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Climate change, poverty highlighted at development talks
Stockholm - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Thursday called nations to put national interests aside in order to secure a global deal on climate change in Copenhagen in December. Reinfeldt was one of the keynote speakers at the European Dev...
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BACKGROUND:The EU's (partial)recipe for Copenhagen
Luxembourg - These are the main points which European Union environment ministers think should be covered by a deal on fighting climate change in Copenhagen in December:TARGETS: global warming should be limited to 2 degrees centigrade above pre-indus...
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US does not expect binding climate deal in Copenhagen
Barcelona - December's Copenhagen climate conference will produce a real but probably not binding agreement, a US climate change negotiator said Thursday. Jonathan Pershing made the comments in Barcelona, Spain, where UN climate negotiators are try...
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EXTRA:EU approves watered-down proposals on climate change
Luxembourg - European Union environment ministers on Wednesday agreed a watered-down negotiating position ahead of international talks on fighting climate change by putting off a key debate on billions of euros in emissions permits, diplomats said. T...
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PREVIEW: EU limps towards difficult summit
Brussels - The European Union's 27 leaders head for a summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday with two of their most cherished projects - institutional reform and climate change - in disarr...
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Singapore to cut emissions if other countries do their bit
Singapore - Singapore is prepared to cut carbon emissions going into the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, but only if other countries do their bit as well, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a speech late Friday. O...
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EU baits the Copenhagen hook - Feature
Brussels - The European Union has baited its hook. On Friday, for the first time, the leaders of the world's biggest economic bloc agreed a figure on how much money the developed world should offer developing states to fight climate change. ...
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EU agrees climate change funding offer - Summary
Brussels - European Union leaders reached a compromise Friday on how much money to offer developing countries to help them fight climate change. The agreement, reached at a summit in Brussels, was viewed by participants as a milesto...
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Obama officials take climate case before skeptical Senate
Washington - The Senate's debate on climate change legislation shifted into high gear on Tuesday as President Barack Obama's administration took its case for action before the chamber's environment committee. Cabinet members from the departments of e...
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EU agrees climate-change funding compromise
Brussels - European Union leaders on Friday reached a compromise on how much money to offer developing countries to fight climate change, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said at the EU summit in Brussels. However, leaders put off a discussion...
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EXTRA: Merkel calls on US, Europe to tackle climate change
Washington - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the United States and Europe to take a leadership role in the world's effort to combat climate change, saying the trans-Atlantic partners must set an example for emerging economic powers. There is n...
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Obama, Merkel meet to discuss Afghanistan, climate change
Washington - US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Tuesday to discuss the war in Afghanistan and ongoing negotiations to produce an international climate change pact. Merkel met with Obama for the first time since her re-e...
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Oxfam: Drought threatens 23 million in East Africa
London/Nairobi - Oxfam Great Britain on Tuesday warned that 23 million people were facing severe hunger due to climate change- exacerbated drought in East Africa. This is the worst humanitarian crisis Oxfam has seen in East Africa for over ten years...
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Climate change talks kick off with Copenhagen clock ticking
Bangkok - United Nations climate change talks kicked off in Bangkok Monday with reminders that time is quickly running out for finalizing a new climate deal in Copenhagen in December. Time is not pressing, it has almost run out, said Yvo de Boer,...
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