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'Vocal group' representing Caribbean at Warsaw climate talks
2013-11-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: The The 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol began here on Monday with the Caribbean having a relatively small but "very, very vocal" delegation at the talks, according to a source familiar with the closed-door negotiations. "For small island states, loss and damage is a major, major issue and at the same...
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Global carbon market 'toolbox' in sight at U.N. climate talks
2013-11-13 16:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments want to launch a platform at United Nations climate talks to help set common standards and accounting rules and tie together national and regional emissions trading schemes, but developing countries and green groups warned that talk of a global carbon market is premature. Almost 200 nations are in Poland for a November 11-22 meeting to plan a 2015 U.N. deal in Paris that would start to tackle climate change in 2021. Most developed countries see carbon markets as crucial under any...
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Liberty Global Said to Be in Talks to Buy Intel's TV Service
2013-11-13 15:42:18| Telecom - Topix.net
John Malone's Liberty Global Plc, the European cable operator, is in talks to acquire Intel Corp.'s online pay-TV service under development, said three people with knowledge of the situation.
US fears climate talks will focus compensation extreme weather
2013-11-13 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: US officials fear that international climate change talks will become focused on payouts for damage caused by extreme weather events excacerbated by global warming, like the category 5 Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last week killing thousands of people and causing what is expected to be billions of pounds of damage. An official US briefing document obtained by the Guardian reveals that the country is worried the UN negotiations, currently underway in Warsaw, will "focus increasingly...
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Warsaw United Nations' climate talks: Welcome to Coaland
2013-11-12 14:35:57| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On Monday, the UN climate talks opened in Warsaw. Significant progress needs to be made during these negotiations, to ensure that we are on track to agreeing an ambitious global deal to combat climate change at Paris in 2015. But the world is not only watching the negotiations closely. All eyes are on Poland, the presidency of this conference. Already in the run up to the summit, Poland presented itself as controversial host. In a blog post on the official COP19 website, the organisers welcomed...
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