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COP 20 Lima Panel Speaker Kimaren Ole Riamit from Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners, (ILEPA) based in Kenya on: The rights and interests of indigenous people to be recognized by COP negotiators & included in binding Climate action plans and agreements. Although indigenous people are of the land and have the ...
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October, 2016
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6 October
COP 20 WWF Climate Mitigation, Adaptation GAP & Loss & Damage Impacts
COP 20 LIMA Samantha Smith & Panel Speakers from WWF on: Current climate change mitigation & adaptation ambitions are set too low. Loss and damage costs of extreme weather impacts that have already occurred are not considered. Green Climate funding allocations are not adequate to finance mitigation and adaptation measures.
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5 October
COP 20 FOE PANEL SPEAKERS TRANSFORMATION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY
COP 20 LIMA Friends of the Earth Int. Dipti Bhatnagar, Godwin Ojo and Malika Peyraut presentation on: The need for Global transformation to clean Renewable Energy & ongoing FOE campaign efforts to stop Institutional investments into fossil fuel power generation.
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5 October
COP 20 KEITH ALVERSON UNEP ADAPTATION EMISSIONS GAP REPORT
COP 20 LIMA UNEP Panel Speaker Keith Alverson on: UNEP Climate Change Adaptation Gap Report on pledges made by the 2 major GHG emitters USA & China. The emissions gap the key challenge that needs to be addressed in order to limit global temperatures rising above 2 deg. Celsius by ...
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5 October
COP 20 DIESEL & BLACK CARBON POLLUTION IMPACTS IN LATIN AMERICA
COP 20 LIMA Panel Speakers Jake Schmidt & Amanda Maxwell from NRDC on: Diesel & black carbon emissions from transportation and their impacts on peoples health, climate change, global ice melts etc. in Latin America.
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4 October
BIOFUELS BLAYNE OLIVER INTERVIEW
Biofuels interview with Blayne Oliver at MV on: The advantages of plant based Biofuels compared to conventional hydrocarbon based fuels. The impacts of diesel emissions on the atmosphere and peoples health. Major obstacles for biofuel introduction in SA are, the limited availability of local feedstocks, government regulatory requirements and Original ...
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4 October
COP 21 US CENTRE PANEL SPEAKERS PART II ON US GOVERNMENT CLIMATE ACTION PLANS
COP 21 PARIS Part II, US Centre Panel Speakers on: US government commitment to Climate Change action plans on a domestic & international level. Climate resilience & adaptation policies and initiatives. US Clean Air act implementation & renewable energy transition. The US is not only working towards a 26-28% emission ...
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3 October
COP 21 US CENTRE PANEL SPEAKERS PART III ON IMPLEMENTATION OF US CLIMATE ACTION PLANS
COP 21 PARIS Part III, US Centre Panel Speakers on: US government implementation of on the ground Climate Action Plans through the Clean Air & Energy Policy acts, as well as diverse EPA, DOE & USDA Agency GHG emission reduction targets & initiatives.
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September, 2016
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28 September
COP 21 US CENTRE SPEAKER GINA MCCARTHY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN
COP 21 PARIS Part I, US Centre speaker Gina McCarthy Administrator of the EPA on: Climate Change action plan with Obama administration commitments to carbon mitigation, international efforts, climate resilience & adaptation initiatives. Clean air & renewable energy transition in the US.
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28 September
COP 21 ALDEN MEYER UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
COP 21 PARIS Alden Meyer from the Union of Concerned Scientists on: Momentum for Climate Change adaptation & mitigation measures has increased dramatically since Copenhagen, and global transformation drive to renewable energy.
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