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UN May Extend Kyoto Pact Without Canada, Japan, and Russia
United Nations emission-reduction negotiators in Durban, South Africa, next month may seek to extend the Kyoto Protocol, excluding Canada, Japan and Russia, said Christiana Figueres, the UN’s top climate diplomat. An extended Kyoto would be different from the existing agreement, Figueres said at a seminar held by the Carbon Markets & Investors Association, a lobby group, and DLA Piper LLP, a Chicago-based law firm. “For a start we will have three countries less,” she said. Canada, Japan and Russia have all said they won’t accept new binding targets under Kyoto unless all major economies are bound. More |
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Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf receives the
2011 Nobel Peace Prize
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, together with Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, in recognition of the many years of struggle for justice, for peace and the promotion of development. She shares the prize with fellow Liberian, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. More |
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Professor Wangari Maathai dies
Professor Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist who began a movement to reforest her country by paying poor women a few shillings to plant trees and who went on to become the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize, died. She was 71. She was someone who was able to bridge the gap from community level to national parliament and to global platforms. She also knew and understood the link between development and environment to provide sage advice to many of us. More |
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Report from Panama: slow and steady wins the race?
The UNFCCC meeting in Panama last week, an important preparatory meeting before CoP17, led to solid progress on several fronts. The talks remain difficult in many areas, but parties recognise where they need to make progress in Durban if they’re to keep the hope alive for a global climate deal. Ahead of the UNFCCC Panama session Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres had set out four areas to move forward the process of establishing an effective global system to address climate change. More |
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