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21.11.2012
BASIC countries call for commitment on climate change
Climate change ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China, also known as the BASIC countries, have called on the developed economies to "scale up ambitions" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet the 2-degree target, a week before a climate change conference in Doha, Qatar.
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20.11.2012
Climate change a 'real and present danger,' Kent says
Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent thinks recent extreme weather events are forcing politicians in both Canada and the U.S. to focus on the issue of climate change, and that includes members of his Conservative government's cabinet.
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20.11.2012
What does business want from the UN climate change talks?
The role of big business in multiplying government climate finance pledges cannot be underplayed with the queues of people lining-up to stress that the Green Climate Fund cannot meet its goal of raising $100bn a year by 2020 without it.
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18.11.2012
Glacial-paced U.N. climate talks need overhaul: researchers
Nations working on a deal to fight climate change should cap the size of delegations and use majority voting to overhaul negotiating rules that stifle progress and harm the interests of the poorest nations, researchers said on Sunday.
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14.11.2012
Indonesia to propose yet another climate agreement
Indonesia will try to convince developed nations to adopt a treaty on climate change and join a trust fund for its mitigation efforts in the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Doha, Qatar in December.
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12.11.2012
India wants comprehensive climate talks in Doha
India has demanded that environment ministers gathering in Doha for climate talks in November-end discuss not just greenhouse gas emission reductions but finance, technology and other issues closer to developing countries' interest too.
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12.11.2012
Climate change "new normal," lessons from Sandy: U.N. chief
Extreme weather sparked by climate change is "the new normal" and Superstorm Sandy that ravaged the U.S. Northeast is a lesson the world must pursue more environmentally friendly policies, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.
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08.11.2012
Obama to weigh energy boom, climate change in second term
President Barack Obama will face a two-fold challenge in energy policy in his second term: make good on his promise to act on climate change, while at the same time foster growth in oil and gas production that has spurred jobs and manufacturing.
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08.11.2012
QNCC all set to host mega climate change conference QNA/Doha
The Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) has set up over 125 well-equipped meeting rooms and two halls that can seat up to 2,000 delegates for the plenary sessions besides other top grade arrangements to host the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change 2012 (COP18/CMP8).
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