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Lima climate talks agree on just one paragraph of deal with 24 hours left
2014-12-11 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Negotiators working on a deal to fight climate change have agreed on just a single paragraph of text, casting a shadow over the prospects for a strong outcome in Lima. The talks scheduled to end at noon local time on Friday after 10 full days are intended to provide a clear blueprint for a global agreement to find climate change by the end of next year. But while negotiators descended on Lima in a positive mood, buoyed by recent commitments from the US and China, the talks have fallen into...
India and Australia Are Focus of Attention in Lima Climate Talks
2014-12-11 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: As United Nations climate talks in Lima, Peru, near an end, negotiators and observers are looking at India and Australia to see whether they will support a draft agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With China and the U.S. having agreed last month to reduce carbon emissions, India the worlds third largest emitter of CO2 has said its emissions will continue to rise as it pulls its people out of poverty. But Indias environment minister said in Lima yesterday that the country would spend...
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Peru: Thousands March in Lima Demanding Climate Action
2014-12-11 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the United Nations climate summit in Lima, Peru, where high-level talks have just gotten under way. Here is the coverage from today: Putting People Before Profit: Thousands March in Peruvian Peoples Climate March in Lima On Wednesday, climate justice activists from around world marched in Lima at the peoples climate march. We hear voices from Uganda, Mozambique, Australia, Canada Peru, Nigeria, and more. We the people have come together to stand up against...
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'Berlin Wall' climate divide looms over Lima
2014-12-11 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As UN climate talks enter their final days, the "Berlin Wall" that has for years divided rich and poor countries once again looms large as negotiators race to write a draft of a global deal that is meant to tear it down. At the root of the problem is a 1992 U.N. climate Convention splits the world into rich and poor nations and obliges only the rich to cut emissions. Since then, however, nations such as Singapore or Mexico have grown rich but are still deemed "poor". In Lima, representatives...
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Lima marchers, experts want climate deal to respect rights
2014-12-11 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rights experts and civil society groups issued an open letter on Wednesday to ministers attending U.N. climate talks in Lima, urging governments to enshrine "human rights for all" in the new global climate deal due to be agreed at the end of 2015. At the same time, thousands of Peruvians and indigenous people from the Andean and Amazon regions marched shoulder to shoulder with climate activists from around the world on the traffic-choked streets of Lima. They called for urgent action to tackle...
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