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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05KUWAIT2197 |
KUWAIT'S PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES ADVANCING ON [...] (U) Summary and Key Findings: During May 2005, Ambassador met with the leading figures in the Kuwaiti private investment sector. The Ambassador encouraged continued investment in the U.S. and new investments in Iraq and in other countries of U.S. interest. The Ambassador encouraged the inve [...] |
2005-05-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KU KGCC |
| 05KUWAIT2551 |
FM REPORTS ON GCC GOODWILL TOUR, SAYS GOK OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador he had been asked to visit Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE to calm the waters between these GCC states and identify areas for cooperation with fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia. He reported progr [...] |
2005-06-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC |
| 07MADRID2201 |
CLIMATE CHANGE-SPAIN SEEKS TO WORK WITH U.S. AT [...] (SBU) On December 4, DCM delivered ref a points on USG climate change objectives to Spanish Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of the Environment Arturo Aizpiri. Aizpiri said he was optimistic about the prospects for progress in Bali. Spain,s objective was the EU one of setting a negotiating [...] |
2007-12-05 17:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGCC SENV SP |
| 07OTTAWA1188 |
CANADIAN PROGRESS TOWARD FULL APP PARTICIPATION [...] Canadian officials have advised Embassy that they are nearly ready to request formally admission to the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate. They report that formal letters, signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, are being readied [...] |
2007-06-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGCC SENV CA |
| 07OTTAWA1299 |
CANADA OFFICIALLY REQUESTS APP MEMBERSHIP [...] Officials from Environment Canada and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed to ESTH Counselor on July 6 that letters signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay officially requesting Canada's admission to the Asia Pacific Partnershi [...] |
2007-07-09 17:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGCC SENV CA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK415 |
U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...] |
2007-05-25 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN |
| 08RIYADH7 |
SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry January 2. Commenting on the current situation in Pakistan, Prince Saud voiced strong sup [...] |
2008-01-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | CIA KGCC PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER SA |
| 08TELAVIV195 |
ISRAEL ENERGIZES ANTI-POLLUTION CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 11:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TBIO KGCC IS |
| 09AMMAN2144 |
JORDAN ALIGNED WITH IPCC AND G77 BUT OBSERVES [...] (SBU) Jordan is largely aligned with the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the G77 negotiating block as it prepares for the COP15 in Copenhagen. While Jordan will not be represented at the September 22 UN Climate Summit, Minister of Environment Khaled [...] |
2009-09-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KGCC JO |
| 09BANGKOK3034 |
ASEAN WORKS TOWARD COMMON CLIMATE CHANGE POSITION IN [...] SUMMARY: As chair of ASEAN Climate Change Working Group, Thailand's Environment minister hosted a ministerial on November 29 that brought ASEAN closer to a common negotiating position for the UNFCC Conference of Parties in Copenhagen. Thailand is circulating an ASEAN position paper with reques [...] |
2009-12-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG KGCC KGHG SENV TH |
| 09BANGKOK3072 |
FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...] |
2009-12-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH |
| 09DHAHRAN201 |
SAUDI ARABIA IS KEY G-77 COUNTRY IN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting, Abdullah Khalid Talwah (protect), a member of the official Saudi delegation to UN climate change negotiations, told EconOff that five countries hold sway over the G-77 and are thus key to a consensus on climate change: China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and South Af [...] |
2009-08-05 16:14:00 | Consulate Dhahran | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KGCC SENV SA |
| 09LISBON428 |
PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS [...] (C/NF) Portuguese Ministry of Environment climate change contacts Nuno Lacasta and Fausto Brito e Abreu welcome increased U.S. engagement in climate change talks and stress the urgent need for an agreement at Copenhagen in December 2009. The two accept that a prospective agreement, which th [...] |
2009-08-06 14:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG KGCC SENV PREL PO |
| 09LISBON602 |
PORTUGAL ON U.S. EMISSIONS PROPOSAL, COPENHAGEN [...] (C/NF) Poleconoff met with Fausto Brito e Abreu of the Portuguese Ministry of Environment on November 26, following President Obama's announcement of U.S. emissions reductions targets the U.S. will offer at Copenhagen. Brito e Abreu described the U.S. targets as "minimal," as they are based o [...] |
2009-12-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG KGCC SENV PREL PO |
| 09MANILA2483 |
Philippines Appears to Moderate Pre-Copenhagen Climate [...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines' lead climate change negotiator, former Senator and Environment Secretary Heherson "Sonny" Alvarez, has spelled out a pragmatic position on greenhouse gas emissions, calling for mandatory cuts for 'all the big boys', including China. This replaces earlier Philipp [...] |
2009-12-02 00:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON KGCC RP |
| 09OSLO10 |
NORWAY PLEASED WITH ARCTIC POLICY BRIEFING [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with MFA North American Coordinator Morten Aasland, High North Coordinator Jostein Mickleton, and officers from the Arctic Council and High North sections, P/E Counselor delivered reftel points. The MFA officials were pleased to receive the information, and also ve [...] |
2009-01-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KGCC PBTS PHSA PREL SENV EWWT |
| 09STATE18520 |
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, [...] This is an action cable (please see para 10.) 2. Summary: The Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES), in cooperation with the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP), Embassy Jakarta, and the Regional Environmental Offices (REO) in Bangkok and Suva, announces its biennial co [...] |
2009-02-27 15:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID EFIS ENRG KGCC KSCA TBIO TPHY TSPL XB |
| 09STOCKHOLM11 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. ARCTIC POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL SENV KGCC KPAO SW |
| 10ASTANA133 |
KAZAKHSTAN TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On January 27, the Embassy delivered reftel points on the Copenhagen Accords to Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note. The CDA then reiterated the U.S. position to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov [...] |
2010-02-01 06:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGCC SENV KZ |
| 10BANGKOK163 |
THAILAND SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD BUT LAGS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ESTHoff discussed COP15 with Thailand's lead climate change negotiator on January 13; Ref A demarche was delivered to Minister of Environment on January 14. Both viewed the Copenhagen Accord positively. The PM will chair an interagency meeting on January 21 to start [...] |
2010-01-20 07:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
| 10BANGKOK454 |
HOW FAST IS BANGKOK SINKING? [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With a decades-long history of land subsidence similar to that of New Orleans, rising sea levels now threaten the 12 million people of Bangkok with inundation by 2050. ESTHoff and Embassy Science Fellow met with various academic and government actors over several weeks to [...] |
2010-02-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH |
| 10BISHKEK85 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS COPENHAGEN ACCORD DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-03 01:30:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGCC SENV KG |
| 10LISBON12 |
PORTUGAL ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW: MANY POSITIVE STEPS [...] Portugal's environmental programs, managed by the Government of Portugal Environment Agency, have produced impressive results in recent years. Ambitious renewable energy programs should enable Portugal to meet targets for greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Air and water qual [...] |
2010-01-08 15:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR KGCC ECON PREL PO |
| 10LJUBLJANA22 |
SLOVENIA WILL ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD, [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-27 10:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG SENV ENRG KGCC ECON SI |