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Samoa highest Pacific island in climate risk index

08/12/2009 11:12
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - Samoa is ranked the highest Pacific island country in the 2010 Climate Risk Index by climate and development organization Germanwatch. Launched today in Copenhagen, Denmark at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the report lists more than 170...

Samoan PM to make strong statement in Copenhagen

07/12/2009 22:59
By Cherelle Jackson COPENHAGEN - Samoan Prime Minister, Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi is expected address the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen before the end of the meeting next week. Tuilaepa who has voiced strong opinions about the role of developed nations...

192 nations at UN climate conference in Copenhagen

07/12/2009 21:23
The largest and most important UN climate change conference in history opened Monday, with diplomats from 192 nations warned that this could be the best, last chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming. AP/Nanet Poulsen 07/12/2009 12:05   COPENHAGEN - The...

Samoa Environment Minister appeals to 'poor boy' Obama

25/11/2009 16:28
By Cherelle Jackson APIA - Hon. Faumuina Liuga, the Environment Minister for Samoa will be appealing to the "poor boy" side of the United States President Barrack Obama in Copenhagen, Denmark as a last effort to secure a commitment by the United States to climate change negotiations. Obama who...

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REBUFF DENMARK'S PUSH FOR DELAY IN COPENHAGEN

18/11/2009 20:04
AUCKLAND - Recent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Copenhagen yesterday, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option.   The two day meeting in the city, attended by New...

Protection of sharks also preserves cultural practices

15/11/2009 12:35
By Cherelle Jackson APIA - More than 80 species of sharks that frequent the Pacific oceans will now be protected under a new regional plan of action, their protection means cultural practices based around the shark will also be preserved. Sharks are not just significant in the marine environment...

Climate-Change Targets Dropped Ahead of APEC Summit

14/11/2009 15:18
  SINGAPORE -- Pacific Rim leaders have dropped the idea of committing to specific cuts in greenhouse-gas emissions for a region that accounts to roughly half of world trade, a Chinese official said Saturday. Putting a concrete target for carbon-emissions cuts in the final statement of the...

Stakes huge for Pacific in climate change talks: Rudd

11/11/2009 11:37
By David Brooks (AFP) – Aug 4, 2009 CAIRNS, Australia — Attempts to reduce the impact of climate change are crucial to the future of vulnerable Pacific island nations, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Wednesday. Rudd was speaking as the Pacific Islands Forum summit of regional leaders...

Tough global deal on climate change is unlikely

04/11/2009 17:37
  By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent UK TELEGRAPH- Some 190 countries are due to meet for the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month to agree a new deal to stop global warming. Scientists have recommended rich countries should cut greenhouse emissions by between 25 to 40...

Climate change could displace 600 million people, report warns

04/11/2009 17:24
  By Ahmed Naish Climate change could force up 150 million climate refugees to flee their countries in the next 40 years, a report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) warns. The EJF claim that between 500 to 600 million people, equivalent to ten per cent of the world’s...
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