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27.10.2011
Small nations push climate at Commonwealth talks
Pacific island and other small countries being punished by global warming will use a Commonwealth summit this week to ramp up pressure on powerful nations in the climate change debate.
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27.10.2011
UN Warns on Current Climate Mitigation Efforts
A new United Nations report has warned that international efforts to mitigate climate change are insufficient to meet the goal of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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27.10.2011
Kyoto Protocol high on COP17 agenda
JOHANNESBURG – The issue of a “second commitment” to the Kyoto Protocol (KP) is expected to feature highly on the COP17 climate conference in Durban in KwaZulu-Natal in December. The first commitment to the KP expires in December 2012, meaning governments will have to decide and finalise whether the first phase will be extended or whether a second phase will be adopted.
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26.10.2011
Islanda, refugiu pentru arborii francezi
Franta intentioneaza sa planteze arbori in Islanda pentru a conserva ADN-ul speciilor amenintate de schimbarile climatice, potrivit Departamentului forestier francez.
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25.10.2011
Minister vows to settle environment cases
SANUR: Balthasar Kambuaya, the new Environment Minister, said that he would complete 10 environment-related cases within the first 100 days. The number of cases on record is 92.
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24.10.2011
CO2 targets achievable with action
Keeping global warming below two degrees over the next decade is achievable, but decisive action is crucial, a new study has found.
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21.10.2011
Start of pre-COP 17 consultations
The pace is hotting up as the deadline for the upcoming COP 17/CMP7 International Climate Change Conference in Durban at the end of November draws closer.
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20.10.2011
40-day countdown to COP17
Faith leaders, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, intend to use the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Durban to push governments to act in the interest of the world’s environment.
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20.10.2011
Figueres: Legally-binding climate deal achievable
A legally-binding post-2012 climate agreement is achievable, said the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres – but not this year.
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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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