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Climate talks shift from binding targets to 'name and shame'
2015-12-06 23:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: It's clear at this point that even if the international climate accord being negotiated in suburban Paris becomes legally binding, it won't include punitive measures like trade sanctions or embargoes on straggler countries that fail to meet their commitments. The only penalty for falling short on efforts to fight global warming would be the hot sting of shame. And that's not necessarily a bad thing, many analysts say. In international diplomacy, peer pressure and the risk of losing face can be...
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Obama says parts of climate deal must be legally binding
2015-12-01 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Parts of a global climate agreement being hammered out in Paris should be legally binding, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. The declaration was a boost to climate negotiators seeking a tough accord and a challenge to Republican senators, many of whom dont believe that global warming is real. Whether or not to make the climate accord legally binding is a major sticking point at the two-week talks in Paris, which aim to get all countries to agree to cut emissions that scientists say are warming...
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Germany's Merkel urges strict, binding goals to tackle climate change
2015-11-28 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's chancellor gave a qualified welcome on Saturday to China's pledge to tackle rising temperatures ahead of a global climate conference but she called for more ambitious goals to cut greenhouse emissions. In her weekly internet podcast on Saturday, Angela Merkel also underscored the long-term importance of coal-fired power for Germany, a country that remains one of the globe's biggest economies and exporters. "It is remarkable that China ... has given a timeframe for reduction of 2030,"...
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Paris climate deal must be legally binding, EU tells John Kerry
2015-11-12 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The EU has warned the Obama administration that a global climate deal at the Paris summit must be legally binding, after the US secretary of state John Kerry said that it definitively would not be a treaty The Paris agreement must be an international legally binding agreement, a spokeswoman for the EUs climate commissioner, Miguel Arias Caete , told the Guardian. The title of the agreement is yet to be decided but it will not affect its legally binding form. Earlier today, the French...
Paris climate deal will not be legally binding treaty
2015-11-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/79daf872-8894-11e5-90de-f44762bf9896.html#ixzz3rIPQdxeT John Kerry, US secretary of state, has warned that Decembers Paris climate change talks will not deliver a treaty that legally requires countries to cut their carbon...
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