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Is the Agreement in Durban Enough to Contain Climate Change?
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Is the Agreement in Durban Enough to Contain Climate Change?

Richard Matthews December 14, 2011

The participants at the U.N. sponsored COP17 climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, managed to come to an agreement on a package of measures that will eventually force all the world’s polluters to take legally binding action. One of the most significant elements of the deal concerns a replacement for the soon to expire […]Read More

COP17 in Durban South Africa Gets Underway
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COP17 in Durban South Africa Gets Underway

Thomas Schueneman November 28, 2011

The COP 17 climate conference got underway today in Durban South Africa. Reminiscent of the hype surrounding the COP 15 conference in Copenhagen in 2009, many see the Durban conference as the last chance for continuation of the Kyoto Protocol, the first commitment period of which is due to expire next year . As global carbon emissions continue […]Read More

UNFCCC Chief Says Two Degrees is Not Enough
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UNFCCC Chief Says Two Degrees is Not Enough

Thomas Schueneman June 3, 2011

UNFCCC executive secretary Christiana Figueres said yesterday that the generally accepted 2 degree Celsius target for limiting global warming is not enough. “Two degrees is not enough – we should be thinking of 1.5C. If we are not headed to 1.5C we are in big, big trouble,” Figueres said at the International Trading Association’s annual […]Read More

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