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Warsaw talks may yield setup to deal with climate change impacts
2013-11-18 15:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: A dedicated institutional mechanism to address the adverse impacts of climate change such as extreme weather events like Typhoon Haiyan and Cyclone Phailin may well be within reach at the end of the ongoing global talks at Warsaw. After a weekend of intense negotiations, government representatives have prepared a draft plan that will be taken up for further discussions by the ministers when they arrive in Warsaw over the next two days. The draft acknowledges that addressing loss and damage...
Fears deadlock at UN climate talks in Warsaw
2013-11-18 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Irish Times: Gloom to match Warsaws overcast skies has descended over the UNs 19th climate change conference, with little progress made during the first week despite the Philippines typhoon disaster and an impassioned plea for urgent action from its climate envoy, Yeb Sano. Hundreds of climate activists braved the chill to march on Saturday from the citys Palace of Culture past the National Stadium, where the conference is being held, to a rally in nearby Skaryszewski Park. Organised by Polands small Green...
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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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Dismay in Warsaw as Japan abandons greenhouse target
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Japan shocked delegates at the UN Climate Conference Friday by abandoning its plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. Instead it will increase them by 3.1 percent. The announcement, made Thursday in Tokyo in the middle of the night Warsaw time, cited the shutdown of the nuclear industry in Japan following the Fukushima accident as a reason for abandoning the 25 percent target. But environment groups condemned this as a mere excuse. I have no way of describing my dismay....
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'Vocal group' representing Caribbean at Warsaw climate talks
2013-11-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: The The 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol began here on Monday with the Caribbean having a relatively small but "very, very vocal" delegation at the talks, according to a source familiar with the closed-door negotiations. "For small island states, loss and damage is a major, major issue and at the same...
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