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France's President Says There's a Risk the Paris Climate Talks Could Fail
2015-09-08 13:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: PARIS French President Francois Hollande warned on Monday that climate change talks in Paris later this year could fail especially if the issue of financing for emerging nations was not resolved. The United Nations said on Sept. 4 that talks were on track for the Nov. 30-Dec. 11 summit after a week of negotiations in Bonn made progress in clarifying options about everything from cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to raising aid to developing nations. "Good intentions are there, but we are still...
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Climate change talks our 'last chance' say Pacific islands
2015-09-07 20:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Pacific island nations under threat from rising seas have warned that climate talks in Paris represent the last chance to save them from obliteration. The warning came as a report castigated Australia and New Zealand for ignoring their small, impoverished neighbours calls for more robust action to cut carbon emissions. What we are talking about is survival, said Anote Tong, the President of Kiribati, a string of atolls barely 3ft (0.9m) above sea level. Its not about economic development......
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Khan for $217m sugar loan talks Felix Chaudhary
2015-09-07 14:42:21| Sugar Industry News
FIJI Sugar Corporation executive chairman Abdul Khan left the country for India this week to hold discussions with the EXIM Bank of India on funding for the $217million Rarawai mill cogeneration plant.
Why are climate change talks always in rough weather?
2015-09-05 19:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Livemint: All major world leaders agree that climate change is a massive threat. The problem is that they have not yet been able to hammer out a global deal to limit the damage. Their ability to walk the talk will once again be tested in December, when representatives of 190 countries will assemble in Paris to chalk out a plan for collective action. History is not on the side of optimism. The last time world leaders sat together to discuss climate change, in 2009 at Copenhagen, there was chaos, and the...
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US envoy to visit India, China for climate talks next week
2015-09-04 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: A senior Obama administration official will visit India and China next week to "consult" on climate change ahead of the crucial UN climate talks in Paris later this year, the White House has said. "Senior Advisor to the President, Brian Deese, will visit New Delhi on September 7 and Beijing on September 9 and 10. "He will meet with senior officials in both countries, including Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in India and Executive Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli in China, to consult on key international...
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