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Paris climate talks: Indian officials accuse OECD of exaggerating climate aid
2015-12-02 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A row has broken out at the Paris climate talks as Indian officials accused one of the worlds leading thinktanks of exaggerating the amount of money given to poor countries to help them cope with global warming. In a recent report, the OECD said that developed countries had mobilised $57bn of climate aid in 2013-14. But a paper published last week by the Indian ministry of economic affairs said the OECD - known as the rich mans club because it is funded by the worlds 23 richest countries...
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Paris climate talks: Poorest countries are putting richest to shame
2015-12-02 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: There were never more global leaders under one roof than here in Paris at the global climate negotiations on Monday. And they all talked about leadership, about fixing climate change, about not leaving an uninhabitable planet for our children. Many spoke powerful words. The French president, François Hollande, rightly called coal, oil and gas the energies of the past (he forgot nuclear). And many talked about how renewables are the future. When Greenpeace started talking about the carbon...
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#COP21 survey: Most of the public unaware and pessimistic about UN climate talks
2015-12-02 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A new public survey by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has found that the majority of the UK public (67%) is unaware that UN climate change talks are taking place in Paris this month. Once all survey participants were made aware of the UN summit, there was also pessimism about the potential for a climate deal to be reached ? with just 19% saying they were confident a deal will be agreed, compared with 64% who said they were not confident it could be reached. According to the poll, the...
Paris climate talks: behind the scenes in pictures
2015-12-01 16:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: How day one of COP21 unfolded as world leaders gathered in Le Bourget to begin to negotiate a treaty to limit global warming
Climate talks: 4C rise will have dire effect on world hunger, UN warns
2015-12-01 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: El Nios, climate change and increasing conflict linked to prolonged droughts and extreme weather are leaving the world unable to cope with the food needs of millions of people, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. The UN agency, which last year appealed for $8.5bn from governments to provide food aid to people in 80 or more countries but only received $5.5bn, said donors had never been more generous but that the challenges were now outpacing available funds. The humanitarian system...
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