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World leaders to vote on global climate change plan
2015-12-11 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KCCI: After years of buildup and weeks of negotiations, diplomats issued a final draft of a climate change agreement Saturday that the French foreign minister described as "fair ... and legally binding." If adopted, the agreement would set an ambitious goal of halting average warming at no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial temperatures -- and of striving for a limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius if possible. World leaders hailed the draft as a milestone in the battle...
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In Paris Climate Talks, Tension and Spin Builds as the Clock Ticks Down
2015-12-11 23:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: I had a one-hour chat about the end game at the Paris climate talks today on Radio Times, the daily public affairs show hosted by Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY in Philadelphia. Also on the show was Rebecca Leber, reporting from Paris for The New Republic. Listen here: The fireworks, as always, come in the final hours, as sticking points that can only be addressed at the highest levels emerge. Ive been in a round of phone calls with meeting participants and observers and, basically, there wont be much...
Australia belatedly joins 'coalition of ambition' at Paris climate talks
2015-12-11 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has belatedly joined a coalition of ambition in the Paris climate talks a loose grouping of more than 100 developed and developing countries including the US, EU, Canada and Brazil aimed at countering a push by China, India and Saudi Arabia to water down aspects of the climate pact as negotiations run overtime. Tony de Brum, foreign minister of the tiny Marshall Islands, and a founder of the new alliance, insisted Australia had not yet joined, and Australia was not represented at...
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Paris Climate Negotiators Continue Into Overtime
2015-12-11 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The U.N. climate conference in Paris was supposed to end Friday, but negotiators have extended it for at least another day. NPR has the latest from Paris.
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Green Climate Fund seeks clear role in post-2020 climate aid
2015-12-11 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As international climate talks headed into their final hours on Friday, the head of the United Nations' Green Climate Fund said the fund's future role in delivering tens of billions of dollars in climate aid after 2020 is unclear in the draft Paris deal. At last year's climate summit in Peru, the fledgling fund - set up under the U.N. negotiations - was in the spotlight as countries lined up to make public pledges, bringing its total resources to over $10 billion. The money is to be spent on projects...
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