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Worlds poorest nations plan to take lead at climate talks
2013-03-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: The planets Least Developed Countries (LDC) say they have lost patience with the glacial pace of the UN climate change talks and plan to set their own agenda. Representatives from the 49-strong LDC group met in Kathmandu over the weekend to discuss a response to the Doha Gateway agreed at the last round of UN talks in December 2012. LDC nations, who include some of the worlds most climate vulnerable states, repeated their concerns that the emission reduction and financial pledges from developed...
Brics nations meet to cement relations
2013-03-26 01:10:45| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Will BRICS delegates be as enthusiastic as the dancers?
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VIDEO: Can Brics nations maintain their power?
2013-03-25 03:48:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
South Africa hosts the latest Brics summit at a time when growth rate in the member nations has been slowing.
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Nations urged to combine environmental and development goals
2013-03-21 13:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Degradation of the natural world is undermining efforts to reduce poverty, warn scientists, who say the only chance of achieving global prosperity is for all countries to combine poverty and environmental targets. World leaders should set six goals around universal clean energy, an end to water and food shortages, thriving lives and livelihoods, and healthy and productive ecosystems, they say. Prof David Griggs, director of the Monash Sustainability Institute in Australia, argues in an article...
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$2.1B United Nations Renovation Complicated by Working Within Operational Campus
2013-03-20 20:28:10| ENR.com: Headline News
Though the project is 12% over budget, the team has managed to avoid major disruption to regular UN activities, including 8,000 conferences and 1-million visitors annually since 2008.
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