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Iraqis cool down from the scorching summer temperatures under public showers in Baghdad- AFP, Getty Images
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The Sheldon Glacier with Mount Barre in the background, is seen from Ryder Bay near Rothera Research Station, Adelaide Island, Antarctica, in this NASA/British Antarctic Survey handout photo. REUTERS/NASA/
175 countries Sign the Landmark Climate Change Agreement
Cairo- Over a 175 countries– last Friday- signed the landmark agreement for climate change at the U.N. headquarters in New York. The period for signing will remain open for another year, in which it allows all parties to sign for the ratification of the Paris...Caption:
Delegates attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima on December 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
UN talks agree building blocks for new-style climate deal in 2015
Lima, Reuters—About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit increases in global temperatures. Under the deal reached in Lima,...Caption:
Indian women participate in a march in “Defense of Mother Earth” in Lima, Peru, on December 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
In overtime, UN climate talks head for watered-down deal in Lima
Lima, Reuters—United Nations climate talks, which ran on into an extra day on Saturday, are heading for a watered-down deal on limiting global warming, leaving many of the toughest issues for next year’s Paris summit. Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel...Caption:
Minister of State for Environment of Peru Manuel Pulgar-Vidal (L), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C), Chairman of the IPCC Rajendra K. Pachauri (1st R) and Secretary of the IPCC Renata Christ (2nd R), present a comprehensive report by the UN climate panel, summarizing the three interim reports previously released on climate changes, Sunday Nov. 2. 2014, at Tivoli Congress Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dresling)