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21 December Dec 2015 1057 21 December 2015 Disaster risk reduction makes development more sustainable
The need to recognize disaster risk reduction as a central, cross-cutting issue for achieving sustainable development and eradicating poverty has been a key topic during the last Rome Investment Forum 2015, an international event aimed at promoting a more visionary idea of social and economic sustainability
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14 December Dec 2015 1233 14 December 2015 Climate change is not waiting for the next step in 2020
The Paris conference outcomes commented by Corrado Clini, former environment minister of the Italian Goverment and visiting professor at the Department for Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Tshingua University (Beijing).
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14 December Dec 2015 0930 14 December 2015 A climate agreement in the interest of the vulnerable?
After two weeks of intense negotiations, the COP21 talks finally produced a landmark Paris Agreement among the close to 200 countries that participated to fight global warming.
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12 December Dec 2015 1429 12 December 2015 Climate Action network: Paris agreement indicates a global shift from dirty energy
"The new global climate agreement that has been finalized in Paris today sends a strong signal that we need to accelerate phasing out the use of fossil fuels. Lots of work remains to be done to increase climate action in the short term" a statement by Climate Action Network reads.
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11 December Dec 2015 1727 11 December 2015 Last call from Catholic development agencies before the end of COP 21
Yesterday evening a new text of the Paris agreement was released. CIDSE, an alliance of 17 Catholic development agencies, hopes that some key issues will still be addressed before the closing of the negotiations planned for tomorrow.
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10 December Dec 2015 1811 10 December 2015 Climate Action Network awards the EU for lack of ambition
As the 196 countries have entered the final stretch of the Paris climate talks today, the EU received the fossil of the day award from Climate Action Network. The award seeks to encourage EU leaders to walk the talk and push for the strongest climate agreement possible.
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10 December Dec 2015 1247 10 December 2015 114 companies commit to set ambitious science-based emissions reduction targets
Businesses including Ikea Group, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Walmart and Kellogg join Science Based Targets Initiative
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9 December Dec 2015 1009 09 December 2015 Caritas: Place human rights at the centre of the agreement
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, Caritas Europa calls on world leaders gathering in Paris to put the needs of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable at the heart of the agreement they will reach at COP21
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8 December Dec 2015 1638 08 December 2015 Climate negotiations: where we stand after one week
The CIDSE delegation at COP 21 has been following the development of the climate negotiations from inside Le Bourget conference centre, advocating for a fair and just deal, convinced that addressing climate change is essential to tackle poverty and inequality.
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7 December Dec 2015 1837 07 December 2015 When climate change gets personal
In the aftermath of Storm Desmond, which battered the Cambria region in the UK, Green Alliance's researcher Rebecca Willis speaks out from Cambria to Paris, as climate negotiations continue.