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Under a new climate deal, all countries will plan to limit carbon emissions. That's a first.
2014-12-14 18:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: Under a new UN deal on climate change agreed to in Peru, every single country has agreed to submit a plan next year for limiting the growth of their greenhouse-gas emissions. That's a first. Past climate deals only targeted the emissions of wealthier nations and exempted fast-growing countries like China and India. But there are huge caveats. The plans will be voluntary -- countries can promise to cut as much or as little as they want. And there's no rigorous outside review of the plans. (The...
Lima climate talks: India, 189 UN members reach deal
2014-12-14 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press Trust of India: Negotiators today adopted a compromise draft for national pledges to cut global carbon emissions at marathon UN climate talks here that addressed all of Indias concerns and paved way for a new ambitious and binding deal to be signed in Paris next year to combat climate change. The document is approved, announced President of the United Nations climate talks meeting Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, who is also the Environment Minister of Peru, after hectic negotiations by officials from 194 countries for...
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Deal reached at U.N. climate talks in Peru
2014-12-14 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: Nearly 200 countries salvaged a weak climate agreement Sunday in which each nation pledged to come up with a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. But, delegates to the United Nations talks delayed decisions on other measures that could have a significant impact on global warming. The deal agreed to 33 hours behind schedule barely keeps hope alive for a meaningful global agreement in Paris a year from now. Arguments over the wording of the rulebook for pledges that countries will submit...
COP20 Climate Forum: Lima UN talks agree on building blocks for 2015 climate deal
2014-12-14 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio Australia: UN members meeting in Lima reach an agreement to tackle climate change after negotiations run into a second day of extra sessions. About 190 nations have agreed on the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit rising world temperatures. Under the Lima deal, governments will submit national plans for reining in greenhouse gas emissions by an informal deadline of March 31, 2015, to form the basis...
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UN Climate Talks Reach 'Watered-Down' Deal
2014-12-14 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sky News: Negotiators at United Nations talks in Peru have reached a compromise deal which sets the stage for a global climate pact to be made next year in Paris. After late-night wrangling, delegates from more than 190 nations meeting in Lima adopted a format for national pledges to cut greenhouse gases and approved a blueprint to guide negotiations for the Paris pact in December 2015. "As a text it's not perfect, but it includes the positions of the parties," said Perus environment minister, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal,...
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