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Obama still plans to attend Paris climate summit: U.S. official
2015-11-14 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama still plans to attend a global climate summit in Paris at the end of November despite the attacks claimed by Islamic State, a senior U.S. administration official said on Saturday. The Paris summit is focused on curbing climate change, one of the Obama administration's top priorities. A French official told Reuters earlier on Saturday that the summit would continue with beefed-up security despite the deadly attacks on Paris that killed 127 people.
Terror attacks may impact parallel events of Paris climate summit
2015-11-14 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: The Paris terror attack will not affect the forthcoming climate summit per se in the French capital where heads of states\governments will assemble on November 30 to give a political momentum to the crucial climate negotiations, but it may impact the events which are to be organized outside the conference venue or the 'side' events within the premises. The biggest casualty is expected to be the 'People's climate march' which is to take place on November 29 - a day before the inauguration of the...
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UN climate conference to go ahead near Paris despite attacks: France
2015-11-14 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The UN climate conference will go ahead as planned near Paris later this month despite the terror attacks that killed 128 people in the French capital, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Saturday. "COP21 must be held," Fabius said, using the conference's name, but he added security would be increased. In Washington, an American official said President Barack Obama would participate in the meeting. The November 30-December 11 meeting, taking place under the UN Framework Convention on Climate...
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Climate-change caused displacement must be discussed in Paris climate summit
2015-11-14 09:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BDNews24: Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque has lamented that the issue of displacement still remains "a taboo' in the international climate talks. "Bangladesh, along with some other countries, is at the forefront of this debate," he said on Saturday, ahead of the Paris climate summit. Displacement is globally considered a national issue, so those displaced due to climate change are neither defined as refugees nor eligible for international aid. Bangladesh, where thousands face displacement every...
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World leaders will go to Paris climate talks despite attack
2015-11-14 09:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: An unprecedented climate summit is still scheduled to take place in Paris, despite Friday's deadly attacks. Some 40,000-plus journalists, diplomats and climate activists, as well as 127 heads of state including President Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, are expected to attend the Paris talks which begins Nov. 30. See also: Here's how you can help victims of the Paris terror attacks The French government is determined not to let the attacks derail plans...
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