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Don't let Paris attacks stop COP21 climate change deal, pleads Obama
2015-11-22 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Barack Obama has moved to ensure that the Paris attacks do not sabotage a crucial climate change summit in the city next week, urging his fellow leaders to attend and strike a new deal on global warming. The US president spoke out amid concerns that security fears in Paris coupled with an understandable deflection of French attention away from the imminent two-week summit might undermine chances for a historic agreement to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. I think its absolutely vital for...
Barack Obama optimistic of reaching climate change deal at Paris summit
2015-11-18 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US president Barack Obama said on Wednesday he was optimistic an elusive deal to contain global warming could be forged at an upcoming crunch summit in Paris, and insisted an ambitious deal would boost a flagging world economy. In a speech to an Asia-Pacific business conference in the Philippines, Obama said there was still a lot of work to do to ensure success at the United Nations summit. Nevertheless, Im optimistic that we can get an outcome that were all proud of, because we understand...
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UK, India agree 3.2bn low carbon deal ahead Paris climate talks
2015-11-13 11:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The British government has announced a low carbon trading partnership with India worth billions, weeks before a global climate change summit kicks off in France. A press release said the 3.2bn agreement covers research, development and eventual deployment of clean technology, renewables, gas and nuclear. Signed off by Indian PM Narendra Modi on the first day of a three-day visit to the UK, the deal is part of a wider 10 billion package between the two countries. UK solar and hydrogen...
Paris climate deal must be legally binding, EU tells John Kerry
2015-11-12 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The EU has warned the Obama administration that a global climate deal at the Paris summit must be legally binding, after the US secretary of state John Kerry said that it definitively would not be a treaty The Paris agreement must be an international legally binding agreement, a spokeswoman for the EUs climate commissioner, Miguel Arias Caete , told the Guardian. The title of the agreement is yet to be decided but it will not affect its legally binding form. Earlier today, the French...
Strong climate deal in Paris an "absolute necessity," top officials say
2015-11-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Observer: Top officials have stressed the "absolute necessity" of reaching a strong climate change deal at the upcoming 21st Conference of Parties (COP) summit in Paris starting Nov. 30. During the "Pre-COP" ministerial meeting in Paris that concluded Nov. 10, COP 21 president Laurent Fabius said one of the major 'progresses' reached included the more precise setting of a 2°C limit on global warming targeted ideally at 1.5°C, also agreeing upon a 'low carbon' notion. Fabius also said a successful Paris...
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