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Climate change deal: India emerges key player Paris talks
2015-12-11 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Express: India has emerged as key player in the negotiations for a crucial climate change deal in Paris that has entered the final phase, according to a media report. India hit back at developed countries that have been accusing it of refusing to yield ground on emissions and funding, saying they were not showing flexibility and posing roadblocks for a comprehensive climate deal, deadline for which was extended by a day yesterday. With just hours remaining before negotiators hopes to close a deal addressing...
Veteran climate scientists hopeful a historic Paris deal hours away
2015-12-11 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Theres a cafe next door to the thronging media centre at the UN global climate talks in Paris where the constant clang of the door to the chill air outside can barely be heard above the buzz. Veteran climate scientist and biologist Professor Lesley Hughes has taken a seat with me close by and is struggling to hear herself think. But the chaos and noise of the global climate talks are not enough to drown out her feeling that a historic moment could be only hours away. Minutes earlier, scientists...
Obama, Xi commit to work to get climate deal: White House
2015-12-11 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed during a phone call overnight that their negotiating teams would work together closely to reach an ambitious climate deal at international talks in Paris, the White House said. "Both leaders agreed that the Paris conference presents a crucial opportunity to galvanize global efforts to meet the climate change challenge," the White House said in a statement about the call released on Friday.
Climate talks turn to South African indaba process to unlock deal
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate negotiators in Paris have turned to a traditional South African consultation process in a quest for common ground among the nearly 200 nations seeking a global deal to curb rising temperatures. South Africa's Zulu and Xhosa communities have long used the indaba, a gathering of community leaders summoned by the chief, to resolve important issues, said Brian Mantlana, an official with the South African delegation in Paris. Although only principal elders and headmen are at the table in...
The Paris climate deal may be too little, too late slanders of Kiribati
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: During a high tide, the Pacific island village of Eita is cut into pieces. Trickles merge into pools and lakes that course through the settlement, forming islands or swallowing dwellings whole. The coral seawalls can no longer hold the water back. Garbage and human waste flow into homes. Piglets screech in desperation as they struggle to keep their snouts above the surface. Some residents have built cages for their animals and hung them in the trees. They move their potted plants to higher ground....
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