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60 World Leaders To Attend UN Climate Signing In New York On April 22
About 60 world leaders will attend an April 22 ceremony in New York opening the period for signatures on last year's Paris climate change agreement, though it remains unclear how many will actually sign the document that day.
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UN Climate Talks A Chance To 'Rise To History'
Ministers from around the planet today launched a five-day scramble in Paris to answer "the call of history" and strike a deal to spare mankind from climate disaster.
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There is No Country That is Not Vulnerable: UN Climate Change Chief to NDTV
"I do think that all the 195 countries do have a common enemy, and the common enemy is the prospect of runaway climate change, of greenhouse gas emissions that would continue to increase and have the most pernicious effect on the developing countries and in particular on the vulnerable under-developing countries," Christiana Figueres, Executive Sec...
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Race Underway to Seal Global Climate Agreement
A day after world leaders vowed to unite in a war on climate change, negotiators at the UN talks get down today to the nitty-gritty, where many bitterly divisive issues await.
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World Leaders in Paris for Climate-Rescue Summit
World leaders launch a whirlwind day of talks in the French capital today aimed at forging an elusive agreement to stave off calamitous global warming.
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Good COP, Bad COP: Will Paris Climate Summit Prevail?
"Copenhagen". The mere mention of the Danish capital's name can send a chill down the spine of even the toughest climate negotiator.
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'Progress' Made on Climate Pact, But Hard Work Ahead: France
Environment and energy ministers have made "progress" in three days of talks to seek political convergence ahead of a UN climate summit, host France said today, but much hard work remains.
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Climate Curbs Will Slow Temperature Rise; More Needed for 2C Goal: UN
Plans by about 150 countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions will slow climate change this century and keep alive a goal of limiting a rise in temperatures to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), the United Nations said today.
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UN Climate Chief Presses Speedy Action After Pledges
The UN climate chief urged nations Monday to ensure the speed of future efforts, saying the planet was on course for warming of a still-dangerous three degrees Celsius.
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Slow Progress Affects Negotiations at UN Climate Talks
The "snail's pace" of progress on an accord to combat climate change caused widening unease at UN negotiations on Friday, with time fast running out before a Paris summit at which a global agreement is due to be reached.
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Cash Crunch for Paris Conference: UN Climate Chief
Crunch climate negotiations opened in Bonn Monday with a UN official urging countries to replenish coffers for the critical Paris conference tasked with sealing a global carbon-curbing pact in December.
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Pope Francis to Blame Profiteers for Killing the Planet
Pope Francis will call today on the world's leaders to pull together to fight global warming, publishing his hotly-anticipated thesis on the environment which slams profiteers and slaves to progress.
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Nations Warn Time Running Short to Resolve Global Warming Disputes Before Paris Climate Deal
Several nations expressed growing unease today that time is running short to resolve disputes about global warming after UN talks ended with little progress towards an international deal to combat climate change meant to be agreed in December.
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Switzerland First to Submit Climate Plan for Paris UN Deal
Switzerland became the first nation on Friday to submit a plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020 as a basis for a UN deal to limit climate change due to be sealed in December.
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UN Climate Chief Says 'Door Closing' on Warming Fix
United Nations climate change chief Christiana Figueres on Tuesday warned time was running out for meaningful action on global warming, citing the plight of low-lying Pacific nations facing ever-rising seas.
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60 World Leaders To Attend UN Climate Signing In New York On April 22
About 60 world leaders will attend an April 22 ceremony in New York opening the period for signatures on last year's Paris climate change agreement, though it remains unclear how many will actually sign the document that day.
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UN Climate Talks A Chance To 'Rise To History'
Ministers from around the planet today launched a five-day scramble in Paris to answer "the call of history" and strike a deal to spare mankind from climate disaster.
-
There is No Country That is Not Vulnerable: UN Climate Change Chief to NDTV
"I do think that all the 195 countries do have a common enemy, and the common enemy is the prospect of runaway climate change, of greenhouse gas emissions that would continue to increase and have the most pernicious effect on the developing countries and in particular on the vulnerable under-developing countries," Christiana Figueres, Executive Sec...
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Race Underway to Seal Global Climate Agreement
A day after world leaders vowed to unite in a war on climate change, negotiators at the UN talks get down today to the nitty-gritty, where many bitterly divisive issues await.
-
World Leaders in Paris for Climate-Rescue Summit
World leaders launch a whirlwind day of talks in the French capital today aimed at forging an elusive agreement to stave off calamitous global warming.
-
Good COP, Bad COP: Will Paris Climate Summit Prevail?
"Copenhagen". The mere mention of the Danish capital's name can send a chill down the spine of even the toughest climate negotiator.
-
'Progress' Made on Climate Pact, But Hard Work Ahead: France
Environment and energy ministers have made "progress" in three days of talks to seek political convergence ahead of a UN climate summit, host France said today, but much hard work remains.
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Climate Curbs Will Slow Temperature Rise; More Needed for 2C Goal: UN
Plans by about 150 countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions will slow climate change this century and keep alive a goal of limiting a rise in temperatures to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), the United Nations said today.
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UN Climate Chief Presses Speedy Action After Pledges
The UN climate chief urged nations Monday to ensure the speed of future efforts, saying the planet was on course for warming of a still-dangerous three degrees Celsius.
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Slow Progress Affects Negotiations at UN Climate Talks
The "snail's pace" of progress on an accord to combat climate change caused widening unease at UN negotiations on Friday, with time fast running out before a Paris summit at which a global agreement is due to be reached.
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Cash Crunch for Paris Conference: UN Climate Chief
Crunch climate negotiations opened in Bonn Monday with a UN official urging countries to replenish coffers for the critical Paris conference tasked with sealing a global carbon-curbing pact in December.
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Pope Francis to Blame Profiteers for Killing the Planet
Pope Francis will call today on the world's leaders to pull together to fight global warming, publishing his hotly-anticipated thesis on the environment which slams profiteers and slaves to progress.
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Nations Warn Time Running Short to Resolve Global Warming Disputes Before Paris Climate Deal
Several nations expressed growing unease today that time is running short to resolve disputes about global warming after UN talks ended with little progress towards an international deal to combat climate change meant to be agreed in December.
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Switzerland First to Submit Climate Plan for Paris UN Deal
Switzerland became the first nation on Friday to submit a plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020 as a basis for a UN deal to limit climate change due to be sealed in December.
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UN Climate Chief Says 'Door Closing' on Warming Fix
United Nations climate change chief Christiana Figueres on Tuesday warned time was running out for meaningful action on global warming, citing the plight of low-lying Pacific nations facing ever-rising seas.
