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18.10.2011
South Africa faces COP 17 balancing act
South Africa would need to ensure a balanced approach to its roles as a negotiating party and as the president of the seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17), to be held in Durban late next month, Imbewu Sustainability Legal Specialist’s Dr Marie Parramon said on Tuesday.
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18.10.2011
No "big bang" expected from Durban climate talks: EU
(Reuters) - Global climate talks in South Africa next month will not produce a "big bang" capable of producing a new and binding pact to slash greenhouse gases, but steady progress could be made, a senior European climate official said on Tuesday.
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17.10.2011
Climate change focus
REDUCING the risks of climate change and increasing the resilience of agriculture and forestry ecosystems are vital to Pacific Islanders, says Land Resources Division acting director Inoke Ratukalou.
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17.10.2011
UN official stresses climate change adaptation measures in Africa
African States have no choice but to implement climate change adaptation measures, given the continent’s vulnerability to the phenomenon, a senior United Nations official said today as the first conference on climate change and development in Africa got under way in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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16.10.2011
UN chief pushes trust, green themes with lawmakers
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Lawmakers in Europe and elsewhere must do more than put their debt-wracked houses in order — they must reassure citizens who fear diminished future prospects, and that means restoring people's trust in government, the U.N. secretary-general said Sunday night.
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16.10.2011
Experts back India at climate change talks
New Delhi: With India proposing the inclusion of some of neglected issues in the agenda of the UN climate change negotiations in Durban later this year, experts feel the country has taken a U-turn from its stand in Mexico 2010 and is following a better line.
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13.10.2011
ESG Green Pages official catalogue at UN Convention
Up to 40 000 visitors, including delegates from 185 countries are expected at the seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) next month. As the host nation and as a developing country, South Africa's participation must be committed to the global effort addressing concerns of climate change and sustainable development.
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12.10.2011
ASEAN unity in climate talks urged
MANILA, Philippines – In the wake of the devastating floods in member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, particularly Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines, over the past two weeks, the regional bloc has been urged to unite and take a more active and transparent role in pushing for binding agreements to combat climate change.
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12.10.2011
EU reform plans target greener, fairer farm subsidies
(Reuters) - The EU's executive proposed on Wednesday making farm subsidies fairer and more environmentally friendly, in a bid to win support for keeping EU agricultural spending at about 55 billion euro-a-year ($75 billion-a-year) up to 2020.
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11.10.2011
UN issues call for green public-private partnerships
The UN's climate change secretariat has issued a call for green public-private partnerships around the world to contact the agency. This is part of an initiative designed to highlight innovative projects that demonstrate co-operation between businesses and the public sector.
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08.10.2011
Ambitions in check on global climate deal
With just weeks to go before UN talks on climate change open in South Africa, negotiators have shifted their goal from striking a historic deal to ensuring that the global system survives.
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05.10.2011
G77 and China insists continuation of Kyoto Protocol not up for negotiation
The last round of UN climate change negotiations ahead of this year's main conference in Durban is likely to end in deadlock, after the G77 and China group of developing countries told diplomats gathering in Panama that it remains fiercely opposed to any attempt to phase out the Kyoto Protocol.
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05.10.2011
Countries Struggle at Panama Climate Meeting on Road to Durban
Climate change measures with trade implications continue to create friction during negotiations taking place in Panama City, Panama this week as part of the final preparations for December’s United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP). Two major areas of discussion have already spurred countries to come forth with strongly-worded proposals in efforts to safeguard trade and economic development. The first relates to the possible negative impacts of unilateral measures taken to address climate change; the second relates to global sectoral approaches to mitigate emissions.
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02.10.2011
EU urges roadmap this year on climate action
PANAMA CITY — The European Union urged all nations Sunday to make clear how they will tackle climate change, saying the world needs a roadmap this year on future action even if a treaty appears out of reach.
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29.09.2011
France eyes new carbon tax in 2012 budget
France's conservative government is including a new one-off carbon levy in its €11 billion cuts package, but weakening growth may spell even more belt-tightening to meet sacrosanct deficit targets.
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