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The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol opened on Monday, 26 November and continues until Friday, 7 December 2012 at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar.

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[ 12.12.2012 ]
What you need to know about the Doha UN climate summit
The 18th UN climate summit after the Rio Convention in 1992 ended in Doha on Saturday afternoon. Some 7000 government representatives from a total of 192 countries finally came to an agreement: the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 – which expires on january 1, 2013 – was extended for new phase from 2013 to 2020.
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[ 11.12.2012 ]
UN climate meetings in Doha dissolve into a co-op squabble
DOHA, Qatar – Delegates to UN climate talks in Doha agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a pact that aims to curb greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations but will cover only about 15 percent of the world’s carbon output.
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[ 07.12.2012 ]
In a rare success from Doha, nations agree to cut short term greenhouse gasses
DOHA, Qatar – The 25 member countries comprising the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) have agreed to reduce soot, methane and refrigerant gases in what Bellona’s senior international and climate advisor Svend Søyland said “is the greatest thing that has happened during the UN climate negotiations to date.”
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[ 07.12.2012 ]
Looking for alternative mitigation actions.
DOHA, Qatar – The Bellona Foundation began its quest for mitigation options at UN climate negotiations by presenting 101-Solutions magazine during what most people regarded to be a massive failure of international climate diplomacy at COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009.
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[ 06.12.2012 ]
COMMENT: Is the US position in Doha really so unexpected – especially in light of shale gas and oil?
After remaining nearly mute on the topic of climate change on the campaign trail, Hurricane Sandy’s unprecedented bluster along the US eastern seaboard last month shook an apple or two of climate consciousness out of President Barack Obama’s tree, broadening hopes that the US would take a leading role at the UN Climate talks in Doha.
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[ 04.12.2012 ]
NGO report in support of CCS launched by Lord Stern at Bellona Pavilion in Doha
“I agree with the contents and I support the conclusions,” said Lord Stern at a press conference organized in the Bellona Foundation’s pavilion at the UN COP 18 talks in Doha, Qatar today.
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