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India on Monday criticised a draft Danish proposal for the December 7-18 summit as a "dead end". The draft included a goal of halving world emissions by 2050 from 1990 levels. "The Danish government consults with various countries both bilaterally and...
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Last spring, when many people were still only dimly aware of the world climate summit planned for Copenhagen, Josh Minney, a Northeastern University senior, stayed up much of the night writing a paper justifying why he should be allowed to go...Some are...
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Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images The EU was accused of threatening the global climate talks last night after confidential papers showed it wants existing overseas aid funding to be used to help poor countries adapt to global warming, not new and additional...
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The EU wants a Copenhagen agreement to contain rapid action for adaptation measures and against deforestation. This was the message presented by Swedish Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren in a debate in the European Parliament on Tuesday. "Rapid...
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Cancer Deaths Surging As Lifestyles Change Dagi Kimani 23 November 2009 Nairobi — When 700 cancer experts met recently in Dar es Salaam, few had illusions about the challenges facing them. Many were, however, still shocked by the facts that emerged from...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet his climate change negotiators before he takes off on Saturday for a bilateral visit to the US where he is expected to discuss with US President Barack Obama the coming Copenhagen summit. India needs to firm up...
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The UN summit runs Dec 7-18, and according to Ritzau the heads of state and government were invited for the concluding days of Dec 17-18. According to the UN, some 40 heads of state and government have signalled they intended to attend the talks including...
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All eyes of the world are looking to the United States and to this august body, the US Senate," he said at the media briefing, flanked by US Senators John Kerry, Richard Lugar and Joe Lieberman. Highlighting that in less than a month world leaders are...
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Europe has given up hope that a binding global treaty on climate change can be achieved at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December. On Thursday (5 November), EU leaders and officials bluntly briefed reporters in Barcelona at the last series of...
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Developing countries said on Wednesday they risked "total destruction" unless the rich stepped up the fight against climate change to a level that even the United Nations says is out of reach. Keeping up pressure at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona, the...
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