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Poor Countries Push Rich Nations To Do More On Climate Change
2013-11-20 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Delegates to the U.N. climate change conference in Poland from many of the world's poorer nations are asking wealthier countries to pay compensation to the impoverished countries bearing the brunt of climate change. Melissa Block talks to Munjurul Hannan Khan, negotiator and spokesman for the Least Developed Countries Group about the tensions between rich and poor countries.
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China, India Prod Rich Nations to Move First on Global Warming
2013-11-20 12:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China and India are stepping up pressure on wealthy countries to move first on fighting global warming, saying the earliest industrialized nations are the most to blame for rising temperatures. Speaking at talks involving 190 nations that aim to forge a new treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the developing nations said their richer counterparts should provide more details on a pledge to boost climate aid to $100 billion a year and on how they will cut their own emissions before the poorer...
Want a climate deal? Rich nations will have to pay up to help poor ones
2013-11-19 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Its helpful to understand game theory if you want to know why its so difficult to reach an international deal to reduce climate emissions. Everyone will be better off if everyone does their part, but if one country gets away with doing nothing while the others reduce their emissions, that country would be the biggest winner of all, enjoying the benefits of averted catastrophe without any of the costs. That calculation could lead to a lot of countries bailing out. No one wants to be the sucker who...
Merck brings maternity program from poor nations to U.S. as deaths rise
2013-11-19 17:02:34| Biotech - Topix.net
Merck & Co on Tuesday said it is expanding its "Merck for Mothers" program, which aims to reduce pregnancy-related deaths from impoverished countries such as Senegal and Zambia, to the United States - a stark reminder of how far the country lags other wealthy nations on key measures of health.
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Impasse in Warsaw climate talks as developing nations stay united
2013-11-17 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: The Warsaw round of climate negotiations has reached an impasse after a week of talks, with developing nations raising concerns over efforts to deal with climate change in the run-up to the new global regime, which will come into force in 2020, while industrialised countries are pushing for emission reduction plans beyond 2020. Developing nations have so far put up a united front. A deal at Warsaw will, therefore, require the developed countries to come up with meaningful measures to deal with...
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