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UN negotiators hand over draft text as step to global climate deal
2015-12-05 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NYSE Post: "Climate change is a common challenge for humankind", Xie said Thursday at the Chinese pavilion at the Paris climate talks. "This is a milestone", Laurence Tubiana, France's special representative at the conference, told the Financial Times. Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, has been appointed the head of a new global taskforce aimed at assessing risks companies face to climate change. "We will put local climate action on the global stage". He says, in OR, the shellfish...
Paris climate deal must tackle shipping emissions, say experts
2015-12-05 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: A Paris climate agreement must not let ships off the hook for their greenhouse gas emissions, delegates heard at a side event of COP21 on Saturday. Accounting for 2-3% of global emissions today, the sector`s share is projected to grow to 6-14% by 2050 as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) refuses to cap carbon. If not addressed, this will make it hard to meet a UN goal to hold global warming to 2C or even 1.5C, experts warned. Tony de Brum, foreign minister of the Marshall Islands,...
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Politicians face difficult issues UN releases draft climate deal
2015-12-05 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Negotiators at UN talks in Paris have decided to move discussions to a new level, agreeing on a set of draft proposals for a global climate pact that will be considered by ministers when they arrive in the French capital on Sunday. The 48-page document is larger than one considered for approval on Friday night, but still a quarter of the size of a similar text presented to leaders at the ill-fated 2009 Copenhagen climate summit. Chinas lead negotiator Su Wei said it was good news and an...
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AT&T And Tegna Avoid Local TV Blackout With New Retransmission Deal
2015-12-05 16:00:33| Telecom - Topix.net
So much for AT&T and Tegna Media 's retransmission consent saber rattling: Tegna says this morning that they've reached a "multi-year agreement" that will keep Tegna's 46 stations on DirecTV and U-verse in local markets. Per usual, there's no word yet on financial terms.
Shells $70bn deal to acquire BG Group receives final Australian clearance
2015-12-04 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved Royal Dutch Shells proposed $70bn acquisition of BG Group.
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