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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: Day two sees things heat up

It was another hot day at Cuartel General del Ejército, the military barracks where this years COP is being held. Due to a last minute venue change, many of the buildings on site have been constructed in the past six weeks and...
by Evan Weber
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COP20: The state of the ocean in climate negotiations

“For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.” – Herman Melville, Moby Dick The 20th UN Conference of the Parties (COP) on climate change, kicks off this week in ...
by Malcolm Johnson
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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: Sun shines from Machu Picchu

Activists from Greenpeace have used the world-renowned Temple of the Sun at Machu Picchu to publicise a pro-solar message to global leaders. As the climate world gathers in Lima, Perú, to negotiate a new agreement on climate c...
by Hamish McKenzie
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COP20: A five minute history of climate politics

Today begins the UNFCCC’s COP20 which, since the failure of the Copenhagen Accord, will build on the Durban Platform which follows the Bali Roadmap and the Warsaw Outcomes to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Overwhelmed? Fair enou...
by Hamish McKenzie
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Give Modi a chance. India has.

The 2014 General Elections in India have found themselves deserving of a bold, underlined and highlighted place in the political history of India. The result has been that the Indian National Congress (INC) did not lose; yet t...
by Nishant
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Civil Society In Morocco And The Evaluation Of Public Policies

Democratising in Morocco is more far-reaching than ever before due to the growing role of civil society at the national level.
by Mohammed Qasserras
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Are They Worth Your Vote? Tune Into #LeadersLive To Find Out

As young people, it’s easy for us to feel as though our voices aren’t being heard and as though our opinion doesn’t matter when it comes to politics. It rarely seems as though politicians care about what the y...
by Priyanka Mogul
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