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                    [Title] => New draft of climate accord leaves big issues unresolved
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Negotiators released a new, shorter draft of an international accord to fight global warming yesterday — and it leaves key issues unresolved just two days before the high-stakes talks in Paris are scheduled to end.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-09 14:46:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1530362 [Title] => UN officials warn of climate disaster if Paris pact fails [Summary] =>

Talks on a universal climate pact shifted to a higher gear Monday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging governments to set off an "energy revolution" to rein in heat-trapping carbon emissions and avert disastrous global warming.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-07 07:10:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527409 [Title] => Calm before the storm as Paris prepares for climate summit [Summary] =>

Empty shoes were lined up in downtown Paris ahead of the start of international climate negotiations Sunday, filling in for global warming protesters who were not permitted to march because of security after this month's attacks.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 06:24:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1743093 [AuthorName] => Seth Borenstein [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1527198 [Title] => Hollande, activists gear up for critical climate talks [Summary] =>

French President Francois Hollande met with environmental groups yesterday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissions blamed for global warming — with emphasis on helping developing countries adapt to a changing world.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-28 16:16:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1772137 [AuthorName] => Thomas Adamson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1384667 [Title] => No concrete result reached in UN climate talks [Summary] =>

The third round of United Nations' 2014 climate talks wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, on Saturday, reaching no concrete result and leaving heavy workload to climate conference in Lima, Peru, in December.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-26 10:03:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1335082 [Title] => UN official urges rapid ratification of Kyoto Protocol extension [Summary] =>

The extension of Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding emission reduction agreement, should be ratified by more countries and thus lay a foundation for a new global climate change treaty, said a top United Nations climate official on Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-14 23:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1265770 [Title] => BPI sets P11-B portfolio for energy related loans [Summary] =>

Ayala-owned Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) has set aside P11-billion loan portfolio for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7949/fbxm.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1258467 [Title] => UN climate chief calls on coal industry to change [Summary] =>

The UN's chief climate diplomat on yesterday urged the coal industry to diversify toward cleaner energy sources and leave most of the world's remaining coal reserves in the ground.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-19 04:39:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529024 [AuthorName] => Monika Scislowska [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1257419 [Title] => Activists at UN climate change meeting criticize Japan's move regarding its emissions target [Summary] =>

Japan's decision to drastically scale back its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions could hurt efforts to craft a global deal to fight climate change, delegates at U.N. talks said Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-16 03:37:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529024 [AuthorName] => Monika Scislowska [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/462/f0r5.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1255831 [Title] => Typhoon Haiyan overshadows UN climate talks [Summary] =>

The devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan cast a gloom over UN climate talks yesterday as the envoy from the Philippines broke down in tears and announced he would fast until a "meaningful outcome is in sight."

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-12 04:52:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529024 [AuthorName] => Monika Scislowska [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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