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Climate change talks offer India new opportunity
2014-11-29 17:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Boston Globe: The air in Delhi is getting thicker. As winter nears, the smog in India's capital city stifles and suffocates. It grounds airplanes. And it kills. Outdoor air pollution is the fifth leading cause of death in India, according to a study showing it led to 627,000 premature deaths in 2010 alone. There is some hope for a path through the smog, however. A new round of global climate talks begins Monday in Lima, Peru. The ideal end game is an agreement in 2015 to take bold action on climate change....
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Taiwan deserves observer status at climate talks
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Canada has long aligned its target for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions with that of the United States, but U.S. President Barack Obama moved the goalposts at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation meeting in Beijing, putting pressure on Canada to intensify its game. In announcing an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Obama said the U.S. now intends to reduce C02 emissions by 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2025. That compares with the former target of 17 per cent...
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Devil to be in detail at Lima UN climate talks
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Politically sidelined since a 2009 UN summit almost ended in a bust-up, climate change has resurfaced as a priority but faces a brutal test at talks opening in Lima on Monday. The 12-day haggle will show what happens when high-minded global vows enter an arena where national interest rules the roost. The meeting in the Peruvian capital is tasked with steering 196 parties toward the most ambitious climate pact in history - "the matrix for managing climate issues for the next 30 years," according...
UN climate change talks in Lima to set stage Paris summit
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio Australia: Representatives from almost 200 nations have begun arrive in Peru for UN climate talks that get underway on Monday. Representatives from almost 200 nations have begun arriving in the Peruvian capital, Lima, for UN climate talks that get underway on Monday. Delegates will meet for 10 days to work on a new deal to limit rising greenhouse gas emissions, meant to be agreed at a summit in Paris in December next year. Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework...
European calls for strict climate measures ahead of Lima talks
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Countries around the world must put in place a range of emission-reducing policies if global warming is to be contained, according to a nonbinding resolution adopted Nov. 26 by the European Parliament in preparation for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summit in Lima, which starts Dec. 1. In particular, a global climate deal for the post-2020 period should stimulate widespread adoption of energy efficiency and renewable-energy policies, carbon pricing and resource efficiency,...
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