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Factbox: What was agreed and what wasn't agreed in Lima climate talks
2014-12-15 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. climate negotiations wrapped up in Lima on Sunday with a modest agreement about the building blocks of a deal due to be agreed on in Paris in a year's time. Following are details of the agreements: GREENHOUSE GAS PLANS All nations will be asked to submit plans for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, known as "Intended Nationally Determined Contributions," or INDCs, to the United Nations by an informal deadline of March 31, 2015, as the core of a Paris deal. But there will be few obligations...
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BT in exclusive talks to acquire EE for 12.5bn
2014-12-15 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Proposed deal would see Deutsche Telekom take 12% stake in U.K. incumbent, while Orange would hold 4%.
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At Climate Talks in Lima, Not Same as it Ever Was?
2014-12-14 23:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Longtime readers will recall how Ive cited the Talking Heads lyric same as it ever was quite often over the years in assessing negotiations aimed at forging a new global agreement on slowing global warming and limiting its impacts. Some observers at the latest round of negotiations, which ran overtime and ended this morning in Lima, Peru, insist things are no longer the way they were, and that a new theme song may be in order. I was not at the talks this year, so Im drawing on input from a variety...
At UN climate talks, crack in rich-poor barrier
2014-12-14 23:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A last-minute deal that salvaged U.N. climate talks from collapse early Sunday sends a signal the rich-poor divide that long held up progress can be overcome with a year to go before a landmark pact is supposed to be adopted in Paris. Still, it remains to be seen whether governments can come up with a new formula for how countries in different stages of development should contribute in a way that keeps global warming from reaching dangerous levels. "This issue will be contentious and it will...
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Lima Climate Talks Produce Weak Draft for Global Treaty
2014-12-14 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A climate deal reached late today by world governments at a UN conference in Lima keeps negotiations on track for a universal global climate treaty in Paris in 2015, but the weak text points to a tough year of talks ahead. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the outcome of the UN-backed climate conference, praising delegates for setting the groundwork for a more conclusive agreement to be reached in Paris. The UN Climate Change Conference, known also as Conference of the Parties...
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