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Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord Paris
2015-12-12 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Representatives of 195 countries reached a landmark climate accord on Saturday that would, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change. Delegates who have been negotiating intensely in this Paris suburb for two weeks gathered for the final plenary session where, suddenly, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius of France asked for opposition to the deal and, hearing none, gaveled the session...
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Nearly 200 nations near historic deal to slow global warming
2015-12-12 16:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: France presented what it called a "final draft" of an unprecedented deal to slow global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the levels that nature can absorb, and urged negotiators from nearly 200 nations to approve it Saturday. If the pact known as "the Paris agreement" is approved, countries would be committed to keeping the rise in global temperatures by the year 2100 compared with pre-industrial times "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and "endeavor to limit"...
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Nations on the Brink of Landmark Climate Accord in Paris
2015-12-12 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Representatives of 195 countries faced the prospect on Saturday of turning the final draft of a landmark climate accord into a legal document that would, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering greenhouse gas emissions as a way to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change. Delegates who have been negotiating intensely in this Paris suburb for two weeks were presented with the final draft of the document Saturday afternoon, after a tense morning when the text was...
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India can accept 1.5C warming limit if rich nations make carbon cuts
2015-12-06 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: India could accept a tougher global warming limit of 1.5C in a proposed UN climate deal, but only on the condition richer nations make radical greenhouse gas cuts to meet it. In an interview with Climate Home, Susheel Kumar, Delhis chief negotiator at the COP21 summit in Paris said he had no problem with the world adopting a more ambitious temperature goal. If the global community decides it should be 0.5C what problem should a developing country have? It means developed countries would...
Climate funding piles up, but nations argue over how quickly
2015-12-06 10:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Developed nations have mobilised some $80-$90 billion per year to help the poorest survive a warmer world, delegates at Paris climate talks said, but emerging countries dispute the figures and say a goal of $100 billion by 2020 is far from reach. The issue is central to U.N. talks in Paris, where nearly 200 nations are trying to forge a new pact on climate change. In October, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which represents rich nations, calculated that financial...
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