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Parisians will try car-free Sunday as run-up hosting climate talks
2015-09-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: On Sept. 27, the city of Paris will banish cars to reclaim its streets and drive home a message as it prepares to host a landmark climate change summit in December. Between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on that Sunday, most parts of the central districts of the French capital will be closed off to private motorized vehicles. As Paris will host the Conference of the Parties this year, this flagship initiative has a strong symbolic value, Christophe Najdovski, the deputy mayor of Paris in charge of transport,...
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IIIT talks in final leg
2015-09-09 22:10:05| IT Services - Topix.net
The state IT department is inching closer to signing MoUs with private partners Tata Motors and Tata Consultancy Services over the long-pending IIIT in the wake of the Union government's green light to land for the project in Kanke block this May. A meeting in this regard has now been fixed with all stakeholders and chief secretary Rajiv Gauba on September 16. S.V. Sahu, a deputy director-rank officer of the IT department who will meet Union HRD officials in New Delhi on September 14 on formalities related to the IIIT, said the meeting at the chief secretary's office on September 16 will be crucial. "All stakeholders will be taking part in the meeting to discuss MoU modalities," he said.
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Robi, Airtel confirm merger talks in Bangladesh
2015-09-09 16:15:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Mobile operators Robi Axiata and Airtel Bangladesh are in talks to merge their operations in Bangladesh. Airtel said in an statement that MAlaysia-based Axiata and India-based Bharti Airtel were in exclusive discussions on the merger in Bangladesh, which would create the country's second-largest operator. Robi is currently the third-largest mobile operator in Bangladesh with around 28 million customers, while Airtel has 9 million subscribers. If the merger goes ahead, Vimpelcom's Banglalink would be pushed to third place, while Robi-Airtel take second place, behind Grameenphone. According to the latest figures from market regulator BRTC, Grameenphone is market leader with almost 54 million subscribers while Banglalink has 32 million customers. In total the Bangladesh mobile industry served 128 million customers at the end of July.
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French president warns climate talks could fail
2015-09-08 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: French President François Hollande is warning that a landmark United Nations climate change conference later this year could fail. Hollande told reporters on Monday that early negotiations on a climate change accord have stalled over the question of financing for developing countries. Good intentions are there, but we are still far away from a legally binding agreement and financing that is up to the levels needed," Hollande said, according to Reuters. "There is even a risk of failure." Government...
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GOP's Plan to Undermine Global Climate Talks
2015-09-08 13:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: Top Republican lawmakers are planning a wide-ranging offensive - including outreach to foreign officials by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office - to undermine President Barack Obama's hopes of reaching an international climate change agreement that would cement his environmental legacy. The GOP strategy, emerging after months of quiet discussions, includes sowing doubts about Obama's climate policies at home and abroad, trying to block key environmental regulations in Congress, and...
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