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Typhoon Haiyan Deadly Surge Noted in Warsaw Talks
2013-11-12 00:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The devastation and mounting humanitarian crisis in the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan is becoming more apparent with each passing hour, with the final death toll possibly climbing as high as 20,000 or more, making it the deadliest and most expensive natural disaster in that storm-prone country's history. While Haiyan's winds have garnered most of the headlines, reports from the hardest-hit areas now indicate that it was likely the massive storm surge that caused the most damage...
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Typhoon casts pall over U.N. climate talks in Poland
2013-11-11 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan cast a gloom over U.N. climate talks Monday as the envoy from the Philippines broke down in tears and announced he would fast until a "meaningful outcome is in sight." Naderev "Yeb" Sano's emotional appeal was met with a standing ovation at the start of two-week talks in Warsaw where more than 190 countries will try to lay the groundwork for a new pact to fight global warming. U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres also made reference to the "devastating...
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Typhoon Haiyan overshadows UN climate talks
2013-11-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan cast a gloom over U.N. climate talks Monday as the envoy from the Philippines broke down in tears and announced he would fast until a "meaningful outcome is in sight." Yeb Sano's emotional appeal was met with a standing ovation at the start of two-week talks in Warsaw where more than 190 countries will try to lay the groundwork for a new pact to fight global warming. U.N. climate chief Christiana Figureres also made reference to the "devastating impact"...
Philippines envoy: UN climate talks are fight for countrys future
2013-11-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Yeb Sano looks tired. He speaks softly, hands clasped together, his voice occasionally cracking with emotion. And with good reason. The Philippines` lead negotiator at the 2013 UN climate change summit spent much of Friday and Saturday wondering if his family had survived Typhoon Haiyan, one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the country. He was awake most of Saturday night as the news filtered through to his hotel room in Warsaw. 10,000 people had died in the east coast city of Tacloban,...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines urges action to resolve climate talks deadlock
2013-11-11 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Philippines government has firmly connected the super typhoon Haiyan with climate change, and urged governments meeting in Poland on Monday to take emergency action to resolve the deadlocked climate talks. "We cannot sit and stay helpless staring at this international climate stalemate. It is now time to take action. We need an emergency climate pathway," said Seb Yano, head of the government's delegation to the UN climate talks, in an article for the Guardian, in which he challenged climate...
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