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Momentum Is Growing for a Climate Deal in Paris
2015-11-28 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: More than 140 world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama and Xi Jinping of China are gathering in Paris for Frances biggest diplomatic event since 1948, striving to reach the first truly global deal to curb greenhouse gases. The two weeks of United Nations-sponsored talks have already gathered pledges to reduce emissions from 177 of the 195 countries involved, signaling broader support for a deal than when envoys last attempted to reach one six years ago. Those discussions in Copenhagen...
Commonwealth wants ambitious, legally-binding deal in Paris
2015-11-28 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: Ahead of the Paris summit, the Commonwealth today committed itself to working towards an "ambitious" and "legally-binding" climate deal as it asserted that vulnerable countries must be assisted by the rich nations in combating climate change. The 53-nation bloc, including India, agreed to work towards a legally-binding outcome at the COP21 and said the climate change challenge could only be met by an urgent global response. Coming out with a statement after two days of deliberations at its biennial...
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New York firm acquires Annapolis' TeleCommunication Systems Inc in $430M deal
2015-11-28 07:10:37| Telecom - Topix.net
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and TCS officials announced Monday the signing of a merger agreement in which Comtech will purchase TCS in a cash transaction for $5 per share, or about $430.8 million. The deal is expected to close by March 2016.
Why climate deal is everyone's business
2015-11-27 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: As governments from more than 190 countries descend on Paris next week to negotiate a new climate change agreement, they will have to consider both scientific and political realities. But to come up with a plan that works, they will need to fully grasp how climate change is already affecting the lives of people like Mathilda, a schoolgirl growing up in one of the poorest regions of Kenya. Mathilda, 15, is Turkana, an indigenous people that has survived by raising livestock in a semiarid region bordering...
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The players who can make or break a Paris climate deal
2015-11-27 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Negotiators from 195 nations gather in Paris on Monday to try to broker a universal climate pact to rein in global warming and keep Earth liveable for humanity. From the world's biggest polluters to the tiniest island states at risk of disappearing under the waves, they must find a way to compromise on half a dozen potential deal breakers. These are the players -- nations and alliances -- that could make or break the chance of making deal by the December 11 deadline for the end of the talks:...
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