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New climate treaty draft still a tangled mess, but growing clearer
2015-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: If diplomacy is the art of keeping one's options open, then the negotiators of a new Paris climate change treaty must be consummate diplomats. And if using brackets in a draft text is the equivalent of a diplomatic emoticon--one that signals [uncertainty] [dispute] [intransigence]-- then the talks must have gone into a peculiar form of emoji overdrive. Put forth by the co-chairs of the Paris process on Friday, a new 83-page treaty draft remains a tangle of bewildering brackets sandwiched among...
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Global climate treaty may hinge on the strength of its teeth
2015-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate: One of the most sensitive unresolved questions facing negotiators of a new global climate treaty is how binding it will be. If the treaty expected to be reached in Paris this year is without enforceable strict rules, some argue it will not be credible, while others say if nations are bound too rigidly, they won't agree to anything ambitious enough to matter. And the key to the whole conundrum is likely the United States. Behind the scenes, a consensus may be emerging that the treaty's only truly...
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UN steps closer to treaty for protecting ocean life
2015-06-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The United Nations took a step closer Friday toward crafting a major treaty that would protect marine life beyond territorial waters by passing a resolution at the General Assembly. The eventual UN treaty would be the first to specifically address protection of marine life, calling for the preservation of vast areas threatened by pollution, overfishing and global warming. Friday's resolution, which was co-sponsored by Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Samoa and Tonga among others, established a...
UN resolves to negotiate treaty governing the high seas
2015-06-19 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The high seas are often called the Wild West of the ocean. These vast oceanic tracts begin 200 miles from shore and fall under no nation's jurisdiction. And while there are various agreements governing human activities there, there is no comprehensive management framework coordinating them all. That is now likely to change. The United Nations General Assembly today resolved to begin negotiating an international treaty specifically focused on "the conservation and sustainable use" of marine life...
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VIDEO: Hammond: EU will need to change treaty
2015-06-07 11:32:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Philip Hammond tells the BBC's Andrew Marr that the EU would need treaty change in order to make some of the changes the UK wants to see.
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