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  • South African minister is nominated for UN post
    Source: The Associated Press - JOHANNESBURG — The South African president's office announced the nomination of its tourism minister for the United Nations' top climate post on Monday. The office said in a press release that Marthinus van Schalkwyk is a candidate to direct the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The current leader of the post, Yvo de Boer, announced his resignation in February and will step down July 1.
  • IMF Suggests How To Raise Climate Change Funds
    Source: NPR - The head of the International Monetary Fund on Monday proposed a plan for the world's governments to pool together to raise money needed to adapt to climate change, a rare step for an organization that normally does not develop environmental policies.
  • Women hit by climate change head to Capitol Hill
    Source: Reuters - Climate "witnesses" from the United States, Peru, Senegal, Uganda and other countries aim to tell their stories to members of Congress on Tuesday in a lobbying effort timed to follow Monday's International Women's Day.
  • Global warming doubts could hamper climate legislation
    Source: Christian Science Monitor - A recent poll suggests that high-profile controversies regarding climate science are weakening public confidence in the validity of global warming, And that could endanger congressional efforts to pass climate legislation.
  • Energy secretary: 'U.S. lagging in clean-tech race'
    Source: Palo Alto Online - The U.S. lags behind other countries in the race for clean technology even though it has the greatest "innovation machine" in the world, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu told a Stanford University audience Monday. But the clean-tech race is not just between nations -- it's a global race against time, Chu warned.
  • India needs to find right model for managing climate change
    Source: Economic Times - As the world works to a global climate deal in Cancun later this year, advanced developing countries like India will come under increasing pressure to commit to higher targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions than these countries have put on the table.
  • EU says loopholes may hasten climate change
    Source: Montreal Gazette - Loopholes in United Nations climate treaties could actually lead to an increase in global climate-warming emissions and the chance to rein in temperatures may be slipping away, a draft European Union report showed.
  • The Climate-Change Debate -- Coming to a Shareholder Meeting Near You
    Source: BNET - Shareholders are increasingly worried about how climate change — and regulation aimed at stopping it — will effect the profitability and long-term growth of the companies they’ve invested in. And now, thanks to new SEC rules, investors are pushing companies more than ever before to disclose and manage climate-related risks.
  • Germany casts doubt on 2010 climate change deal
    Source: BusinessWeek - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is not sure whether there will be a global climate change deal this year setting binding emissions targets for the time beyond 2012. Merkel said on Monday she hopes for progress on voluntary pledges toward limiting global warming to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius).
  • Climate change to be key topic at Australia-Indonesia talks
    Source: Radio Australia - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has arrived in Australia for talks over a range of topics, including economic issues, trade, education and regional security. Climate change is also a key area of co-operation. Indonesia and Australia have two partnerships underway, in Kalimantan and now in Sumatra, towards shaping a global mechanism on forests and climate change.




 
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