Tagged with International Treaties 
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Stern words
U.S. climate envoy tells international gathering all the right things about climate 0
Posted 8 months ago
If you're looking for rays of hope amidst the torrent of idiocy and bad news -- not that I'm projecting -- you could do worse than reading U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern's speech to the recent international climate gathering in Bonn, Germany.
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Major league
Obama calls for climate summit of the world’s biggest polluters 0
Posted 8 months ago
President Obama on Saturday announced that the United States is initiating a Major Economies Forum that will focus on energy and climate change, an attempt to bring the world's biggest polluters together to discuss a path forward.
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What to expect when you're expecting a climate treaty
In lead-up to Bonn climate talks, U.S. and U.N. leaders are cautiously optimistic 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week agoClimate leaders in both Congress and the United Nations are optimistic about making landmark progress on an international climate accord this year, but hopes that an agreement will be finalized in 2009 seem to be dimming.
Yvo de Boer, the U.N. climate chief, and Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee in the U.S. House, spoke to reporters on Thursday in advance of climate meetings that kick off in Bonn, Germany, this weekend. The two-week gathering -- which will be the Obama's administration's first international climate summit -- is intended to set the stage for the big climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December.
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International mercury pact shows that India and China will follow our lead 3
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What will Obama say about climate change in tonight’s big speech? 0
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Two encouraging signs that global climate treaties might be having the intended effect 2
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders urge action to avoid deforestation 10
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A proposal to integrate international and domestic climate policy development 1
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Clinton taps Todd Stern as her climate envoy 3
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House speaker now says she wants a climate bill passed by December 10
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U.S. negotiating team in Poznan dodges questions on Bush’s climate inactivism 1
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After Poland talks, a new reality starts to set in, says McKibben; 350 ppm must be the goal 22
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IYD: Next global climate agreement must safeguard survival of all countries, all peoples 0
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IYD: Next global climate agreement must safeguard survival of all countries, all peoples 0
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It’s ‘premature’ to declare the death of an agreement in Copenhagen 4
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Gore embraces 350 ppm target at Poznan 1
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All Clear Ahead
Global climate deal? Yes we can, Gore says 3
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Hindsight is 20/20/20
European Union reaches unanimous agreement on climate package 0
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The moral voice on climate can become policy brokers or enviro activists 5
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Deal Us In
Ban wants ‘Green New Deal’ on climate change, financial crisis 1
Posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago