United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UN chief hoping for draft of global climate deal
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Dec. 4 he will travel to the climate conference in Peru next week and is hopeful that delegates will draft an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.
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Environmental groups urge climate fund to exclude fossil fuels
Environmental groups are demanding tighter rules on climate finance for poor nations after an Associated Press investigation showed Japan bankrolled coal-fired power plants with money earmarked for fighting global warming.
On the sidelines of U.N. climate talks in Lima, green groups on Dec. 4 urged the recently launched Green Climate Fund to exclude money for fossil fuels.
Clock ticking, UN climate talks resume in Lima
Negotiators from more than 190 countries get together Dec. 1 in Lima for the last main stop of the U.N. climate negotiations on the road to a planned global warming deal in Paris next year.
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China insists rich nations must do more at Lima climate meeting
Developed countries must do more than their less wealthy counterparts to tackle climate change, the world's biggest polluter China said Nov. 25, reaffirming its longstanding position before a United Nations climate conference next month.
Prospects rise for a 2015 UN climate deal, but likely to be weak
A global deal to combat climate change in 2015 looks more likely after promises for action by China, the United States and the European Union, but any agreement will probably be too weak to halt rising temperatures.
Obama unveils $3 bn contribution to UN climate fund: US official
US President Barack Obama will pledge $3 billion to a UN fund aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change in the world's poorest countries, a US official said Nov. 14.
"It is in our national interest to helping vulnerable countries to build resilience to climate change," the administration official said as Obama headed to a G20 summit in Australia.
US and China announce 'historic' climate accord
The United States and China on Nov. 12 announced an action plan on greenhouse emissions as part of a "historic" pact that was acclaimed by climate scientists but denounced by US Republicans as a job-killer.
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UN climate summit will fail unless US sets big goal: EU
The UN climate summit in 2015 will fail unless the United States sets "a concrete and ambitious" goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard warned.
Rhetoric good, credibility poor on climate change
From the very beginning, Turkey has had a very problematic relationship with climate change talks.
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Turkey and climate change talks: Good rhetoric but poor credibility
From the very beginning, Turkey has had a very problematic relationship with climate change talks.