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Amazon's Jeff Bezos talks succession plan
2014-12-07 19:50:31| IT Services - Topix.net
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos presents the company's first smartphone, the Fire Phone, on June 18, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos presents the company's first smartphone, the Fire Phone, on June 18, 2014 in Seattle, Washington.
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China blocks carbon review sought by U.S. at UN talks
2014-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: China rejected scrutiny of efforts to limit carbon emissions, a key tool that the U.S. says is necessary as more than 190 countries work to devise a new deal to fight climate change. Chinese negotiators sought yesterday at a climate conference in Lima, Peru to delete provisions in a draft text that would have paved the way for other countries and non-governmental organizations to submit questions about its carbon-reduction plans, according to environmental groups that are official observers to...
Peru climate change talks slowed by clashes rich & poor nations
2014-12-07 14:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: International climate talks in Lima, Peru, are entering their final week, with few hints of whether a newfound optimism that marked the start of negotiations will ultimately translate into an agreement that would rein in climate change. Convened by the United Nations, the talks aim to craft the framework for an international accord to curtail heat-trapping emissions and adapt to changes already occurring on the planet. The final agreement is due to be signed in Paris next December. Despite...
First week Lima climate talks end with no breakthrough, but hope still remains
2014-12-07 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: This year's global climate conference wrapped up its first week in the Peruvian capital with no breakthrough, thus leaving heavy workload to next week's high-level negotiations to be attended by government ministers. The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is being held here in Lima from Dec. 1 to Dec. 12. The meeting is intended to pave the way for a new agreement on climate change, planned to be passed at...
Peru climate talks drift off target
2014-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: As Julie Bishop and Andrew Robb prepare to arrive in Lima to represent Australia at the annual United Nations climate negotiations, deep divisions are emerging over whether a deal to be reached in Paris next year will include legally binding targets. The US says national targets should be voluntary a position that has won the support of leading Australian economist Ross Garnaut. But the European Union has claimed that voluntary targets will not provide the necessary long-term certainty to...
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