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Worrying times for the world’s waste-pickers

By: Athar Parvaiz on January 8th, 2010

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Salvaging recyclable material from urban waste saves resources, and gives poor people a livelihood. But the survival of the waste-pickers is under threat.

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COP15 fails to seal a global climate deal

By: Paula Scheidt Manoel on January 4th, 2010

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All the Danish efforts to sell Copenhagen as the city of hope was not enough to guarantee a global deal at the end of the UN Climate Change Conference, billed by many as event of the century.

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G77 rejects EU’s $2.1bn for climate funding

By: Michael Simire on December 18th, 2009

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The Group of 77 countries turns down the EU’s climate funding proposal, saying that the financing is insignificant.

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Adaptation becomes hard to adapt in climate summit

By: Navin Khadka on December 18th, 2009

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Officials and experts say negotiations on climate adaptation have become ever more complicated, leaving least developing badly frutrated as they badly need funds to cope with inevitable impacts of climate change .

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Secretary General requests Nepal to play positive role

By: Navin Khadka on December 18th, 2009

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As the difference between develooped and developing countries deepen over who should make how much carbon cuts, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon requestes Nepalese Prime Minster Madhav Kumar Nepal to play positive role in negotiations.

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Climate Of Mistrust

By: Navin Khadka on December 18th, 2009

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With economy — and not the environment – as the main agenda, Copenhagen summit deepens distrust between the north and the south.

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Denmark harnesses green power from offshore winds

By: Andi Noviriyanti on December 18th, 2009

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Denmark responded to the 1973 oil crisis — when prices rose and producers stopped exports to many countries — with an ambition for independence from this form of fuel.

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Fight to control Copenhagen climate change fund

By: Navin Khadka on December 18th, 2009

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Developing and developed countries cross swords over who should have the control over the fund to fight climate change. While the US is for WB taking up the managerial role and European countries are supporting existing agencies including bilateral ones, developing countries want the new fund under the authority of Conference of Parties.

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PNG seeks to contribute to a legally binding copenhagen deal

By: Nasayau Lurang on December 18th, 2009

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Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister announces his country’s stand in the current climate change talks in Copenhagen.

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Nigeria Links Gas Flareout To Carbon Trade

By: Michael Simire on December 18th, 2009

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Nigeria officially makes the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol the fulcrum of its drive to put a stop to carbon emissions from gas flaring.

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