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Amid GOP jeers from Washington, US diplomats seek progress toward a climate deal
2015-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: U.S. officials labored on two fronts Tuesday to secure an international agreement on climate change, haggling with diplomats over the scope and costs of a proposed accord while fending off fresh attacks from Republican lawmakers who have vowed to torpedo any deal that emerges from the talks. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, in France to lead the U.S. delegation, described broad momentum toward an accord but also warned of sharp differences that would have to be overcome if a deal is to be reached...
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Climate diplomats have 940 decisions to make in three days
2015-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: With three days left in their marathon negotiating sessions and 940 decisions still to be made, envoys at the United Nations climate summit are advancing toward a deal that would limit fossil fuel pollution everywhere. The talks that began Nov. 30 in Paris have drawn a record 150 world leaders and celebrities from Alec Baldwin to Arnold Schwarzenegger in support of the biggest agreement on global warming since 1997. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is hosting the discussions, is...
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France confirms COP21 climate summit will proceed, diplomats praise solidarity
2015-11-15 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: French and UN officials say plans for the 2015 UN climate summit in Paris will continue, despite Friday nights terror attacks that left over 130 dead and 300 injured. Profound emotion receiving so strong support to maintain #COP21. Humanity, courage, solidarity winning over fear and terror, tweeted the countrys top climate diplomat Laurence Tubiana. Of course #COP21 proceeds as planned. Even more so now. #COP21 = respecting our differences & same time acting together collaboratively,...
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Diplomats, business people flood Cuba amid warmer US ties
2015-05-10 17:52:01| Beverages - Topix.net
Top diplomats from Japan, Europe and Russia have visited the island in recent months, bidding to stake out or maintain ties with an island that suddenly looks like a brighter economic prospect due to warming U.S.-Cuba relations. On Sunday night, Francois Hollande becomes the first French president to ever visit communist Cuba.
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Kerry prods diplomats as climate talks appear to falter
2014-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Secretary of State John F. Kerry gave a rhetorical shove to diplomats struggling to negotiate an international climate treaty Thursday, saying far greater urgency is needed in tackling a problem that could soon affect everyone on the planet. Kerry added his personal diplomacy to the talks in Lima, Peru, amid reports of flagging momentum as negotiators sought to assemble the framework for a global climate treaty that is due to be finalized in Paris late next year. If we continue down the same...