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Whither Copenhagen promise of funding developing countries?
New Delhi :: India | over 2 years ago
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November 17, 2010 AP A man washes utensils at a polluted River Brahmaputra in Guwahati. File Photo Developed countries at the 15th Conference had committed to provide around $30 billion for 2010-12 Developed countries are failing to meet the funding
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World at risk of "red card" over climate
Copenhagen :: Denmark | almost 3 years ago
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Climate negotiators gave a standing ovation to the outgoing head of the UN climate change secretariat yesterday even after he told them they would be at risk of a red card in a soccer match for wasting time. Dutchman Yvo de Boer, who steps down from
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UN climate chief faces rich-poor split
Bonn :: Germany | 3 years ago
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Figueres, picked by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday, says she wants rich nations to keep promises of more aid and aims to rebuild trust after the Copenhagen summit in December fell short of a legally binding deal. But a new, 42-page
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Costa Rican Woman to head the UN Climate Panel
Christiana Figueres, 53, of Costa RIca has been appointed as the UN climate chief.An expert in climate negotiations and daughter of Costa RIca's former president, she will be replacing Yvo de
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Bolivia Throws Down Gauntlet, Demands Real Climate Action
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 years ago
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Max Ajl, t r u t h o u t News Analysis It was a rounding error: 3, 3.5 million dollars, the amount of funding in climate aid that the United States had taken away from Bolivia, in explicit retribution for Bolivia's filibuster at the Copenhagen
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Skirmishes renewed at UN climate conference
Bonn :: Germany | 3 years ago
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Germany (AP) — Climate negotiators renewed their skirmishes this weekend at their first conference since the acrimonious summit in Copenhagen, split over how to continue efforts to reach an all-encompassing agreement to control greenhouse gases and
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Climate aid threat to countries that refuse to back Copenhagen accord
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 years ago
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Rich countries have threatened to cut vital aid to the developing nations if they do not back the deal agreed at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, it has emerged. The pressure on poor countries to support the US, EU and UK-brokered Copenhagen
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Bolivia protests US suspension of climate aid
Bonn :: Germany | 3 years ago
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Germany (AP) — Bolivia has protested the suspension of U.S. climate aid as "a very bad practice," but says it won't change its policies on global warming. Bolivian delegate Pablo Salon confirms that the U.S. reduced aid after it
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Climate talks could pick up from failed summit
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 years ago
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Delegates from 175 countries begin a three-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, on Friday with an open session meant to be a stocktaking. But it could turn bitter over blame for the failure to deliver a firm agreement in the Danish capital on limiting
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New UN expert group to study ship emissions
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 years ago
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The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) estimates that these emissions could increase by 150-250% by the year 2050 in line with the expected continued growth in international seaborne trade ( EurActiv 19/05/09 )...Ahead of the Copenhagen
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