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Strong climate deal in Paris an "absolute necessity," top officials say
2015-11-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Observer: Top officials have stressed the "absolute necessity" of reaching a strong climate change deal at the upcoming 21st Conference of Parties (COP) summit in Paris starting Nov. 30. During the "Pre-COP" ministerial meeting in Paris that concluded Nov. 10, COP 21 president Laurent Fabius said one of the major 'progresses' reached included the more precise setting of a 2°C limit on global warming targeted ideally at 1.5°C, also agreeing upon a 'low carbon' notion. Fabius also said a successful Paris...
Paris climate deal will not be legally binding treaty
2015-11-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/79daf872-8894-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896.html#ixzz3rIPQdxeT John Kerry, US secretary of state, has warned that Decembers Paris climate change talks will not deliver a treaty that legally requires countries to cut their carbon...
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Energy Transition Underway Ahead Paris Climate Talks
2015-11-11 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As global leaders prepare to gather in Paris for the international climate negotiations next month, there are signs that a major worldwide energy transition from coal and crude oil to renewables and other less-polluting forms of energy is underway, according to an International Energy Agency report. That transition is embodied in more than 150 countries' pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change. Most of those pledges involve using more renewables such as wind and solar...
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Paris Pact May Hinge on Loss and Damage Dispute
2015-11-11 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: If rich countries don't agree to help poorer ones recover after storms amplified by global warming tear villages apart, or help communities prosper even as their homes sink into rising seas, climate negotiations in Paris risk being scuttled. A long list of disagreements is bedeviling diplomats as they prepare for a historic two-week session of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, beginning Nov. 30. A hoped-for Paris agreement could be history's most far-reaching climate pact, with...
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John Kerry Says Paris Climate Deal Will Not Be Legally Binding: Report
2015-11-11 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: A crunch climate summit in Paris will not deliver a legally binding treaty requiring countries to cut carbon emissions, US Secretary of State John Kerry told the Financial Times on Wednesday. "It's definitively not going to be a treaty... They're not going to be legally binding reduction targets like Kyoto or something," Kerry said, according to the newspaper, referring to the 1997 Kyoto protocol committing states to limit emissions. The UN Conference of Parties (COP21) meeting of some 100...
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