Women more at risk from climate change: Canadian at UN conference
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Severe weather caused by global warming can pose greater physical danger to women than men, a Canadian attending a UN conference on climate change said Friday.
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By Steve Bloomfield  Climate change has become a major security issue that could lead to "a world going up in flames", the United Nations' top environment official has warned.
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"As the G8 we must come to a common understanding on how we can fight climate change. But as I stand here today, I am not sure that we will manage this in Heiligendamm"  (CP) - The leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are headed for a showdown next month on how to tackle climate change, with the United States pitted against European nations on how to move forward.Where Canada stands on this major rift remains a mystery leading up to the G8 meetings in Heiligendamm, Germany, beginning June 6.The three days of meetings are widely regarded as a bellwether for the success of the United Nations-led efforts to start a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Talks on that second phase, which would include countries such as India and China, begin December in Bali. Read more
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The ice is melting and the heat is on for international delegates assembling in Buenos Aires this week to find new ways to confront global warming under the 194-nation treaty on climate change.
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BERLIN, Jun 18 (IPS) - In a powerful display of womanpower, more than a  thousand businesswomen from 91 countries took part in the 17th  Global Summit of Women in Berlin over the weekend. The central  theme was "Global Opportunities and Challenges."
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A five-day U.N. conference on climate change ended Friday in Vienna, Austria, with significant disagreements remaining about how countries should reduce greenhouse gas emissions and daunting estimates about the ... via Buffalo News
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The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.
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The search for new strategies to confront global warming takes center stage in Buenos Aires on Monday as thousands of environmentalists and government policy-makers gather for an international conference on climate change.
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Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.
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A climate conference opened on Tuesday to renewed concern about the worsening threat of global warming and appeals from Britain to its ally, the United States, not to stand on the sidelines.
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The U.N. climate panel issued its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are heating the planet, adding pressure on governments to do more to combat accelerating global warming.
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By BETH GORHAM  WASHINGTON (CP) - Global warming has become such a daily problem for Arctic Inuit that they need air conditioners part of the year but rarely have them, Canadian activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier told an international rights group Thursday.
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The 12-day United Nations conference on climate change that began in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on December 6 assumes significance for several reasons.
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BUENOS AIRES  - Participants at a UN climate change conference agreed to hold informal international talks in Bonn in May on future efforts to fight global warming.
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Argentine Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia, left, and UN Executive Secretary of the 10th International Convention on Climate Change Joke Waller-Hunter arrive to a news conference at the 10th International Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires
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The U.N. climate panel issued its toughest warning yet on Friday that human activities are to blame for global warming and projected a damaging, accelerating rise in temperatures in the 21st century.
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TORONTO (CP) - Canada's environment ministers are meeting in Toronto Monday to discuss the mechanics of the federal government's climate change plan.