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France to formally ratify Paris climate accord on June 15 - Minister
2016-06-10 09:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Francois Hollande will formally sign the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, June 15, making France the first industrialized nation to ratify the landmark accord, Environment Minister Segolene Royal said on Friday. France's Senate adopted a bill authorizing the government to ratify the agreement on Wednesday after a near unanimous vote by the lower house in May, Royal told a carbon pricing forum in Paris. Royal, who is the current chair of the United Nations climate talks COP21,...
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Weekly wrap: France pushes EU to ratify Paris climate deal
2016-06-03 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: France environment minister Segolene Royal appears undeterred by the EUs sloth-like stance on ratifying the Paris climate agreement. In theory, all 28 member states need to domestically approve the deal before the bloc can formally join at the UN. That could take one, maybe two years. Royals not buying the timeline, calling for fellow environment ministers attending a 20 June EU meeting in Brussels to come with their plans for ratification. Bonne nouvelle: Conseil envir du 20 juin sera...
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French Parliament passes law to ratify Paris Agreement
2016-05-17 23:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: French lawmakers almost unanimously passed a law on Tuesday to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. The host nation of last year`s critical climate summit is aiming to finalise the formalities, which also require Senate approval, before the summer recess. Ahead of the vote, environment minister Segolene Royal revealed plans to set a national carbon floor price at around EUR30 a tonne. "It is very important that this momentum is followed by a coalition of other countries, she said...
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China, U.S. pledge to ratify Paris climate deal this year
2016-04-25 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China and the United States, the world's top producers of greenhouse gas emissions, pledged on Friday to formally adopt by the end of the year a Paris deal to slow global warming, raising the prospects of it being enforced much faster than anticipated. The United Nations said 175 states took the first step of signing the deal on Friday, the biggest day one endorsement of a global agreement. Of those, 15 states also formally notified the United Nations that they had ratified the deal. Many countries...
China to ratify Paris Agreement by September
2016-04-23 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gosport Times: The United Nations said 175 states took the first step of signing the deal on Friday, the biggest day one endorsement of a global agreement. The historic global deal also marks a significant step that has brought together developing and developed nations for action on cutting down greenhouse gas emissions to combat global warming. The agreement was reached in Paris in December 2015. Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett signed the agreement at a ceremony at the United Nations in NY. Meanwhile,...
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