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UN Climate talks close in Bonn with progress towards new climate deal
2014-06-16 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: The second round of United Nations climate talks this year closed in Bonn on Sunday with progress towards a new global climate deal scheduled to be passed in 2015. Demands from developing countries for financial support and higher emission reduction targets, however, were yet to be met by their developed counterparts. During the two-week talks which started on June 4, nearly 1900 participants from 182 parties exchanged their views on issues such as elements of the new climate deal which was scheduled...
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UN climate talks close upbeat note
2014-06-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: The latest round of UN climate negotiations in Bonn ended on Sunday. Delegates and observers say a new constructive approach by key players has brought an upswing to the climate debate. Two weeks of climate talks in Germany's UN city Bonn ended with widespread agreement that, in spite of obstacles ahead, the climate process could be on track towards a new world climate agreement in Paris in 2015. Although the interim working meeting made little visible progress on details and an additional session...
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U.N. climate talks edge towards 2015 emissions deal
2014-06-15 15:39:57| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. climate negotiations made tentative progress on Saturday towards a text for a 2015 deal to bind all nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The talks, which were heading to a close on Saturday, drew some 1,900 diplomats from 182 countries to Bonn to line up what their leaders will be prepared to sign up to next year to tackle emissions that U.N.-backed scientists say will cause more severe flooding, droughts and the sea level to rise. Negotiators and observers said signs of action from...
Struggling climate talks look to UN summit for push
2014-06-15 13:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: A new round of talks on climate change sputtered to a close on Sunday, placing the onus on a UN summit in September to boost momentum for a global pact by the end of 2015. Delegates reported faltering progress in the 12-day session, a waypoint towards a deal to keep climate-altering carbon emissions to safer levels. "Political will needs to emerge at the New York summit," Martin Kaiser of Greenpeace told a press conference. Taking place under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...
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U.S. hosts talks to save oceans under siege
2014-06-15 05:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: US Secretary of State John Kerry launches an unprecedented global effort Monday to save the world's oceans under siege from overfishing, climate change and pollution. Heads of government and state as well as ministers from some 80 countries will gather with researchers and experts from the fishing, plastics and farming industries for the two-day conference aiming to find ways to protect the planet's seas and marine life. "The oceans are a passion of mine and always have been, from the time...
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