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Ban Ki-moon calls Paris climate talks 'most complicated and difficult' ever
2015-12-11 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said the international climate talks that are edging towards a conclusion in Paris have been the most complicated and difficult negotiations he has ever been involved in. Ban said that differences still remain among the nearly 200 governments searching for a climate deal in Paris but he urged negotiators to set aside their national interests to reach a compromise. This is not a moment of talking about national perspectives. A good global solution will...
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Weakened rights language Paris climate draft spark alarm
2015-12-11 01:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rights experts urged ministers at U.N. climate talks to put respect for human rights back into the binding section of a draft new global deal to tackle global warming, after it was removed from the latest version released on Thursday evening. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is hoping to have the final text ready on Friday, and key issues remain open, with talks likely to carry on through the night. Human rights organizations, aid agencies and climate-impacted people were disappointed...
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Shipping and aviation emissions excluded from new draft Paris climate agreement
2015-12-11 01:00:00| Ship Technology
International shipping and aviation emissions have been excluded from the new draft climate agreement being negotiated at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) in Le Bourget, Paris.
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New draft text of Paris climate change deal cuts through many sticking points
2015-12-11 00:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Negotiators in Paris are within reach of a new global agreement to curb greenhouse emissions to 2030 and beyond, with the French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, saying the meeting was extremely close to the finishing line as he presented a draft text that cut through many sticking points. After reading the new draft and chairing a meeting of the so-called umbrella group of developed nations, Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop said she thought the text was about 80% there. Theres...
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Jerry Brown in Paris: Calif governor goes deep on climate change and other global threats
2015-12-11 00:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: California Gov. Jerry Brown had a song stuck in his head, and he wanted to hear it. Standing outside a conference center shortly after giving a speech on climate change, he asked for someone to play it on their phone. And when the refrain arrived, he sang along to the Barry McGuire tune from 1965 -- "We`re on the eve of destruction." "We have a theme song!" said Nancy McFadden, the governor`s top aide. It was a fitting anthem for Brown`s trip to the U.N. summit on climate change, a trip...
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