising to become "carbon neutral" as a way to spur big polluters into action at climate talks next month.

The Maldives, threatened by rising sea levels because of global warming, on Monday pleaded with developed nations to reduce carbon emissions and said developing nations could change the outcome at climate talks in Copenhagen.

The president of the Maldives has warned that a failure to agree a deal on limiting greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen next month would be an act of "collective suicide".

The president of the Maldives warned Monday that the world was set to sign a "global suicide pact" unless it agreed a deal in Copenhagen next month to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

The Maldives, which is one of the nations most vulnerable to rising sea levels, on Monday asked fellow endangered states to go carbon neutral and lead a drive to reduce global warming.

The Maldives could achieve its aim of becoming carbon neutral well before its 2020 target, the Indian Ocean island nation's president said Monday.