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COP 19: Warsaw Summit "on knife edge" as talks continue into Saturday
2013-11-23 10:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Warsaw Summit has been extended into Saturday after a long night of tense negotiations failed to end in agreement on Friday. The talks are continuing this morning, having badly overrun in the manner that is customary for UN climate change negotiations. Sources reported the talks had made important progress on how to improve the REDD+ regime for tackling deforestation and how to measure, report and verify countries promised carbon emissions. However, a stand off continued through the...
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UN climate talks reach deal cutting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation
2013-11-23 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: Governments at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw on Friday agreed a set of decisions on ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and the degradation of forests. The agreement on the so-called REDD+ initiative is backed by pledges of 280 million dollars in financing from the U.S., Norway and Britain, according to a statement released by the Conference. "I am proud of this concrete accomplishment. We are all aware of the central role that forests play as carbon sinks,...
A Closer Look at Chinas You First Stance in Climate Treaty Talks
2013-11-22 22:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: While I was in Beijng last month to talk about online communication and climate change at a conference organized by Yale and Renmin University, I visited with Zou Ji, the deputy director of Chinas National Center for Climate Change Strategy. In our conversation, he explained Chinas enduring you first stance in the climate treaty talks despite its position as the worlds leading emitter of greenhouse gases. He also described the important role China sees for imports of natural gas as a path to...
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Kanye West: I Wasn't Getting Royalties From Nike On Yeezys, Talks Obama + More
2013-11-22 22:13:37| Footwear - Topix.net
Kanye is not long waiting until he gets his money right. In an interview with Washington, D.C. radio show The Russ Parr Morning Show , Kanye spoke about the President of the United States calling him an "a*shole four years ago, financial problems with the Nike x Yeezys deal and more.
Climate talks drag on without clarity on targets
2013-11-22 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: U.N. climate talks ran into overtime Friday with more than 190 countries arguing over the building blocks for a new pact to slow global warming. A draft text presented on the last scheduled day of the two-week conference in Warsaw gave only vague direction on when countries should present their targets for restricting carbon emissions. That's a key element of the deal that's supposed to be adopted in Paris in 2015. Despite a push by the European Union and the U.S. for a clear timeline for announcing...
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