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Climate change draft finalised in Paris
2015-12-12 05:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The years-long quest for a universal pact to avert catastrophic climate change has neared the finish line with a draft agreement completed in Paris. After nearly two weeks of tough haggling between bureaucrats and ministers from around the world, French and UN officials have completed a line-by-line edit of an historic agreement that seeks to slow global warming and ease its impacts. 'We have a text to present,' an official in the office of Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who presides over the...
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COP21: Climate deal draft text 'agreed' in Paris
2015-12-12 05:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An official in the office of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the AFP news agency the draft would be presented to ministers at 10:30 GMT. No details of the proposed agreement have been released so far. The tentative deal was reached nearly 16 hours after the talks had been scheduled to close. "We have a text to present," the official said, adding that the draft would be now translated into the UN's six official languages. Analysts say that this is far from a done deal - ratification...
#COP21: Final draft of climate deal ready for adoption
2015-12-12 05:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: French and United Nations officials completed an edit early Saturday, December 12, of the final draft to be presented to ministers for adoption, conference host France said, after nearly two weeks of tough haggling for a climate rescue pact. "We have a text to present," an official in the office of Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who presides over the talks, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). After translation into the UN's 6 official languages, the document will be presented to ministers at...
In final push for landmark climate deal, end of fossil fuel era nears
2015-12-12 05:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At the tail end of the hottest year on record, climate negotiators in Paris will aim on Saturday to seal a landmark accord that will transform the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and turn the tide on global warming. After four years of fraught U.N. talks often pitting the interests of rich nations against poor, imperiled island states against rising economic powerhouses, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will unveil the latest text of a climate deal on Saturday at 9 a.m. (0300...
Climate deal negotiators: 'No-one is sleeping much'
2015-12-12 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Climate deal negotiators are working through a third night in Paris. It's tiring work not just for them but also the thousands of campaigners and journalists covering the event. Video journalist Paul Harris has been asking them whether it has been worth it.
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