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Federal Envoy Offers Blueprint Better Engage First Nations on Pipeline Projects

2013-12-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Vancouver sun: Prime Minister Stephen Harpers envoy to First Nations on western energy projects concluded there has not been constructive dialogue with aboriginal communities -- something the federal government must take drastic steps to change if it expects to win support for the projects. That was the blunt assessment delivered Thursday by Douglas Eyford, appointed eight months ago by Harper to engage with First Nations, industry and governments to figure out a way forward on issues of aboriginal rights...

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PH envoy: Climate change may have fueled 'Yolanda'

2013-11-28 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ABS CBN: Philippine Climate Change Commissioner Naderev "Yeb" Sao said developed countries have yet to live up to their commitments under the climate change convention to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change. However, Sao noted gains were made as UN members gathered in Warsaw, Poland for this year's climate change convention. In an interview with ANC on Thursday, Sao said another agreement was a Warsaw international mechanism that would account for the loss and impact of...

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End of UN climate talks breaks fast for Philippines envoy

2013-11-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: For Philippines diplomat Yeb Sano, Saturday's close of UN climate talks in Warsaw comes with an unusual prize: he can eat again. The climate envoy had embarked on a tea-and-water only fast on the first day of the talks on November 11, in a symbolic push for a good outcome. "I am famished. I am famished!" the senior climate envoy told AFP at the Warsaw National Stadium where the discussions ended in a number of consensus agreements on Saturday. "My doctor says I should take it slowly, so...

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Philippines envoy: UN climate talks are fight for countrys future

2013-11-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

RTCC: Yeb Sano looks tired. He speaks softly, hands clasped together, his voice occasionally cracking with emotion. And with good reason. The Philippines` lead negotiator at the 2013 UN climate change summit spent much of Friday and Saturday wondering if his family had survived Typhoon Haiyan, one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the country. He was awake most of Saturday night as the news filtered through to his hotel room in Warsaw. 10,000 people had died in the east coast city of Tacloban,...

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