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He stressed that for "climate frontline states" in the Commonwealth like the Maldives, Tuvalu and Kiribati, a deal at Copenhagen was a matter of survival. "Climate change poses a serious an...
AllAfrica.com,
Mon Nov 30 04:40:58 PST 2009
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The Ingram Column - the Heads Are Going for Green
Green's the word here in Trinidad. Even the cleaners touring the media centre with brushes and pans at this Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) are all wearing smart pale green...
AllAfrica.com,
Mon Nov 30 03:29:54 PST 2009
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A New Car or Ten Thousand Lattes?
... writing more papers lowers your reputation - but it raises your salary! More Money, More Fishing The island of Kiribati began to subsidize coconut harvesting in the hopes of encouragin...
The New York Times,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:42:41 GMT
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Climate change a challenge for Pacific islands - Feature
Wellington - For tiny island states in the Pacific, some with their highest points no more than a few metres above sea level, climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. Global wa...
EARTHtimes.org,
Sun Nov 29 21:17:40 PST 2009
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Platinum-II's tug boat too entered India with...
... at the Alang Ship Breaking Yard, had entered Indian waters on fake registry documents, it is learnt. The office of Kiribati Shipping Registry said this in a letter to the Indian Platfo...
The Indian Express,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:01:25 GMT
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Commonwealth advances momentum for climate deal
Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world's population threw their weight on Saturday behind accelerating efforts to clinch an "operationally binding" U.N. climate deal in Co...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Sat Nov 28 16:25:43 PST 2009
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Why Don't Reputations and Salaries Rise Together?
... more papers lowers your reputation - but it raises your salary! November 30 More Money, More Fishing The island of Kiribati began to subsidize coconut harvesting in the hopes of encour...
International Herald Tribune,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:59:22 GMT
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Fish fight crucial to survival of islanders
Some Pacific nations need a future beyond climate change, and protecting their tuna may be the answer, writes Andrew Darby.
Sydney Morning Herald,
Sun Nov 29 06:13:55 PST 2009
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The Ingram Column - the Heads Are Going for Green
... 2020 Several more of the Commonwealth's smallest states face the dangers of inundation. In the Pacific Tuvalu and Kiribati are two. Of the large members Bangladesh, which already suffe...
AllAfrica.com,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:10:58 GMT
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A new angle for island nations
Some Pacific island nations threatened by climate change are turning to tuna fishing to secure their futures. But there's a catch.
The Age,
Sun Nov 29 05:29:33 PST 2009
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Tonga improves its rating on Corruption Perceptions Index
... 14 India 3.4 84 14 Thailand 3.4 95 16 Vanuatu 3.2 97 17 Sri Lanka 3.1 99 18 Tonga 3.0 111 19 Indonesia 2.8 111 19 Kiribati 2.8 111 19 Solomon Islands 2.8 120 22 Viet Nam 2.7 130 23 Mal...
Matangi Tonga,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:30:07 GMT
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Commonwealth builds momentum for climate deal
Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world's population threw their weight behind accelerating efforts to clinch an "operationally binding" U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen nex...
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Sat Nov 28 11:16:47 PST 2009
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Climate change a challenge for Pacific islands - Feature
... nine islands covering a total of 26 square kilometres, none of it higher than 5 metres above the water line - and Kiribati's 33 atolls, which straddle the equator at an average height ...
Earth Times,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:16:27 GMT
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Commonwealth supports climate talks
The Commonwealth's 50-plus nations has thrown its support behind climate change talks ahead of Copenhagen.
BigPond News,
Sat Nov 28 22:20:24 PST 2009
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Sir Michael: PoS CHOGM one of the best
... be serious about what is happening to the rest of us - the small island States. Papua New Guinea is a good example. Kiribati, Tuvalu, all these islands are coming under the water, whic...
Newsday,
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:34:39 GMT
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Commonwealth fully backs climate talks
The Commonwealth's bloc of 50-plus nations has thrown its support behind a climate change declaration ahead of the United Nations summit in Copenhagen.
Sky News Australia,
Sat Nov 28 21:57:35 PST 2009
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Fish fight crucial to survival of islanders
... beyond climate change, and protecting their tuna may be the answer, writes Andrew Darby. For island nations such as Kiribati, the Pacific Ocean, their enemy, is also their friend. The ...
The Sydney Morning Herald,
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:56:54 GMT
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Commonwealth advances momentum for climate deal
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Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News,
Sat Nov 28 21:32:41 PST 2009
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Commonwealth builds momentum for climate deal
... of the climate debateA the cases of tiny island states like the Maldives in the IndianA Ocean and Tuvalu and Kiribati in the Pacific, whose existence would be threatened by swelling oc...
Stabroek News,
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:52:43 GMT
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Trinidad Diary 3
It feels a little like telling tales, but I just saw the Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen having a sneaky carbon emission, otherwise known as a cigarette, at the Commonwealth head...
The New Zealand Herald,
Sat Nov 28 20:24:34 PST 2009
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