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Climate talks heating up: Cancun carbon negotiators may head into weekend overtime

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CANCUN, Mexico Negotiators reported progress Thursday at the U.N. climate conference, setting the stage for agreements on a support fund for poorer nations and other steps easing global warmings impact. But it appeared the complex talks might run overtime into the weekend.

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Climate talks must ensure carbon trading: WBank official

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HANOI Major talks on global warming next month must provide reassurances for the future of the market in greenhouse-gas emissions beyond 2012, the World Bank’s environment chief said Monday.

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  • Published: Jan 28th, 2010
  • Category: Global
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Nothing official about ‘Hagen Accord: UNFCCC

NEW DELHI: The UNFCCC has put an end to the ambiguity over the nature of the Copenhagen Accord when it clarified that it has

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  • Published: Jan 5th, 2010
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IPCC head stands to make money from CO2 mediation

Two British journalists have revealed an extensive paper trail that suggests that Rajendra Pachauri, current head of the UN Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), may have extensive conflicts of interest and in fact stands to gain materially from the signing and enforcement of any greenhouse-gas (GHG) remediation treaty.

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  • Published: Jan 2nd, 2010
  • Category: Global
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Small Islands Launch Energy Initiative to Reduce Emissions and Pursue Low Carbon Development

Bella Center, Copenhagen: Friday 18 December: In spite of concerns that current climate talks may not reach an agreement that guarantees survival of small, vulnerable island nations, several small islands today have taken matters into their own hands to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency.

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Down to the wire for carbon deal

Down to the wire for carbon deal
Climate negotiators and heads of states will reconvene in a few hours with the aim of removing the hundreds of square brackets from a draft emissions reduction agreement.

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  • Published: Dec 21st, 2009
  • Category: Global
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Copenhagen: Obama Announces Climate Deal, UNFCCC Crumbles?

In a late night press conference at the close of the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, President Obama declared that a “meaningful deal” had been reached with major emitting nations moments before boarding Air Force One and returning to the United States. While the final structure of “the Copenhagen Accord” is still in question, the content and reverberations of President Obama’s speech today leave little doubt that the UNFCCC process, for all intents and purposes, is dead. Whether it continues to shamble on like a zombie through sheer force of inertia is yet to be determined…

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  • Published: Dec 20th, 2009
  • Category: Asia
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China cuts in to oppose Taiwan’s UNFCCC bid

Copenhagen, Dec. 18 (CNA) A marathon meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference was held in the Danish capital Thursday, during which many of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies spoke in support of Taiwan’s inclusion in the group until a Chinese delegate cut in to oppose the bid.

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Nations look to Copenhagen summit for carbon emission cut solution

Countries taking part in a UN climate change conference in Denmark are looking to a meeting of leaders later this month to advance a solution to cuts in carbon emissions, a senior Russian delegate said.

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  • Published: Dec 15th, 2009
  • Category: Global
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Rich-poor deadlock in Copenhagen

Entering its second week, just days before the arrival of the political leaders, the Copenhagen climate conference is in the grip of a serious deadlock.

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