Africa climate change woes aired at Clinton summit
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Africa is unfairly suffering from global warming and must be able to sell carbon credits to grow in a "green fashion," Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit on Thursday.
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The former vice president says U.S. intransigence is making global warming worse and the Europeans threaten to boycott a Washington-sponsored climate conference next month unless the Americans agree to some sort of compromise on emissions.
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The White House calls the results of the two-week U.N. climate conference in Bali "a critical first step," but says it does not sufficiently address the role of developing nations in the fight against global warming.
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.Comment
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Compromise deal on saving the planet has been hammered out at climate change conference
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The United States is the big odd man out as diplomats, scientists, and environmentalists from more than 190 countries gather here at the 10th meeting of the United Nations' Convention on Climate Change. The convention's Kyoto Protocol, with its mandatory reduction of &quot;greenhouse gases&quot; that cause global warming, goes into force next year. Discussions of new ...
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The chairman of a UN conference on climate change warns that poor countries need urgent help to stave off the effects of global warming.
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Former President Clinton told African leaders Monday that they need to strengthen their governments so that they can address long-standing problems of hunger and disease.
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Al Gore electrifies the audience at the climate change summit by criticizing his own country's intransigence on the issue
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Tony Blair is expected to focus on climate change and Africa as he opens the World Economic Summit in Davos.
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DAVOS, Switzerland -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain and President Jacques Chirac of France urged political and economic leaders yesterday to take drastic action against poverty and global warming as the World Economic Forum began its annual meeting here.
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Science & environment: UN conference calls for large and rapidly developing countries to do more to tackle global warming.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jun 5 (IPS) - In the final hours before this week's Group of  Eight (G8) summit gets underway in Germany, activists have  underscored the need for progress with both climate change and  poverty alleviation -- key items on the meeting's agenda --  for there to be real improvement in Africa's living  conditions.
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"There are now two million Africans on retroviral drugs and that is pretty astonishing"  Former Vice President Al Gore and U2 front man Bono offered measured praise Thursday for efforts in tackling climate change and global poverty, but warned the World Economic Forum that conditions were not improving as much as they could.At an early-morning session that drew several hundred attendees, many clutching cups of coffee or tea to stave off sleep, Gore warned that the world climate crisis was worsening.'We could take the whole session talking just about the new scientific evidence of the last few weeks and months,' said Gore, who shared last year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to fight climate change, adding that the 'climate crisis is significantly worse and unfolding more rapidly.' Read more
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Delegates from the world's top polluting nations are meeting in Washington to discuss tackling climate change.
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Leading entertainers performing Tuesday to honor Nobel peace laureates Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel said they hoped they would draw attention to warnings on global warming. via PR-inside.com
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Feverish matchmaking during Bill ClintonÂs second annual gathering on global problems netted 215 commitments.