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UN climate talks stalled as Russia seeks rule change
2013-06-08 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. climate talks in Bonn remained stalled for a fourth day on Thursday as Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sought to address what they said is a lack of formal decision-making rules after the countries were snubbed at a previous meeting. The two-week talks are tasked with making progress towards agreeing a global climate pact in 2015, but negotiations have gotten off to a slow start due to attempts by the three nations to amend one of the meeting's many agendas to discuss how future decisions should...
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Russian protests block UN climate talks
2013-06-08 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Procedural protests by Russia held up part of the UN climate talks on Friday for the fifth successive day, according to frustrated delegates at the labyrinthine negotiations in Bonn. Russia has been blocking a key technical panel whose work feeds into the 12-day negotiation round. The Russians, supported by Belarus and Ukraine, are demanding a debate on how decisions are agreed at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the 20-year forum for addressing global warming and its impacts....
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UN Climate Change Talks Stalled by Russian Issue
2013-06-08 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RIA Novosti: One of the three groups at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, is unable to start its work because the sides have failed to agree on an issue about the rules of procedure put forward by Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Its in everybodys interest that the rules of the game are respected, but frankly, the Russians broke the rules first by pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol and by not taking any climate action even though they are a major emitter, Kaisa Kosonen, senior political adviser...
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Affirmative action can restore gender balance at UN climate talks report
2013-06-08 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Quotas and targeted funding could be used to boost the participation of women at the UN climate talks, a new report by UN Women and the Mary Robinson Foundation Climate Justice (MRFCJ) has recommended. With only a third of delegates at the talks women and only one in five delegations headed by women, the MRFCJ calls for a series of actions to improve the situation. At the UN talks in Doha last year, all governments agreed to start work on tackling the problem by: Promoting gender balance and...
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Marchionne holding talks to push ahead Fiat-Chrysler erger
2013-06-08 00:54:36| Automakers - Topix.net
Fiat SpA is in talks to buy the remaining stake in Chrysler Group LLC and is pursuing parallel discussions about refinancing debt of both carmakers.
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