News tagged with world climate conference
UN climate talks on edge heading into final hours
(AP) -- The United States, China and India could scuttle attempts to save the only treaty governing global warming, Europe's top negotiator said Friday hours before a 194-nation U.N. climate conference was ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Financing battle emerges at climate change talks
(AP) -- International climate negotiators were at odds Tuesday on how to raise billions of dollars to help poor countries cope with global warming. A major shipping group is willing to help, endorsing a proposal for a carbon ...
Nov 29, 2011 |
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UBC researchers provide recommendations for $100 billion in annual climate change aid
University of British Columbia researchers are providing recommendations for managing a $100 billion annual commitment made by the international community at last year's United Nations climate conference to help the developing ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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UN weather agency: scorching heat soon routine
(AP) -- The brutal heat waves that killed thousands of Europeans in 2003 and that choked Russia earlier this year will seem like average summers in the future as the Earth continues to warm, the U.N. weather ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Leaked document stirs anger at climate summit
(AP) -- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.
Dec 08, 2009 |
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UN seeks better data on hurricanes, droughts
(AP) -- The United Nations opened talks Monday on setting up a better weather surveillance system worldwide so all nations can get earlier, more accurate warnings about hurricanes, droughts and floods.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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UN meeting: help nations adapt to global warming
(AP) -- As nations negotiate tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gases, the United Nations is holding a separate conference on coping with more floods, droughts and other effects of climate change already ...
Aug 30, 2009 |
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