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Climate Agreement Reached Despite Lingering Mistrust

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

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* Agenda for work on new global climate deal is adopted * Agreement breaks week-long deadlock over procedure * Mistrust ...

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Rich-Poor Divide Reopens At UN Climate Talks

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 05.25.2012

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BONN, Germany (AP) — U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances m...

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Climate Conference Delegates Hope For Greater Ambitions For CO2 Cuts

Reuters | Posted 05.22.2012

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* Reluctance to take on more ambitious CO2 cut targets * Pressure is on as climate risks grow By Nina Chestney ...

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Climate Conference Approves Landmark Deal

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 02.09.2012

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DURBAN, South Africa — A U.N. climate conference reached a hard-fought agreement Sunday on a far-reaching program meant to set a new course for ...

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Countries 'Working To The Very Last Minute' On Climate Talks

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 02.09.2012

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UN Climate Talks On Edge Heading Into Final Hours

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 02.07.2012

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DURBAN, South Africa — Negotiators from Europe, tiny islands threatened by rising oceans and the world's poorest countries sought to keep alive ...

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Raising $100 Billion For Climate Fund In Dispute

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 02.06.2012

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DURBAN, South Africa — Even in hard times, fighting climate change is not a luxury but a necessity, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wedn...

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EU To Probe China On Climate Intentions

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 02.03.2012

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DURBAN, South Africa (AP) -- The European Union, championing a deal to get all major countries to agree to binding pollution targets, says it will exp...

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Ex-U.N. Climate Chief Says Talks Are Rudderless

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 02.03.2012

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DURBAN, South Africa — Yvo de Boer said he left his job as the U.N.'s top climate official in frustration 18 months ago, believing the process o...

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Top U.N. Climate Official Says Pledges To Cut CO2 Will Go On

AP | By ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.03.2011

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DURBAN, South Africa -- The top U.N. climate official said Saturday she is confident industrial countries will renew their pledges to cut greenhouse g...

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U.S. Charged With Stonewalling Climate Negotiations

Tom Zeller Jr. | Posted 01.30.2012

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In a sharply-worded letter sent to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton on Tuesday, a coalition of environmental and climate-action groups identify the United States as a bad-faith negotiator and an unprincipled impediment to global climate talks now underway in Durban, South Africa. Just three years after President Obama's rising call to action, the authors of the letter say, "America risks being viewed not as a global leader on climate change, but as a major obstacle to progress."

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U.N. Scientist: Global Warming Leading To Loss Of Agriculture, Water, Species

AP | By ARTHUR MAX | Posted 11.30.2011

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DURBAN, South Africa -- The U.N.'s top climate scientist cautioned climate negotiators Wednesday that global warming is leading to human dangers and s...

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Durban Climate Conference Q&A

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 01.28.2012

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JOHANNESBURG — Some questions and answers about the climate talks being held in South Africa's eastern city of Durban that opened Monday and clo...

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Climate Conference Opens, Focuses On Emissions Cuts

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 01.28.2012

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DURBAN, South Africa — With heat-trapping carbon at record levels in the atmosphere, U.N. climate negotiations opened Monday with pressure build...

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Developing Nations Want Climate Aid For Palestine

AP | Posted 08.07.2011

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BONN, Germany -- Developing countries have asked the U.N. climate conference to accept Palestine as a participant and give it access to funding to fig...

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Who Should Pay To Address Climate Change?

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Should airline passengers pay a small tax to help out? How about global money dealers? Or perhaps governments should take ...

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Why Food Prices Could Double

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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CANCUN, Mexico — Even if we stopped spewing global warming gases today, the world would face a steady rise in food prices this century. But on o...

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UN Climate Conference Kicks Off In Cancun With Limited Expectations

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 05.25.2011

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CANCUN, Mexico — Frustrated at past failures, climate negotiators began a critical two-week conference Monday with a call from Mexico's president to...

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What the Pew Center Believes

Elliot Diringer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elliot Diringer

The Pew Center believes that, for the sake of the planet and future generations, our goal must be a ratifiable treaty establishing fair and effective commitments for all major economies.

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