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19.05.2012
Germany: Durban Platform climate talks in Bonn
Africa stresses ‘fair emission cuts’ as key to moving climate talks forward - African countries attending the opening of the 'Durban Platform' climate talks in Bonn, Germany, on Thursday expressed worry that there had been no change in proposed emission cuts, even though the current inadequate pledges risk 2.5-5C of warming. In the first session of discussions on the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, the European Union and other developed countries' proposed emission that cuts remained low despite a commitment at the Durban conference last year to 'increase ambition' or the level of the targets.
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18.05.2012
Durban Platform negotiations: A long way to go
Those of you who are familiar with the Durban Platform will know that it is roughly two sides of A4 paper detailing the main agreements from the Durban conference last December.
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18.05.2012
South Africa: Common Legal Regime to Tackle Climate Change By 2015
Meeting in Bonn, the 195 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) started to negotiate a new global pact - to be enacted by 2015 - that, for the first time, will place rich and poor under a common legal regime to tackle climate change, Times Live reports.
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18.05.2012
Industrialised Countries Under Critical Spotlight at U.N. Meet
The latest session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place May 15-25 in the former German capital Bonn, is the perfect opportunity to reaffirm the enormous and growing body of scientific expertise on policies to tackle global warming.
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17.05.2012
Rich nations stall talks on their record of cutting emissions
On the second day of the Bonn climate change negotiations, the US, the EU and other developed countries tried to stall discussions on whether the rich countries had met their obligations on reducing emissions and financing the poor countries. Many developed countries pushed for talks to take place only on a new single legal treaty that would wipe out all past and existing obligations.
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16.05.2012
Climate deal milestones should be set this year: U.N.
Countries which agreed to sign a deal in 2015 to cut greenhouse gas emissions should set milestones this year to ensure the necessary work is done on time, the United Nations' climate chief said on Wednesday.
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15.05.2012
Duration of 'Kyoto 2' threatens rift at U.N. climate talks
A dispute over the length of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has threatened to fracture a coalition between the EU and some of the world's poorest countries at the latest round of U.N. climate talks, which started in Bonn on Monday.
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15.05.2012
World climate talks open in Bonn
A new round of global climate talks have opened in Bonn, with rich and poor countries squaring off over greenhouse gas reduction targets to halt the pace of planet warming.
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14.05.2012
India to oppose EU’s climate protocol move
In climate talks beginning on Monday in Bonn, India will oppose the EU's move to start negotiations on the draft of a new climate protocol in 2012 itself. Considering it another shift in the goalpost by the Europeans, the Indian team of negotiators is expected to point out that no consensus was built at Durban last year that the only way forward is a new protocol that renders Kyoto Protocol redundant
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14.05.2012
Bracing for tough climate talks
With the climate situation seemingly deteriorating, the talks resuming in Bonn today after the Durban meeting last December will be closely monitored by the world public. The world’s future may depend on it.
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13.05.2012
Qatar Pavilion at Yeosu Expo opens
Yeosu, South Korea: The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, who is also president-elect of the Conference on Climate Change (COP18) has inaugurated Qatar Pavilion at the “Yeosu International Expo 2012 being held in city of Yeosu, South Korea.
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13.05.2012
Financial Middlemen Muddle Climate Commitments
The European Union has been using all means necessary to fill the multi- billion-euro fund for climate change, including the controversial mobilisation of public resources through private financial intermediaries.
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13.05.2012
Global warming: Interim climate talks start in Bonn
Global warming will once again take the center of the world political stage this week, with interim climate talks in Bonn, Germany, aimed at trying to nail down a few more details on agreements reached in principal at last December’s COP 17 in Durban.
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11.05.2012
UNDP to developing countries: Take on a greater role in reducing emissions
Even as it recognizes that developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region like India must to grow to eke millions of its people out of poverty, a United Nations' report has made it clear that given the realities of climate change "growing first and cleaning up later" is no longer an option for these developing countries.
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