United Nations Climate Change Conference
India Ratifies Paris Climate Accord
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 147th birth anniversary on Sunday, India ratified the historic Paris Climate Deal or COP21 and handed over the instrument of ratification to the UN.
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Turkey among countries signing Paris climate accord
Turkey is ready to cooperate with other countries against climate change, Environment Minister Fatma Güldemet Sar? said late April 22.
Signing the Paris climate agreement at the United Nations, Sar? said the signing ceremony was "a historic day for the world" and outlined measures the country would take against environmental change.
Turkey among 171 countries to sign Paris climate accord
Turkey is ready to cooperate with other countries against climate change, Environment Minister Fatma Güldemet Sar? said late April 22.
Signing the Paris climate agreement at the UN, Sar? said the signing ceremony was "a historic day for the world" and outlined measures the country will take against environmental change.
Nikolic to attend signing of Paris climate deal
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will on Friday, April 22, attend the signing of the Paris agreement on climate change at the UN headquarters in New York.
President Nikolic will attend the ceremony at the invitation of French President Francois Hollande and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Nikolic's presidential press office said in a statement.
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Turkey, the lone wolf of the climate change summit
This time Turkey was a more active or, let's say, a more visible participant in the climate change talks, said Ethemcan Turhan, who was in Paris during the two week summit that finally ended with an agreement.
In the past, Turkey usually would talk on the last day and repeat its same line asking for her special conditions to be recognized.
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Which side of history will Turkey choose on climate change?
I went to the COP21 climate summit in Paris, invited by the TEMA Foundation.
The delegations worked for two weeks to try to agree on a joint action plan. The aim was to sign an agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius to stop climate change, which leads to natural disasters, death, migration and famine.
Turkey: A reluctant signatory of Paris climate accord?
"For the first time, every country in the world has pledged to curb emissions, strengthen resilience and join in common cause to take climate action, What was once unthinkable has become unstoppable," Ban Ki-moon, U.N. Secretary General tweeted following the climate accord in Paris.
Historic climate deal reached in Paris
A historic agreement attempting to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been reached at the climate change summit in Paris.
After two weeks of negotiations ministers and bureaucrats from all over the world decided to cut carbon emissions.
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World climate accord hailed as turning point from fossil fuels
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a landmark global climate accord on Dec. 12, a "historic" measure for transforming the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades and turn the tide on global warming.
Reinforce climate protection, create jobs, and improve competitiveness
With regard to the landmark international climate conference in Paris, it is obvious that 2015 marks a turning point in international efforts to combat climate change. For the first time in 25 years of climate diplomacy we see that all major emitting countries are prepared to take concrete action to reduce or limit.