Climate Change

EU Fails To Resolve Dispute Over UN Climate Fund Seats

European Union ambassadors failed to resolve a dispute over the allocation of seats on the United Nations' Green Climate Fund (GCF) board on Friday, possibly undermining the bloc's credibility in i

Publication Date: 
02/04/2012
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
European Union (EU), Climate Change, Adaptation Fund, Developing Countries, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Climate Adaptation, Switzerland, Denmark, United Kingdom (UK), Germany, France, Poland
Climate Change

EU fails to resolve dispute over UN climate fund seats

European Union ambassadors failed to resolve a dispute over the allocation of seats on the United Nations' Green Climate Fund (GCF) board on Friday, possibly undermining the bloc's credibility in i

Publication Date: 
31/03/2012
Reuters
Tags:
European Union (EU), Adaptation Fund, Climate Change, Developing Countries, Climate Adaptation, Finance, Switzerland, Denmark, United Kingdom (UK), Germany, France, Poland, Coal, Economy
Natural Disasters

2011 Disaster Losses Cost Insurers $116 Billion: Swiss Re

Natural disasters, such as Japan's earthquake and floods in Australia and Thailand, cost the global economy a record $370 billion in 2011, with losses for the insurance industry the second largest

Publication Date: 
30/03/2012
Caroline Copley
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Japan, Earthquakes, Floods, Australia, Thailand, Insurance Industry, Switzerland, Asia, Hurricanes
Climate Change

EU Seeks To Decide Who Gets U.N. Climate Fund Seats

European Union ambassadors were due to meet on Wednesday in an effort to settle a dispute over the allocation of seats to member states on the United Nations' Green Climate Fund (GCF) board, source

Publication Date: 
29/03/2012
Nina Chestney
Planet Ark (Australia)