G20Voice » white house http://g20voice.org Amplifying bloggers' voices to hold the G20 accountable Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Climate at the G20: White House briefs bloggers on climate discussions http://g20voice.org/2009/09/climate-at-the-g20-white-house-briefs-bloggers-on-climate-discussions/ http://g20voice.org/2009/09/climate-at-the-g20-white-house-briefs-bloggers-on-climate-discussions/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:29:52 +0000 Emily Gertz http://g20voice.org/?p=153
  • G20 cans fossil-fuel subsidies, but fails to make other climate-conserving moves
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    • ]]>     Climate activists were underwhelmed by what came out of this week’s Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh in the way of formal climate change commitments.
    True, the heads of state of the 20 leading developed and developing economies agreed to phase out fossil fuel subsidies “in the medium term.” But they couldn’t come to a consensus on climate finance — aid from richer nations to poorer, directed at adapting to and mitigating the impacts of global warming. …read more at Change.org …

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