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COP 21: bringing the local to the global

Together, they represent a total of 600 million people. 700 mayors from cities around the world have gathered at the UN climate conference in Paris

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COP21: family photo

151 world leaders have posed for a family photo during the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget near Paris. The

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Leaders open UN climate conference with good intentions

World leaders from around 150 nations ranging from the United States to Tuvalu have opened their Climate Conference in Paris armed with high

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COP21: Indigenous peoples demand legal status to protect lands

Away from the media coverage of the Climate Conference, the voices of the people on the frontline of the effects of global warming are fighting to be

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Pacific Islands bear brunt of climate change, says activists

Dozens of activists at the COP 21 summit in Paris have taken part in the so-called Run for your Life, a relay race from the Arctic across northern

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Leaders ponder the cost of greenhouse gas reductions

The major sticking point for world leaders attending the climate change conference in Paris(COP21) is to reconcile the cost to the global economy of

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China calls on developing nations to honour financial pledges

China, the world’s second largest polluter, has called for every nation to be able to develop its own solution to global warming. China’s President

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World leaders as never before kick-start climate talks at Paris COP21

The United Nations climate conference in Le Bourget, Paris has brought together 150 of the world’s heads of state and government and more than 40,000

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Obama accepts duty of US to help fix climate change

Speaking at the Paris summit, US President Barack Obama said the United States accepted its duty as the world’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter

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World leaders in Paris begin bid for breakthrough in climate talks

Representatives from more than 150 countries have started their ambitious attempt to bring down the earth’s rising temperatures. The climate change

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Paris climate summit begins as leaders arrive for 12-day talks marathon

Paris is again at the centre stage of world news this week and next as the COP21 Climate Summit begins with the arrival of world leaders. All Monday

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China gets daily reminders of the pressing need for a cleaner environment

Sunrise in Beijing, just like many other sunrises, was hidden behind a wall of smog. This is why the climate change summit is so vital, as the cost

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World leaders arrive in Paris to talk tough on climate change at COP21 summit

World leaders have been arriving in Paris to talk tough on climate change, as the COP21 summit gets underway. The aim of the international

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Paris summit has 50-50 chance of success - Greenpeace climate chief

A UN summit aimed at securing legally-binding global commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions has only a fifty-fifty chance of success. So says a

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Islamist rebel group claims responsibility for deadly attack on UN base in northern Mali

The Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine has reportedly claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a UN peacekeeping base in northern Mali

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Mali: rocket attack on Kidal UN base kills 3, injures 20

The United Nations says at least two of its personnel and one civilian have died in a gun and rocket attack on a camp for UN peacekeepers in northern

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Mali: at least 3 dead, 4 seriously injured in attack on UN base in Kidal

The United Nations says at least two of its personnel and one civilian have died in a gun and rocket attack on a camp for UN peacekeepers in northern

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Mali: at least 3 dead in attack on UN peacekeepers base in Kidal

At least three people have died in a gun and rocket attack on a camp for UN peacekeepers in northern Mali. UN and local sources confirmed the figure

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UN condemns nationality profiling of refugees

Angry migrants protest over new restrictions blocking them at the Macedonian border

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UN urges members to take 'all necessary measures' to defeat ISIL

The United Nations is calling on member states to take “all necessary measures” to defeat the self-proclaimed Islamic State. The Security Council