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India pledges $50 million to environment
CBD COP11: India Prime Minister calls on all parties to follow his lead and pledge money and support to biodiversity efforts
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 8 diary
CBD COP11: PM Singh to visit the HICC, finance continues to divide parties and progress on marine protected areas.
UN poised to protect 120 marine ‘hotspots’
CBD COP11: RTCC understands there is widespread support behind a text that would see vast areas of the High Seas placed under protection of international law
UN biodiversity chief calls for finance deal at Hyderabad talks
CBD COP11: Braulio Dias calls for negotiating teams in Hyderabad to break current deadlock over finance and demonstrate a “willingness” to talk.
The RTCC biodiversity A-Z
CBD COP11: Find out what all those tricky biodiversity terms really mean with our handy A-Z
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 7 diary
CBD COP11: Biodiversity pilgrimage heads for South Korea, security ramps up ahead of PM Singh visit and local fisherman see shocking decline in catches
Swaminathan: greed driving destruction of India’s environment
CBD COP11: Father of India’s ‘green revolution’ says a combination of poverty and greed are destroying his country’s landscape
Youth anger at lack of participation in UN biodiversity talks
CBD COP11: United Nations policy process should be more open to input from youth groups, according to campaigners in Hyderabad
Deadlock on finance at UN Biodiversity summit
CBD COP11: Familiar splits as global north and south fail to agree on biodiversity finance targets or framework
EU tells Volkswagen to accept weakened CO2 targets
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Biofuels deal agreed at UN biodiversity summit
CBD COP11: Parties to the UN’s Biodiversity Convention (CBD) agree that the impact of biofuels on biodiversity will be taken into account when they develop future energy strategies.
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 5 diary
CBD COP11: DDT in the air, dying lakes, finance stalemate but progress on 4 main issues
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 4 diary
CBD COP11: Finance heats up, Hyderabad’s cash machines cool down and youth groups make a stand
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 3 diary
CBD COP11 – Tierney Smith: Golf course protests, biodiversity warnings, USA ramps up security
Greenpeace protest highlights India’s tough choice between coal and forests
CBD COP11: Greenpeace warns more must be done to protect the India’s forests from increasing exploitation
Indian Aviation Minister urges region to reject “unilateral” international green policies
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NGO heavyweights call for action and funding for biodiversity protection
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Japan set to meet Kyoto Protocol commitments
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Pressure grows on Romney and Obama to mention climate change in debate
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Opposition mounts over aviation’s inclusion in EU ETS
Director General of IATA and Saudi Arabian government have become the latest to speak out against the controversial scheme.