[RED DEMOCRATICA] Will focus on risks help bring consensus at UN climate talks?

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Jordan could take open Security Council seat, UN envoy says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   November 8, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Will focus on risks help bring consensus at UN climate talks? The risks from climate change include threats to economic growth, health, water supplies and crops, according to a leaked copy of a draft report by United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, writes Alister Doyle. "The increased stress on risk may make the case for cutting greenhouse gas emissions clearer both to policymakers and the public by making it sound like an insurance policy for the planet," Doyle writes. 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BBC (11/8), Al Jazeera (11/8), Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (11/8), Reuters (11/8) Share:      Russia invites Syrian government, major rebel group to Moscow summit Russia has invited the main Syrian Western-backed opposition group to Moscow for talks with the Syrian government on humanitarian issues. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Russia expect chemical weapons to be removed from Syria by year's end ahead of their eventual destruction. Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates) (11/8), Reuters (11/8), Reuters (11/8) Share:      Peace agreement between DR Congo, M23 to be signed Monday The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group will sign a peace agreement on Monday, said Foreign Minister Raymond Tshibanda. "This signature is important because it in essence focuses on M23 going into barracks, disarming and demobilizing, and to resolve other problems," he said. 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