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Draft Treaty Aims for Fossil-Free Future With Many Pages, Few Answers
2015-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: During a week of United Nations climate negotiations in Geneva, the draft of a new treaty got longer and more complex, rather than shorter and simpler as leaders had planned. That may nonetheless represent progress, according to participants and environmentalists. The document under discussion at the talks, which ended Feb. 13, more than doubled in length to 86 pages, as delegates from more than 190 nations offered one option after another for consideration in the months ahead. Formal talks are...
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Govts Will Forge First Treaty Protect Global Oceans
2015-01-28 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Government representatives from around the world agreed Saturday to develop the first legally-binding agreement to conserve marine life in the high seas and international seabed, an area covering roughly half the planet. After four days of intense deliberations at UN Headquarters in New York, delegates reached consensus to begin negotiating a UN treaty that addresses the protection of marine life in areas beyond national jurisdiction -- the global ocean commons. Delegates leaving the UN in...
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After Nine Years of Foot-Dragging, U.N. Ready for Talks on High Seas Treaty
2015-01-25 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: After four days of intense negotiations -- preceded by nine years of dilly-dallying -- the United Nations has agreed to convene an intergovernmental conference aimed at drafting a legally binding treaty to conserve marine life and govern the mostly lawless high seas beyond national jurisdiction. The final decision was taken in the wee hours of Saturday morning when the rest of the United Nations was fast asleep. The open-ended Ad Hoc informal Working Group, which negotiated the deal, has been...
The Pope Blesses the Climate Treaty
2015-01-01 14:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: When a church that once felt threatened by heliocentrism sees hydrocarbons as a threat to Gods creation, there is reason to hope that todays science skeptics will find religion, too. Fresh off his success in helping to end one of the last remaining battles of the Cold War, Pope Francis is turning his attention -- and bringing his considerable star power -- to the fight against global warming. His decision to push for an international treaty on climate change in Paris in December may alienate...
Lima Climate Talks Produce Weak Draft for Global Treaty
2014-12-14 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A climate deal reached late today by world governments at a UN conference in Lima keeps negotiations on track for a universal global climate treaty in Paris in 2015, but the weak text points to a tough year of talks ahead. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed the outcome of the UN-backed climate conference, praising delegates for setting the groundwork for a more conclusive agreement to be reached in Paris. The UN Climate Change Conference, known also as Conference of the Parties...
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