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UN talks limp towards global 2015 climate deal
2013-11-23 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Almost 200 countries on Saturday kept alive hopes for a global deal in 2015 to fight climate change after overcoming disputes on greenhouse gas emissions cuts and aid for poor nations at a meeting widely criticised as lacking urgency. Governments agreed in Poland that a new deal in 2015 would consist of a patchwork of national contributions to curb emissions that could blur a 20-year-old distinction between the obligations of rich and poor nations. The two-week meeting also created a Warsaw...
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Main decisions at U.N. climate talks in Warsaw
2013-11-23 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Around 195 countries ended a two-week meeting in Warsaw on Saturday evening to agree the outlines of a deal meant to be agreed in 2015 to combat global warming. Following are some of the main decisions: FINANCE Developed nations promised in 2009 to increase their aid to poorer countries to help them cope with climate change to $100 billion a year after 2020, from $10 billion a year in 2010-12. But in Warsaw they rejected calls to set targets for 2013-19. A draft text merely urged developed...
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Warsaw climate talks set to reach deal to agree targets on emissions cuts
2013-11-23 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Marathon talks on a new global agreement on climate change looked likely to end on Saturday night in a partial deal that would require all countries to come forward with targets on curbing their greenhouse gas emissions within a little over a year. The deal looked likely to be struck after a fortnight of negotiations ran into an unscheduled extra day because countries could not agree on a timetable for setting clear national targets on cuts in carbon. There were angry scenes and bitter rows,...
Last Minute Deal Reached at UN Climate Talks, Falls Far Short of Expectations
2013-11-23 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: For the first time, all countries of the world have agreed to make contributions in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the planets temperature rising above the 2°C danger limit previously agreed by politicians. With corporations--incluidng steel giant Arcelor Mittal, General Motors and Emirates--sponsoring the UN climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, youth activists stand in solidarity with the Philippines demanding: "Stop the Corporate Capture of Climate Talks." Thirty hours after the...
Modest deal breaks deadlock at UN climate talks
2013-11-23 19:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Avoiding a last-minute breakdown, annual U.N. climate talks limped forward Saturday with a modest set of decisions meant to pave the way for a new pact to fight global warming. More than 190 countries agreed in Warsaw to start preparing "contributions" for the new deal, which is supposed to be adopted in 2015. That term was adopted after China and India objected to the word "commitments" in a standoff with the U.S. and other developed countries. The fast-growing economies say they are still...
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