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Brexit is not a vote against climate change says UNs climate chief
2016-06-29 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britains decision to leave the European Union was not a vote against climate change, nor was it a vote against the innovation key to fighting climate change, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told an audience of business and policymakers at the annual Business & Climate summit in London today. In her last speech as the head of UNs climate change body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Figueres said, Its absolutely clear that should article 50 be triggered, the UK would have...
Brexit is not a vote against climate change says UN's climate chief
2016-06-28 16:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Britains decision to leave the European Union was not a vote against climate change, nor was it a vote against the innovation key to fighting climate change, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres told an audience of business and policymakers at the annual Business & Climate summit in London today. In her last speech as the head of UNs climate change body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Figueres said, Its absolutely clear that should article 50 be triggered, the UK would have...
Top climate leader wants to be U.N.s head honcho
2016-06-27 20:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Outgoing United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres will soon announce her candidacy for U.N. secretary-general, reports Greenwire. Figueres successfully led the negotiations that produced the U.N. climate deal in Paris last December. Her selection might be a long shot; 11 other candidates have already thrown their hats in the ring. But if Figueres gets the job, it could signal a bigger emphasis in the United Nations on climate action, in addition to the traditional focus on peace and security....
UN's Ban decries G7 absence at humanitarian summit
2016-05-27 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wingate Wire: Convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and hosted by Government of Turkey, the World Humanitarian Summit (COMMITMENT) is taking place on May 23-24, a Foreign Office statement said. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila told the World Humanitarian Summit gathering that included German Chancellor Angela Merkel: "Part of giving faith-based organisations a bigger role is to recognise that people must become agents of the rebuilding of their lives and not be made to feel simply like beneficiaries...
UN's first rule-setting negotiationsParis Agreement conclude countires
2016-05-27 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: The United Nations' first round of climate talks following a climate summit in Paris closed here on Thursday, leaving countries to continue their work at home to write a rule book for the Paris Agreement. Delegates and observers said negotiations over the past two weeks were constructive as officials started to share their views on how the Paris Agreement should be implemented. "The spirit of cooperation that parties showed in Paris was still there," said Su Wei, China's chief climate negotiator,...
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