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3 Reasons for Dramatic Shift at Paris Climate Summit
2015-12-10 15:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: As the Paris climate summit reaches its closing days, it couldnt be more different than Copenhagen six years ago. For the first time in a major climate negotiation, the draft outcome was approved on schedule, Saturday evening. Nations which were seen as potential stumbling blocks, like India, have declared that their fundamental needs have been met in the draft. Canada, which a few months ago was in the denial camp, shocked the conference on Monday by endorsing the goal of keeping temperature...
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Paris climate deal must ensure respect for human rights
2015-12-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: From Pacific islanders losing their homelands to encroaching seas, to indigenous people forced from their forests in the name of conservation, human rights are already being violated by both climate change impacts and solutions, U.N. rights experts said. At climate talks in Paris, tasked with hammering out a new deal to tackle global warming by the end of this week, the experts called for strong language on respecting human rights and the rights of indigenous people to be included in the agreement....
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Who pays for change remains key question at the Paris climate talks
2015-12-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: International negotiators in Paris have been huddled late into the night hashing out the details of a climate change agreement to slow rising global temperatures by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With the nearly 2-week-long United Nations Climate Change Conference scheduled to end Friday, the issue of finances appears to be one of the biggest sticking points. It relates to who will pick up the costly tab of dealing with the damage already caused by global warming and at least slowing down whatever...
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Aviation emissions deal expected next year, no matter outcome of Paris talks: industry official
2015-12-10 14:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A deal on limiting carbon dioxide emissions from aviation will likely be reached next year, no matter the outcome of this week's climate change talks in Paris, a senior official from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The aviation industry is not covered by the United Nations climate talks currently being held in Paris because it is organized under a separate U.N. body, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The latest draft of the climate change...
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Women and climate change injustice: thoughts from the Paris talks
2015-12-10 14:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Winnie Byanyima, director of Oxfam International I saw my mother working in womens clubs to increase incomes, do childcare, keep girls in school. I was very aware as a little girl that I had to claim rights. It is a life story it only became my job much later. Climate change is an issue of justice. The poorest are the most vulnerable, particularly women. The drudgery of domestic work, of unpaid labour, is getting worse because of climate change. Womens roles are still quite rigid. Devastation...
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