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		<title>UN-HABITAT, UNISDR Launch DRR, CCA Technical Centre for Southern Africa</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/un-habitat-unisdr-launch-drr-cca-technical-centre-for-southern-africa/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) launched a Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Technical Centre for Southern Africa, known as 'DIMSUR.' Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and the Comoros requested UN-HABITAT and UNISDR to facilitate the process to establish the Centre, which aims to reduce vulnerability and build community resilience in the four countries.]]></description>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/bonn-talks-make-progress-on-technical-issues-but-disagree-on-work-on-implementation/</guid>
		<title>Bonn Talks Make Progress on Technical Issues but Disagree on Work on Implementation</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/bonn-talks-make-progress-on-technical-issues-but-disagree-on-work-on-implementation/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Climate Change Conference, which took place in Bonn, Germany, centered on technical issues under the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), and on the 2015 agreement and pre-2020 mitigation under the resumed session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP). Work on implementation was stalled due to lack of agreement on the agenda of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI).]]></description>
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		<title>Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum Advances Resilience to Climate-Related Disasters</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/greater-horn-of-africa-climate-outlook-forum-advances-resilience-to-climate-related-disasters/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 34th Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF) was organized by the Intergovernmental Governmental Authority on Development's Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) and other partners to formulate a regional climate outlook over the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA), which is prone to extreme climate events, such as droughts and floods, that severely impact on key socialeconomic sectors.]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Global Green Growth Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/global-green-growth-forum-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the invitation of Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) President Luis Alberto Moreno, leaders from government, business, finance, civil society and international organizations will convene at the first regional dialogue in Latin America of the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF LAC). The event, on the topic "Rethinking our energy future: Climate change and renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean," seeks to highlight the substantial renewable energy endowment available in the region and identify collaboration opportunities and concrete actions to transform Latin America's energy market. Participants are expected to include: Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC; Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC; Adnan Amin, Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA; Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Minister of Energy, Mexico; René Castro, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica; and heads of large electricity utilities, regulatory agencies, renewable energy institutions, and the private sector.]]></description>
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		<title>ICAO Symposium Discusses National Action Plans on Emissions from Aviation</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/icao-symposium-discusses-national-action-plans-on-emissions-from-aviation/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Symposium on Aviation and Climate Change, 'Destination Green,' aimed to foster a dialogue amongst participants on environment and aviation matters. The event brought together 233 participants from 62 member States and 23 international organizations.]]></description>
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		<title>UNIDO Technology Summit Discusses Leapfrogging High-GWP Refrigerants</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unido-technology-summit-discusses-leapfrogging-high-gwp-refrigerants/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
		<category><![CDATA[Atmosphere]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), together with market development company Shecco, convened the ATMOsphere Technology Summit, which brought together 150 representatives from developing and developed countries who explored the possibilities of leapfrogging high global warming substances in the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration (HVAC&#38;R) and foam sectors.]]></description>
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		<title>IEA Outlines Strategy to Cut 2020 Energy-Related Emissions by 8%</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/iea-outlines-strategy-to-cut-2020-energy-related-emissions-by-8/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a World Energy Outlook Special Report, titled 'Redrawing the Energy-Climate Map,' which presents a strategy to reduce energy-related carbon emissions in 2020 at no net economic cost to levels needed to limit the average global temperature increase to two degrees Celsius.]]></description>
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		<title>US, China to Collaborate on HFCs Phase Down</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/us-china-to-collaborate-on-hfcs-phase-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Government has announced that it will collaborate with the Government of China to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). US President Barack Obama and China's President Jinping Xi reached the agreement during their recent retreat.]]></description>
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		<title>UN Secretary-General Stresses Need for Climate Change Agreement, SDGs</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/un-secretary-general-stresses-need-for-climate-change-agreement-sdgs/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poverty Eradication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the Denver Forum, a public forum on democracy in Denver, Colorado, US, sharing his latest views and plans for climate change negotiations and the post-2015 development agenda. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mongolia Joins Partnership for Action on the Green Economy</title>
		<link>http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/mongolia-joins-partnership-for-action-on-the-green-economy/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Climate Change Policy &amp; Practice - IISD Reporting Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that Mongolia has joined the Partnership for Action on the Green Economy (PAGE), a new initiative of UNEP, the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), to assist in the global transition to a green economy.]]></description>
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