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Warsaw climate talks set to reach deal to agree targets on emissions cuts
2013-11-23 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Marathon talks on a new global agreement on climate change looked likely to end on Saturday night in a partial deal that would require all countries to come forward with targets on curbing their greenhouse gas emissions within a little over a year. The deal looked likely to be struck after a fortnight of negotiations ran into an unscheduled extra day because countries could not agree on a timetable for setting clear national targets on cuts in carbon. There were angry scenes and bitter rows,...
Last Minute Deal Reached at UN Climate Talks, Falls Far Short of Expectations
2013-11-23 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: For the first time, all countries of the world have agreed to make contributions in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the planets temperature rising above the 2°C danger limit previously agreed by politicians. With corporations--incluidng steel giant Arcelor Mittal, General Motors and Emirates--sponsoring the UN climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, youth activists stand in solidarity with the Philippines demanding: "Stop the Corporate Capture of Climate Talks." Thirty hours after the...
COP 19: Warsaw climate deal finalised as deadlock broken
2013-11-23 21:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Warsaw Summit closed with an agreement late on Saturday evening, after a last-ditch deal was reached on plans for a loss and damage mechanism designed to help developing nations cope with climate change impacts. Forty-eight hours of tense negotiations including a stand-off between the US and developing nations culminated in a compromise deal that set out a timeline for discussions in the run up to the Paris Summit in 2015 and commits countries to a new loss and damage mechanism. "Warsaw...
UN climate talks reach deal cutting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation
2013-11-23 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Governments at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw on Friday agreed a set of decisions on ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and the degradation of forests. The agreement on the so-called REDD+ initiative is backed by pledges of 280 million dollars in financing from the U.S., Norway and Britain, according to a statement released by the Conference. "I am proud of this concrete accomplishment. We are all aware of the central role that forests play as carbon sinks,...
Want a climate deal? Rich nations will have to pay up to help poor ones
2013-11-19 22:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Its helpful to understand game theory if you want to know why its so difficult to reach an international deal to reduce climate emissions. Everyone will be better off if everyone does their part, but if one country gets away with doing nothing while the others reduce their emissions, that country would be the biggest winner of all, enjoying the benefits of averted catastrophe without any of the costs. That calculation could lead to a lot of countries bailing out. No one wants to be the sucker who...
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