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U.S. wants poor and rich countries alike to cut emissions under next climate treaty
2014-02-13 17:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If the U.S. gets its way, developing countries will need to roll up their sleeves and do more to slow down global warming. The Obama administration is taking the position that poor and rich countries alike should be legally obligated to reduce the amount of climate-changing pollution that they produce after 2020, when a new climate treaty is expected to take effect. The Kytoto Protocol approach, which saw rich countries but not poor ones compelled to rein in greenhouse gas pollution, is "clearly...
UN climate chief calls for climate treaty next year
2014-01-23 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CCTV: The UN climate chief told the World Economic Forum at Davos that stressed the importance of agreeing to an international climate treaty next year when attending the forum. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said the world economy was at risk unless a binding climate deal was agreed in Paris in 2015 to lower heat-trapping carbon emissions from coal and oil. "Its important that we get the treaty because the signal to the markets, the signal...
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Figueres warns world running out of time agree climate treaty
2014-01-06 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: A draft text for a global climate change treaty set to be agreed in 2015 will be presented to governments as early as November this year, according to the UN official in charge of negotiations. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNs Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) expects work on what is guaranteed to be a controversial deal to start in little over 12 weeks time, giving diplomats seven months to flesh out proposals before the main climate summit of 2014 opens in Lima...
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John Kerry Is Going Pursue Climate Change Treaty In 2015
2014-01-03 05:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Insider: The New York Times reports today that Secretary of State John Kerry is planning to make climate change a focal point of his time in office and wants to pursue a global climate change treaty in 2015. Kerry has set an ambitious agenda for himself, already in the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons, crafting a nuclear agreement with Iran and brokering peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Now you can add reducing greenhouse gas emissions to that list. The former Massachusetts...
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Northwest officials sent final Columbia River Treaty recommendations to feds
2013-12-14 21:18:01| Energy - Topix.net
Local leaders of the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers submitted their final recommendations Friday for updating the Columbia River Treaty with Canada, the landmark accord that has protected the Portland area from flooding for the past half-century.
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