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Jake Schmidt: Five Reasons We Need a New Global Agreement on Climate Change by 2015

2013-04-30T02:19:27Z

Climate change is starting to wreak damages across the world, showing us vividly that our failure to act has consequences. This damage will only get worse if we fail to do even more to reduce climate pollution.

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Jake Schmidt: Confirmation of John Kerry as Secretary of State Important for Action on Climate Change

2013-01-30T08:52:25Z

The Senate confirmed Senator John Kerry as the next Secretary of State. Senator Kerry understands that the impacts of climate change are severe and th...

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Kyoto Protocol Extended, Only Covers Fraction Of Emissions

2012-12-08T17:23:11Z

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Seeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the gr...

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Jamie Henn: Hurricane Sandy's Sister, Typhoon Bopha

2012-12-07T15:00:00Z

The island of Mindanao in the Philippines couldn't be much farther away from New York City, but this week they've been inextricably linked by tragedy.

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Tom Zeller Jr.: UN Climate Talks: Endless Treadmill, Without The Health Benefits

2012-12-06T12:51:01Z

Global climate negotiations in Doha are nearing their conclusion and the talks are, as ever, beset by myriad divisions between rich nations and poor ones, between established economies and up-and-comers, and between, well, the United States and just about everyone else.

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Keith Peterman: UN Climate Conference: Feeling the Frustration of Youth

2012-12-05T11:30:03Z

The high-level portion of the COP begins today. Youth -- half the worlds' population -- must wait outside the negotiating rooms to see what future reality awaits them.

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U.S. Envoy At U.N Climate Talks Challenges China Over Carbon Emissions Leniency

2012-12-03T12:17:00Z

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pu...

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U.N. Climate Conference Looks To Resolve Disputes In Final Week

2012-12-03T09:08:00Z

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Almost 200 nations are meeting in Doha until Dec. 7 to try to extend struggling U.N.-led efforts to slow global warming to avert e...

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Hundreds March For 'Climate Justice' In Qatar

2012-12-01T18:24:33Z

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A few hundred people marched in a peaceful demonstration Saturday for "climate justice" in Doha, where negotiators from nearly 20...

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UN Climate Chief Doesn't See 'Much Public Interest' For Tough Action

2012-11-30T08:13:16Z

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The United Nations climate chief is urging people not to look solely to their governments to make tough decisions to slow global ...

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Vivian Norris: The Doha Climate Talks and an Interview With DESERTEC Foundation Director, Dr. Thiemo Gropp

2012-11-28T10:03:48Z

"Energy is available in abundance and we have all the technologies -- proven and ready to be rolled out -- that we need to harness it."

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2012 On Track To Set Major Record

2012-11-28T13:08:00Z

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An area of Arctic sea ice bigger than the United States melted this year, according the U.N. weather agency, which said the drama...

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With New Environmental Gusto, Will Obama Pull His Weight During U.N. Climate Talks?

2012-11-15T12:23:00Z

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The European Union's climate commissioner says she hopes that President Barack Obama's renewed attention to global warming after th...

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Walden Bello: Breaking the Climate Stalemate

2012-09-12T10:46:50Z

We can no longer tolerate a situation in which the United States and China portray themselves as opponents but actually provide each other with the rationale to pursue their environmentally destabilizing trajectories.

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After Months Of Delay, UN Climate Fund Finally Begins Talks

2012-08-23T13:31:00Z

* Fund meeting to focus on country for HQ, details * Fund to oversee climate aid, due to rise to $100 bln by 2020 GENEV...

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Rich-Poor Divide Reopens At UN Climate Talks

2012-05-24T10:44:51Z

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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EU: CO2 Cut Review Could Raise Kyoto Ambitions

2012-05-23T17:00:00Z

* Kyoto extension could be flexible to enable deeper targets * Could help raise ambitions when economy better * Decision...

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Jake Schmidt: What Climate & Energy Actions Would You Demand of World Leaders at the 2012 Earth Summit?

2012-03-09T14:38:00Z

Think world leaders need to finally phase-out the fossil fuel subsidies that are helping to drive global warming and tilting the incentive away from clean energy investments?

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Mike Sweeney: Who Moved My Climate?

2011-12-30T13:20:26Z

According to NASA, in 90 years most of Earth's land that is not covered by ice or desert is projected to undergo at least a 30 percent change in plant cover -- changes that will require people and animals to adapt and even relocate.

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Jake Schmidt: Video Blog From Global Warming Negotiations in South Africa: It Always Seems Impossible, Until It's Done

2011-12-12T19:01:02Z

This year the lanyards given out by the environmental groups have a famous Nelson Mandela quote that is quite fitting for the current state of play in...

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Charles Redfern: Puff And Bluster At Armageddon

2011-12-12T14:54:31Z

There's an ironic smile hovering in the air after the haggling in Durban, South Africa. In a season of giving, negotiators at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change hoarded.

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Durban: Saving the Planet or Saving Face?

2011-12-11T13:58:19Z

The official theme of the recently concluded United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa -- the 17th such meeting since national governm...

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Climate Conference Approves Landmark Deal

2011-12-11T01:11:28Z

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

2011-12-10T10:55:58Z

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

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Jamie Henn: Climate Movement Gives UN Climate Talks a "Reality Check"

2011-12-09T14:56:01Z

Hundreds of people marched through the halls of the UN Climate Talks this afternoon to demand that negotiators not sign a "death sentence" in Durban.

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