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Momentum Is Growing for a Climate Deal in Paris
2015-11-28 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: More than 140 world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama and Xi Jinping of China are gathering in Paris for Frances biggest diplomatic event since 1948, striving to reach the first truly global deal to curb greenhouse gases. The two weeks of United Nations-sponsored talks have already gathered pledges to reduce emissions from 177 of the 195 countries involved, signaling broader support for a deal than when envoys last attempted to reach one six years ago. Those discussions in Copenhagen...
Commonwealth wants ambitious, legally-binding deal in Paris
2015-11-28 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: Ahead of the Paris summit, the Commonwealth today committed itself to working towards an "ambitious" and "legally-binding" climate deal as it asserted that vulnerable countries must be assisted by the rich nations in combating climate change. The 53-nation bloc, including India, agreed to work towards a legally-binding outcome at the COP21 and said the climate change challenge could only be met by an urgent global response. Coming out with a statement after two days of deliberations at its biennial...
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Climate talks start tomorrow: Paris hosts world for earth
2015-11-28 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: IN THE strongest-ever push for a global agreement on climate change, leaders and monarchs from nearly 150 countries will assemble under one roof here on Monday, hoping that the show of solidarity would force a different result from the one six years ago when they last gathered in such numbers for the same cause. Unlike any previous climate change meeting -- an annual year-end event -- the two-week conference in Paris will kickstart with the high-profile presence of heads of states and governments...
Paris climate talks avoid scientists goal of carbon budget
2015-11-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: After two decades of talks that failed to slow the relentless pace of global warming, negotiators from almost 200 countries are widely expected to sign a deal in the next two weeks to take concrete steps to cut emissions. The prospect of progress, any progress, has elicited cheers in many quarters. The pledges that have already been announced represent a clear and determined down payment on a new era of climate ambition from the global community of nations, said Christiana Figueres, executive...
Trudeau looks to recast Canada's role in climate diplomacy at Paris talks
2015-11-28 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new government is touting the role it can play in fostering support for a climate-change agreement at this week's Commonwealth summit and at upcoming talks in Paris. It is, undoubtedly, a change from the former Conservative government of Stephen Harper, which never saw pushing for a global climate-change deal as its mission in the world. But it's a rush into climate diplomacy for a new government that still has only half a climate-change policy - with no new emissions...
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