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UN climate chief Christiana Figueres to step down: A legacy of bridging divides
2016-02-20 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Monitor: Christina Figueres, the tireless shepherd behind last year's landmark climate agreement forged in Paris, is stepping down after six terms as the United Nations' climate chief. Ms. Figueres took her current post in 2010, after a climate summit in Copenhagen failed to produce legally binding action on climate change, devolving instead into an argument between developed and developing nations. The UNs top climate official has accomplished much in her six terms in office, from building bridges...
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UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres To Step Down, Praises Governments For Paris Pact
2016-02-20 04:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tech Times: Christiana Figueres announced that she will step down from her post as the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UFCCC) in July and will not consider an extension. This marks the end of a six-year term that was concluded with the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015. Figueres, a civil official from Costa Rica, was appointed the agency since 2010. She helped draft the Paris agreement along with other leaders from across the globe. The Paris Agreement...
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UN climate chief to step down
2016-02-19 17:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The UN's top climate diplomat, Christiana Figueres, has said she will leave her post in July. Ms Figueres said she would not accept an extension of her appointment which finishes this summer. As executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, she played a key role in the talks that lead to the Paris Climate Agreement. Her contribution to the negotiation process was praised as "really extraordinary". Ms Figueres became executive secretary in the wake of the Copenhagen climate...
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U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres to step down
2016-02-19 08:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres has announced she will step down from her position in July, ending a six-year run that culminated in the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement in December. The Paris deal marked the first time that all countries -- including the richest and poorest nations -- agreed to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. As head of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Figueres played a major role in...
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Historys a good reason to step up biosecurity
2016-02-18 14:57:00| National Hog Farmer
A look back at the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak in the United Kingdom should be lesson enough for stepping up biosecurity and closely monitoring your swine herd's health. National Hog Farmer Blog read more
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