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por Juliana Radler, Poznan Nos penúltimo dia de negociação sobre as mudanças climáticas, que ocorrem durante conferência da ONU em Poznan, na Polônia, o Brasil foi elogiado por governos, pesquisadores e organizações não governamentais por ter assumido, finalmente, metas concretas e ambiciosas de combate ao desmatamento na Amazônia. O anúncio das metas, que já havia [...]

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Gigil Varghese Poznan, December 11 The high-level segment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) met in on Thursday to discuss a Poznan climate change package. Four Heads of State, 145 Environment Ministers, and senior government representatives from the 189 countries attending the UNFCCC have met to discuss a path toward a [...]

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By Thomas Katamila Dec. 11 2008, Poznan People wearing cartoon-style feet depicting the size of different countries per capita carbon footprint shall remind negotiators at the UN Climate Change Conference who must curb greenhouse gas emissions first. Each country is identified by their flag designed on the feet.

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By Tawfique Ali, Poznan The developed countries must take the lead in combating climate change crisis and in engaging the developing countries in the battle, said the UNFCCC executive secretary Yvo de Boer at Poznan climate summit. “Without clear support commitments and leadership of the industrialized countries, the developing countries will not be much interested [...]

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By Taiwo Rasak, Poznan The moment is here. Armed with different banners, anxious delegates this morning ushered in the moment over 11,600 delegates have been waiting – the gathering of the ministers and other top officials from 190 countries for the informal roundtable on the shared vision on climate change and the closing plenary. One [...]

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Zimbabwe’s National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) civic alliance on Wednesday called upon Africa Union (AU), SADC and its mediator between Zimbabwe ’s feuding political parties Zanu-PF and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), former South Africa Thabo Mbeki to publicly denounce the “Idi Amin style” abductions of human rights activists and political leaders in Zimbabwe . 

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Gigil Varghese Poznan (Poland), December 9 India wants the European Union and the American to take the same governmental initiative they took to resolve the financial crisis to enable technology transfer of cleaner technologies to tackle climate change.

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Gigil Varghese Poznan “We cannot tackle climate change without Carbon Capture Storage (where the carbon is trapped and is buried in the ground at very high pressure) and nuclear technology for the time being,” said United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretary, Yu De Boer at the Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland.

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Before we left our hotels, our group of about 24, including 17 journos from 10 SADC countries as well as our organisers, had been divided into two groups to view and take part in two different activities of their choice that day. Our group chose the Cheetah and Bayete Zulu Elephant Experience. The other group went [...]

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By Yasmin Arquiza Poznan, Poland (9 Dec 2008) – Political leaders cannot use the global financial crisis as an excuse to postpone pro-climate policy, as experts say the turmoil actually provides opportunities for creating climate-friendly solutions that promote economic growth.

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