PressTV - Cold winter bites displaced Gazans
Although Gaza still has not had its first rain in this season, the cold weather and gusting winds have made life for those living in makeshift camps or tents very difficult.Cancun Climate Summit Avoids the 'Who Pays?' Question - WSJ.com
World leaders at a climate-change conference in Cancun, Mexico, made clear that addressing the issue will be all about money, agreeing that rich countries would spend potentially trillions of dollars to help poor countries develop on a greener path.New climate battle looms in South Africa in 2011 By Reuters
But the diplomats postponed hashing out which rich countries would pay how much, and exactly what the poor countries would have to do to get the checks.
Hedegaard said that deadlock in Cancun would have meant "we are headed to Doha rather than Durban." An EU official clarified that she was alluding to the stalled Doha round of U.N. trade talks -- not to the Qatari city that is vying to host the climate negotiations after Durban, in 2012.AccuWeather.com - Weather News | New Cold Blast Invading Eastern U.S. Even More Brutal
AccuWeather.com RealFeel® temperatures, which provide a measure of how cold it feels with the wind factored in, will plummet below zero as far south as Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala., early Monday morning. Early Tuesday and Wednesday morning, these values will be near zero all the way east into New York City and Philadelphia.Carbon markets to struggle after Cancun | Reuters
In Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh, people will have to endure RealFeel® temperatures that stay below zero for 36 to 48 hours straight. Frostbite and hypothermia can set in very quickly is such extreme cold.
Banks let go many emissions traders even before the U.S. climate bill failed in July. Canada's Senate failed to pass a climate bill, Australia postponed legislation and Japan is struggling to set up a cap-and-trade market.
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