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Climate change deal agreed at UN negotiations in Peru
2014-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: United Nations member states have agreed an agreement on tackling climate change at negotiations in Peru, that ran days longer than scheduled. The deal will see each country set a target to reduce carbon emissions by next year. It also significantly departs from one of the core principles of recent international climate change negotiations -- that rich countries should carry the burden of emissions reduction, according to the Guardian. Environmental groups criticized the agreement as weak and...
Deadlock on final day of Peru climate talks
2014-12-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: The United Nations climate talks in Peru entered their final stretch on Friday overshadowed by a long-running dispute over shared responsibility to slow down global warming. Negotiators in the Peruvian capital, Lima, were expected to attempt to break a deadlock between wealthy and developing countries on the key elements of an international pact to collectively tackle climate change. Campaigners in Lima, however, said they feared a weak-willed compromise. "The latest text which countries are working...
U.N. climate talks in Peru deadlocked
2014-12-13 11:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Already well into overtime, U.N. climate talks reached a standstill Saturday, as developing countries rejected a draft deal they said would allow rich countries to shirk their responsibilities to fight global warming and pay for its impacts. The main goal for the two-week session in Lima was relatively modest: reach agreement on what information should go into the pledges that countries submit for a global climate pact expected to be adopted next year in Paris. See also: A 'weak' outcome feared...
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Greenpeace Treads Over Historic Site, Apologizes to Peru
2014-12-12 18:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: It's not hard to argue that the environmental activist group Greenpeace takes action with good intentions in mind. Their latest stunt, for instance, was intended to send a message about climate change to leaders and ministers at the ongoing UN climate talks in Peru. However, they treaded across a sacred and delicate world heritage site to do so, earning significant global backlash in the process. Before dawn on Monday, twenty Greenpeace activists from seven countries unfurled massive yellow letters...
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Peru: Thousands March in Lima Demanding Climate Action
2014-12-11 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the United Nations climate summit in Lima, Peru, where high-level talks have just gotten under way. Here is the coverage from today: Putting People Before Profit: Thousands March in Peruvian Peoples Climate March in Lima On Wednesday, climate justice activists from around world marched in Lima at the peoples climate march. We hear voices from Uganda, Mozambique, Australia, Canada Peru, Nigeria, and more. We the people have come together to stand up against...
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