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COP20: Australia tightens belt on environmental spending

Australia’s federal government has slashed funding to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) by AU$4 million ahead of UN climate talks in Lima. Australia’s environment minister, Greg Hunt, said that other issues took precedenc...
by Sydney Pead
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COP20: …And so it begins

Yesterday saw the start of the latest round of the UN climate talks, COP20, in Lima, Perú with traditional outgoing remarks from the former Polish COP19 President Korolec and a welcome from Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, the incoming Pr...
by Evan Weber
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COP20 Fossil Of The Day: Australia’s winning no mates

For a second time this week, Australia was awarded the Fossil of the Day for their dismal performance at the UN climate change negotiations. This should come as no surprise given Australia’s infamous reputation as a climate ...
by Sydney Pead
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Remembering The Lima Football Tragedy, 50 Years On

Fifty years ago, Peru’s National Stadium in Lima became the site of what is today considered the worst tragedy to ever happen at a football stadium, during which 320 people were killed and 500 were wounded. On May 24, 196...
by Gabriela Garcia Calderon
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COP20 Fossil Of The Day: Japan’s secret santa

Climate activists might hold on to their receipts this year if Japan’s gifts are anything to go by. The infamous prize, awarded daily for biggest obstruction to climate action, was given to Japan for spending money meant for ...
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COP20 Fossil Of The Day: And the Swiss take the cake

Fossil of the day: Switzerland’s fear of commitment, Brazil’s struggle to count and AOSIS shines bright with ambition. Switzerland took out first place in the daily Fossil of the Day awards today, with a spin around a Lima ...
by Sydney Pead
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No #YebInLima?

The 11th hour sacking of climate superstar Yeb Saño casts a pall over Lima as the UN climate negotiations kick off. The Philippine Climate Change Commissioner, and world famous icon of the climate movement Yeb Saño, has repo...
by Hamish McKenzie
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Talk Is Cheap: Can UN Climate Change Summit Turn Rhetoric Into Action?

The world holds its breath: protesters rally on the streets of New York ahead of Tuesday’s United Nations’ Climate Change Summit, 2014.
by Kamleshan Pillay
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COP2: Environmentalists, a dangerous profession

Around the world, environmental activists are being killed on a weekly basis, yet some governments are turning a blind eye. Standing up for Mother Earth is a tough job. There’s only so many whales that one can save save, tree...
by Sarah Brady
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