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Monsters line road to Paris climate deal w/ rich-poor divide
2014-12-16 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The path to a climate deal in Paris a year from now is littered with obstacles, foremost among them how to differentiate between what industrialized nations led by the U.S. will do to cut fossil-fuel pollution, and what commitments developing ones such as India, Brazil will take on. Envoys from some 190 countries gathered in Lima last week took a step toward what will be the first deal binding all nations to limit greenhouse gases. While they sketched out what information countries must provide...
Lima deal leaves ominous climate questions
2014-12-16 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The U.S. and other nations were applauding this weekend's climate change agreement on Monday, but the deal's difficult negotiations showed all too clearly the major hurdles that lie ahead as officials try to reach a much more sweeping pact next year in Paris. The 196 nations gathered in the Peruvian capital agreed that each country should offer a plan next year for reducing its own greenhouse gas pollution. In a major win for the U.S. position, developing nations like China and India are also...
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China climate negotiator says Lima deal balanced
2014-12-16 04:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Chinese media coverage of the Lima climate change talks included comments by the countrys top climate negotiator who described the deal reached as balanced. Xie Zhenhua told the state news agency Xinhua that the outcome was within the Chinese delegations expectation. However he said: were not very satisfied with the outcome, but we think its a balanced and nice document. Xie added that the summit is an important step towards next years summit in Paris but that those negotiations...
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Late deal in Lima saves UN climate talks from collapse
2014-12-15 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: UN talks in Peru have concluded with agreement on a pathway towards a deal to address climate change in Paris next December. With the summit 33 hours in overtime the 195 countries taking part finally agreed to adopt a four page document that explains the types of national climate targets they will need to deliver in the next six months. Under the proposals the world`s leading economies will still need to reveal how they will slash carbon emissions by March 2015, with others following by June....
Lima climate deal: what was agreed what wasn't
2014-12-15 10:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: UN climate negotiations wrapped up in Lima on Sunday with a modest agreement about the building blocks of a deal due to be agreed on in Paris in a years time. Following are details of the agreements: Greenhouse gas plans All countries will be asked to submit plans for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, or INDCs, to the United Nations by an informal deadline of 31 March 2015, as the core of a Paris deal. But there will be few obligations...
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