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UN drops plan to charge for events at climate talks
2014-07-10 09:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The United Nations Climate Change Secretariat has withdrawn a plan to start charging non-governmental organisations and other groups to hold events and exhibits on the sidelines of U.N. climate negotiations, after protests the move might exclude the voices of the poor. At talks in Bonn last month, the secretariat announced it would begin charging a fixed, flat-rate fee of $1,000 for each side event and exhibit beginning at December's U.N. climate conference in Lima. But in response to opposition...
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