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Paris climate accord goes into effect, U.N. talks set to continue Monday

Nov 5, 2016

The landmark Paris climate accord went into effect on Friday, less than a year after 200 countries signed on to the accord last December. In order to come into force, the agreement had to be ratified by countr...

UK minister for climate prevented from attending climate summit in Peru

The UK minister for climate cancels her trip to attend IPCC summit in Peru

Charles Omedo

Dec 8, 2014

Innovation

The UK conservative minister for climate change, Amber Rudd, had been planning to fly out to Lima in Peru to attend the ongoing summit on climate change in the company of Liberal Democrat secretary of state, Ed...

195 countries negotiate talks within the UN in Lima ahead of climate summit in Paris

Charles Omedo

Dec 1, 2014

Innovation

Over 195 countries will be attending the global summit on climate change in Paris by 2015, but prior to that time, many leading countries within the United Nations are already meeting in Lima, Peru, to finalize...

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