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U.N. climate change conference in Bonn adjourns
2013-06-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Delegates to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, say they made progress toward reaching a new universal climate change agreement. "Over the past12 months, solid foundations have been laid under the process both toward the 2015 agreement and in raising pre-2020 ambition," Co-chairs Jayant Moreshver Mauskar and Harald Dovland said in a joint statement Friday. "As a result of the constructive and flexible engagement among governments, nations now have a clearer idea of how to move...
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Mixed-bag climate conference closes in Bonn
2013-06-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Talks towards a worldwide climate pact wrapped up Friday with delegates claiming progress, even though a procedural bust-up with Russia blocked important work. With just over 900 days left to a 2015 deadline for signing the UN's most ambitious environmental deal, the negotiations in Bonn sought to lay the groundwork for a ministerial-level huddle in Warsaw in November. Due to enter into force by 2020, the agreement would for the first time bind all the world's nations to measurable targets...
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Africa: 'Carbon Farming' Makes Waves At Stalled Bonn Talks
2013-06-15 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: U.N. climate talks have largely stalled with the suspension of one of three negotiating tracks at a key mid-year session in Bonn, Germany. Meanwhile, civil society organisations claim the controversial issue of "carbon farming" has been pushed back onto the agenda after African nations objected to the use of their lands to absorb carbon emissions. At the Bonn Climate Change Conference this week, Russia insisted on new procedural rules. That blocked all activity in one track of negotiations called...
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UN climate talks collapse amid acrimony in Bonn
2013-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: A vital track of the UN climate talks in Bonn has collapsed after nations failed to resolve a dispute over the meeting`s agenda. Eight days into the two week meeting, a proposed addition by Russia to the agenda of the session dealing with the UN`s decision-making process was not accepted. A compromise deal presented to governments in the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) meeting this morning was rejected by Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It means sensitive discussions on climate compensation,...
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U.N. climate talks pick back up in Bonn
2013-06-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The next round of U.N. climate change talks began in Bonn, Germany--the final round of midyear negotiations before the 19th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in November. The talks are, in part, focused on defining elements of a universal climate agreement by 2015, an agreement that would be enforced by 2020. The negotiations are now in a crucial conceptual phase of the 2015 agreement, said U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres. Stakeholders need...