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At Climate Meeting, Tensions Rise Between Rich And Poor Nations
2013-11-20 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: At the United Nations climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, conflict between rich and poor nations is mounting. The developing world wants large sums of money to help them adapt to climate change. The U.S. and Europe say they're doing what they can to help but times are tough.
Poor Countries Push Rich Nations To Do More On Climate Change
2013-11-20 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Delegates to the U.N. climate change conference in Poland from many of the world's poorer nations are asking wealthier countries to pay compensation to the impoverished countries bearing the brunt of climate change. Melissa Block talks to Munjurul Hannan Khan, negotiator and spokesman for the Least Developed Countries Group about the tensions between rich and poor countries.
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Green groups urge rich states to stop blocking climate loss mechanism
2013-11-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of 120 environment and development groups delivered an open letter to ministers at U.N. climate talks on Tuesday, urging the establishment of an international mechanism on climate-induced loss and damage in Warsaw, as some rich nations continued to block the step. A lack of international ambition to cut greenhouse gas emissions and low levels of climate finance mean that vulnerable communities, ecosystems and countries "face increasing loss and damage due to climate change impacts on an...
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China, India Prod Rich Nations to Move First on Global Warming
2013-11-20 12:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China and India are stepping up pressure on wealthy countries to move first on fighting global warming, saying the earliest industrialized nations are the most to blame for rising temperatures. Speaking at talks involving 190 nations that aim to forge a new treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the developing nations said their richer counterparts should provide more details on a pledge to boost climate aid to $100 billion a year and on how they will cut their own emissions before the poorer...
Want a climate deal? Rich nations will have to pay up to help poor ones
2013-11-19 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Its helpful to understand game theory if you want to know why its so difficult to reach an international deal to reduce climate emissions. Everyone will be better off if everyone does their part, but if one country gets away with doing nothing while the others reduce their emissions, that country would be the biggest winner of all, enjoying the benefits of averted catastrophe without any of the costs. That calculation could lead to a lot of countries bailing out. No one wants to be the sucker who...
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