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Who's in line to be the next UN climate change chief?
2016-02-24 11:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Theres a well-paid vacancy at the United Nations going at the moment. After six years in the hot-seat, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres is off, with a global pact at the top of her CV. The hunt is on for her replacement, the UN job portal is open, the salary in the region of $200,000 (143,000). Applicants need to demonstrate vision, communication skills, experience of working with senior leaders and be a patient sort. With less than five years until a new global pact comes into...
French ex-FM Fabius says will quit as head of UN climate forum
2016-02-15 22:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Former French foreign minister Laurent Fabius will step down as president of COP21, the UN's climate forum, after being appointed head of France's constitutional court, according to a resignation letter seen by AFP. Fabius wrote on Monday to President Francois Hollande "to tender (his) resignation" as head of COP21, a post in which he helped to steer the troubled UN climate talks to a successful conclusion in Paris last December. Fabius, 69, had expected to stay in the one-year post until November...
French ecology minister Segolene Royal pushes carbon pricing at UN
2016-01-28 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Time to turn climate pledges into concrete action: France Tests on Volkswagen cars show pollution cheating: French environment minister World will bypass 2C global warming limit despite carbon pledges: Experts Fear 'few' nations could block climate summit: Hollande 'Too late' for world if no climate deal in Paris: France French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal has made the case for higher carbon pricing to promote green technology at a UN gathering of investors. "We need a carbon price, to give...
Climate deal caps a long quest for UN chief
2015-12-26 01:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: When international negotiators reached a first-of-its kind climate change agreement in Paris this month, the United Nations' normally low-key leader, Ban Ki-moon, celebrated onstage, arms raised in victory and more exuberant than many had ever seen him before. Nearly nine years had passed since, in his first days as secretary-general, Ban surprised world leaders by making global warming a top item on his agenda. Now, on the eve of his final year in office, the cheers in Paris marked the culmination...
Number global migrants rises dramatically, especially in Asia: U.N
2015-12-18 17:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The number of international migrants soared to 244 million this year, an increase of more than 40 percent from the year 2000, as economic need, global markets and a desire for better lives put more people on the move, the United Nations said on Friday. Nearly half of the world's migrants were born in Asia, which has provided the most migrants - 1.7 million people per year - over the last 15 years, followed by Europe, according to a report by the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs....
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