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Struggle for agreement at UN climate talks as green groups walk out
2013-11-21 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Environmental campaigners walked out en-masse from climate talks here in Warsaw saying they felt no progress was possible. Several hundred people left the national stadium venue amid anger over the slow pace of negotiations. But UK climate secretary Ed Davey told reporters he still expected "modest progress" to be made. And other negotiators indicated that a deal was possible on some of the most contentious issues. The talks began almost two weeks ago in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan with...
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Green groups quit Warsaw climate talks lack of progress
2013-11-21 06:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Several major environmental groups, including Greenpeace and WWF, have walked out of U.N. climate talks in Warsaw in protest at what they see as a lack of progress towards an international deal to curb rising global greenhouse gas emissions. More than 9,000 representatives from about 195 countries are gathered in the Polish capital for a two-week conference working towards a treaty to be signed in 2015 to fight climate change. The pact would enter into force after 2020. But the talks, ending...
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Poland, While Hosting UN Climate Talks, Fires Own Environment Chief
2013-11-21 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Expectations of progress were already low for the United Nations climate conference in Poland this week, but few delegates were probably prepared for the latest stumbles. Ten days into Poland's role as host of the two-week U.N. gathering, Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday fired the conference president, Environment Minister Marcin Korolec, Polskie Radio and other national media reported. Tusk clarified later that Korolec would continue representing Poland in the climate talks through...
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UN climate change talks in Warsaw hampered by development gap
2013-11-21 05:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Developed and developing nations were deadlocked Wednesday over how to raise aid to help developing countries cope with global warming, in another setback at United Nations climate talks in Warsaw seeking progress toward a new global climate accord. With two days left in talks trying to reach a new agreement meant to be concluded in 2015 and enter into force from 2020, negotiators for developing nations including China walked out early Wednesday from a meeting about compensation for the impact...
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Climate Financing Focus of High-Level Warsaw Talks
2013-11-21 04:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on government leaders to prioritize the environment in domestic politics and contribute to climate financing as a way of moving towards a new global climate change agreement by 2015. "This can do more than anything to unlock the huge investment necessary for climate change adaptation and mitigation," Ban told a ministerial-level meeting on the margins of the UN-led climate change negotiations underway in the Polish capital. The high-level ministerial...
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