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G20 promises "strong & effective" climate action following "trench warfare" w/ Australia
2014-11-17 11:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The G20 yesterday reasserted its commitment to "strong and effective action to address climate change", announcing new measures to promote energy and fuel efficiency and reaffirming its commitment to phasing out "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies", financing a new Green Climate Fund, and finalising a new international climate change treaty in Paris next year. However, reports quickly emerged revealing how the passages on climate change included in the communique released at the end of the Brisbane...
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Australia, China to sign trade deal
2014-11-17 04:32:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australia and China are to sign a free trade agreement that Canberra says will open up markets worth billions of dollars to Australian exporters.
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Australia & China in joint effort to combat climate change
2014-11-17 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China and Australia on Monday agreed to work jointly to combat climate change by sharing technology aimed at improving the efficiency of coal usage. The two countries will cooperate to deliver practical climate change outcomes through energy efficiency technology, improved emissions data reporting and other means, according to a statement issued by Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop
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Australia: World leaders turn up heat on Tony Abbotts climate change stance
2014-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been struggling to avoid one very hot topic at Brisbane's G20 summit but it seems it was inevitable. With Sunday's temperature scorching to over 40, climate change has been a very topical conversation among world leaders, who have probed the Aussie PM in a number of 'difficult discussions'. With the G20 nations turning up the heat on the host and Australian PM for some 'real action' on the issue, the final address confirmed the G20 nations have strongly...
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G20 leaders force Australia back down climate change language
2014-11-16 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: World leaders have forced Australia to include stronger language on climate change in the G20 communique, but Tony Abbott told the summit that as the leader of a major coal producer he would be standing up for coal. The references demanded by other leaders, including the US president, Barack Obama, were reluctantly accepted by Australia at the last minute. They included a call for contributions to the international green climate fund that the prime minister has previously derided and for the...
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