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Landscapes debate could reinvigorate UN climate talks in Warsaw negotiator
2013-10-26 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A dedicated Global Landscapes Forum to coincide with upcoming international climate change talks in Warsaw will highlight the benefits of taking a holistic approach to land-use management and could give the strategy a key role in efforts to curb global warming, an international climate negotiator has said. Negotiators are expected to broaden the scope of talks rather than solving some of the controversial details related to the verification of carbon emissions under the UN-backed REDD+ (Reducing...
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Warsaw to lay climate deal basics
2013-10-09 13:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Polands environment minister says his challenge at next months climate conference will be to lay foundations for a new global emission cuts deal. Marcin Korolec told The Associated Press that the United Nations COP19 conference in Warsaw will require huge work in making some 200 participating nations agree on conditions for a deal to be signed in 2015 in Paris. A major point of contention is how to divide the burden of cuts between industrialized nations and emerging economies. The deal...
EIB lends PLK 235m for Warsaw to Radom railway line upgrade
2013-09-20 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing an additional 235m to Polands infrastructure firm PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PLK) to upgrade the 92.5km electrified railway line that connects Warsaw and Radom.
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UN climate finance talks lay foundation for Warsaw summit
2013-09-13 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: More than 120 representatives of Governments, international organisations, civil society and the private sector gathered this week for the UN`s long-term finance wrap-up meeting in Incheon, South Korea. Hopes were that discussions would generate specific recommendations for Ministers to consider when they meet in Warsaw in November. Whilst differences clearly remain, there are reasons for optimism that Ministers may converge on elements that would build momentum towards an agreement on long-term...
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What to expect in the Warsaw climate change talks
2013-06-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IRIN: The floods in India's Uttarakhand State, which may have claimed as many as 5,000 lives, were prompted by an unusually high amount of rainfall. The disaster, possibly the largest so far this year, underscores what is at stake in the UN's upcoming climate talks in Warsaw, Poland. "We do know that in warmer climate situations, we expect the atmosphere to be able to hold more moisture, and therefore that heavy rainfall events will become more common in the future," said Andrew Turner, a monsoon expert...
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