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Struggle for agreement at UN climate talks as green groups walk out
2013-11-21 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Environmental campaigners walked out en-masse from climate talks here in Warsaw saying they felt no progress was possible. Several hundred people left the national stadium venue amid anger over the slow pace of negotiations. But UK climate secretary Ed Davey told reporters he still expected "modest progress" to be made. And other negotiators indicated that a deal was possible on some of the most contentious issues. The talks began almost two weeks ago in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan with...
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Citizen groups walk out of UN Climate Summit to protest lack of ambition
2013-11-21 18:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Australia, Japan and Poland blamed for sabotaging UN Climate Summit talks. Thirteen citizen groups-including Oxfam, Greenpeace, and WWF-have walked out of ongoing climate talks in Warsaw to protest what they view as a lack of ambition and long-stalled progress on combating global climate change. Nearly 200 governments are currently meeting in Warsaw, Poland at the the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP) for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is meant to prepare the...
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COP 19: Civil society groups quit Warsaw Climate Summit
2013-11-21 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Hundreds of people representing civil society groups from across the world have today walked out of the Warsaw Climate Summit, amid accusations the UN negotiations have been hijacked by lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry seeking to water down carbon reduction targets. WWF, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, ActionAid and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) were among about 15 groups that staged a protest walk-out from the summit. But the groups now plan to rally their troops in...
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Inaction on climate change will increase civil unrest, warn leading groups
2013-11-21 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Leaders of seven of the world's largest development, environment and trade union groups have warned governments to expect rising protests and civil disobedience if they do not make rapid progress on climate change. In a joint meeting at climate talks in Warsaw, Oxfam, Greenpeace, WWF, ActionAid, Friends of the Earth, Christian Aid and the International Trade Union Confederation (Ituc) called on goverrnments to set strong targets for emission cuts, back renewable energy and provide money for developing...
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United Kingdom: Police use cash and blackmail to recruit informers in political groups
2013-11-21 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cambridgeshire Police appear to have said relatively little following the revelation that police attempted to recruit a young activist to spy on students and other campaigners. However Simon Parr, the Cambridgeshire chief constable, has intimated that his force was only doing what police forces across the country are doing. The BBC has quoted him as saying :"We are gathering intelligence from a number of sources as every force does, on things we believe may be of interest in keeping the public...
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