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13.07.2010
UN Eyes Private Help in $100 Billion Climate Aid
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A pledge by rich nations in Copenhagen to provide as much as $100 billion a year of climate-related aid to developing countries by 2020 may depend in part on the generosity of private donors and other non-governmental sources.
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13.07.2010
UN chief calls for delivery on climate change financing
UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday reiterated the need for world leaders to deliver sizable financial support to developing countries to fund their efforts in mitigating and adapting to climate change.
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12.07.2010
New York talks to tackle climate financing deadlock
The latest round of crucial UN-backed talks to identify how to raise climate finance for developing countries will take place in New York later today, with the UK warning that progress is essential to the chances of an international climate treaty being agreed.
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07.07.2010
Climate to warm at double rate
THE world is heading for an average temperature rise of nearly 4 degrees, according to a global analysis of national pledges. Such a rise would bring a high risk of major extinctions, threats to food supplies and the near-total collapse of the huge Greenland ice sheet.
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07.07.2010
UN's climate report 'one-sided'
THE IPCC's report on climate change failed to make clear it often presented a worst-case scenario on global warming, an investigation has found.
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06.07.2010
Korea, Mexico discuss ways to upgrade ties
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Mexico on Tuesday met to discuss follow-up measures for cementing stronger ties following a recent summit between the countries.
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06.07.2010
CDM Panel Calls for Investigation Over Carbon Market Scandal
Certified Emissions Reduction Units (CERs) for the destruction of HFC-23 represent over 1/2 of the CDM credits issued to date. The CDM’s HFC-23 projects pay 65-75 times more for HFC-23 destruction than the manufacturers pay. A revision request submitted by CDM Watch to the CDM Executive Board provides overwhelming evidence that manufacturers are gaming the CDM system and undermining carbon markets by producing potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) just so they can get paid to destroy them. The revision request called for an immediate overhaul in the rules governing the number of credits being issued and removal of the perverse financial incentives that currently exist.
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29.06.2010
2,4 miliarde de euro, ajutor climatic UE pentru tarile sarace
UE va acorda, in cadrul initiativei Fast Start Financing de dirijare a unor fonduri catre actiunile de combatere a schimbarilor climatice in tarile in curs de dezvoltare, 2,4 miliarde de euro anual in intervalul 2010-2012, potrivit Raportului Anual al Comisiei Europene (CE) pe 2010.
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28.06.2010
G20: Ban urges green investments
In a continued push to keep the poorest and most vulnerable at the forefront of international discussions, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) to scale up investment in clean energy and green economy as part of the effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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