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United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 17)
"The U.S. is committed to working with our partners to make Durban a success, and for us a balanced package in Durban includes two main elements. One is to carry out the agreements that were reached in last year's Cancun negotiation..."
U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern
A series of briefings by U.S. delegates to the UN climate change conference (COP-17) Durban, South Africa, November 28 – December 9, 2011
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Statement at COP17 - Prepared For Delivery by Todd Stern, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change
December 8. 2011 - I am honored to be here representing the U.S, and to support the President of the COP and the Government of S.A.in pursuit of a successful, balanced outcome here in Durban. We also know that a central part of the discussion here in Durban has revolved around the linked issues of a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. These are tough issues, but the United States is committed...
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Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern
December 8, 2011 - "It is completely off base to suggest that the U.S. is proposing that we delay action until 2020. Let’s stop and think what’s on the table over the next number of years... it’s nonsense to suggest that what we are doing is proposing a kind of hiatus in dealing with climate change..."
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Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern
December 7, 2100 - Fifth in a series of briefings from the UN climate change conference (COP-17) - "I actually think that the Green Climate Fund negotiations are, in the scheme of things, going pretty well as I understand it."
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Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern
December 6, 2011 - Fourth in a series of briefings from the UN climate change conference (COP-17)
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Briefing with U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern
December 5, 2011 - Third in a series of briefings from the UN climate change conference (COP-17). Todd Stern stated that “The U.S. is committed to working with our partners to make Durban a success.”
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Briefing with Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing
December 2, 2011- Second in a series of briefings. “For the United States, our priority is to make fully operational each of the key elements we agreed to in Cancun, including technology, adaptation, finance, and transparency," said Pershing
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Briefing with Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing
November 28, 2011 - Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing, who is head of the U.S. delegation for the first week, briefed journalists at COP-17 on U.S. expectations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP-17) meeting in Durban, South Africa