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World Agrees to Historic 'Paris Agreement' to Address Climate Change
2015-12-12 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Negotiators from nearly 200 countries reached an agreement Saturday on what they say signifies the most important international pact to address climate change since the issue first emerged as a political priority decades ago. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who headed up the United Nations conference, commonly known as COP 21, said the final deal successfully resolved points of contention that had taken negotiations into overtime and called the agreement the best possible text. We have...
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World agrees landmark climate deal
2015-12-12 19:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of negotiations. The pact is the first to commit all countries to cut carbon emissions. The agreement is partly legally binding and partly voluntary. Earlier, key blocs, including the G77 group of developing countries, and nations such as China and India said they supported the proposals. President of the UN climate conference of parties (COP)...
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UK Government agrees with Airports Commissions expansion options in south-east
2015-12-11 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The UK Government has agreed with the Airports Commissions shortlist of options for airport expansion and the need for more runway capacity in the south-east by 2030.
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Asian Development Bank agrees loans to China to tackle pollution
2015-12-10 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to loan China $430 million to support government efforts to reduce coal use and tackle the choking smog that regularly envelops the capital and other major cities, it said on Thursday. In the first of two loans, the bank will provide $130 million to Qingdao in the eastern province of Shandong for a project to use non-coal sources of energy for heating, cooling as well as power production and distribution. The second loan will provide $300 million...
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L-3 agrees to sell cyber unit for $550 million
2015-12-08 17:38:34| IT Services - Topix.net
L-3 Chairman and Chief Executive Michael T. Strianese said in prepared remarks Tuesday that the divestiture of its National Security Solutions unit will allow the company to sharpen its focus on its more profitable defense electronics, communications and surveillance and reconnaissance systems businesses. CACI said the deal, expected to close by the end of March, is expected to add roughly $1 billion in annual revenue and expand the company's presence in enterprise information technology, intelligence services and key market areas.
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