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 Stories About: Canada AND climate AND Kyoto Protocol AND United Nations
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Party Time
What to expect from the U.N. climate-change negotiations in Montreal |
Jason Anderson |
16 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| "Conference of Parties" sounds like a contradiction in terms: conferences are dull talkfests punctuated by free booze, and parties are free boozefests punctuated by dull moments of trying to talk over loud music. More of the former than the latter is likely to go on later this month in Montreal, during the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Call the COPs
A refresher on the basics of climate conferences and Kyoto |
Sarah Kraybill |
16 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Later this month, a mess of world leaders will be gathering in Montreal to discuss climate change. The conference is a rendezvous -- we must use French words when speaking of Quebec -- of COP 11 and MOP 1. And it has to do with the Kyoto Protocol! Isn't that mysterious and intriguing? One of these things just doesn't belong ... to Kyoto. If you're not on the edge of your seat yet, let us spell ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations (all these topics) |
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