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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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This article discusses: (a) why the focus should have been on the transfer of proven renewable energy technology from developed to developing countries; and (b) how this technology transfer can be financed with currently available funds. What cannot be argued is the fact that fossil fuels are non-renewable.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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” —Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed. “ Every country arrives at the negotiation seeking to keep their own emissions as high as possible ,” complained Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, whose country is an AOSIS member state, at the Climate Vulnerable Forum earlier this month. ” [ 18 ].

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

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“We take it to the next level,” he said, before rattling off a list of facts and figures: 100 percent renewable energy, a solar-powered 5G network , plans to enhance biologically diverse habitats. Citing the Maldives, he mentioned the kingdom’s plans to claim a share of the same high-end market.