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		<title>COP21: three trends towards fundamental change</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With considerable justification, COP21 has been widely hailed as a success. It reached a legally-binding agreement that aims to keep global warming well below 2 degrees, with a review-mechanism towards ever more ambitious targets, and financial commitments to support developing countries on their path towards environmental sustainability. This agreement is far better than most could [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>COP21: the best things come to those who wait</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This time last week we were at the start of COP21. The conference centre was smelling of woodchip (you can really tell how hard France have worked at making COP21 sustainable), there were still freebies being handed out, delegates were relatively smiley and positive (directly proportional to the quality/quantity of freebies and coffee, I have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>COP21: the first week</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I woke up (at a not very nice time) on 1 December, it was Day 2 of COP21.  Little did I know that by the time I next shut my eyes I would have discussed the chances of success of the climate conference with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, shook President Hollande’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>75 years ago: the evacuation of Dunkirk</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/peterricketts/2015/05/21/75-years-ago-the-evacuation-of-dunkirk/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 15:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This week end we are going to be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of Dunkirk, one of those extraordinary iconic events of the Second World War. Written version (continued) Situation in 1940 was that Britain had sent an expeditionary army to help France in defending against Nazi agression. But by April or May, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The modern diplomat</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/peterricketts/2015/04/21/the-modern-diplomat/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this guest blog, Deputy Head of Mission Kara Owen discusses what it is to be a modern diplomat, after a talk at the Ecole Nationale d&#8217;Administration (ENA) in Paris. This week I was invited to speak on an ENA course about the role of the modern diplomat. In preparing, I cast my mind back to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/peterricketts/2015/03/12/commemorating-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-neuve-chapelle/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Remembering WW1 Victoria Cross Heroes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this guest blog, Colonel Geoff Wright, Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Paris, pays tribute to the British and Indian soldiers who died in the battle of Neuve-Chapelle in the North of France. Written version (continued) On the 13th of March this year, we will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Climate: Franco-British collaboration for a low carbon future</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/peterricketts/2015/03/05/climate-franco-british-collaboration-for-a-low-carbon-future/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Areva]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to open a conference of the nuclear energy industry between Britain and France, looking at a low carbon future. It made me think about the way these two hugely important issues come together. How do we ensure a low carbon future for the planet and keep global warming under control and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Global Law Summit and the legacy of the Magna Carta</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/peterricketts/2015/02/23/the-global-law-summit-and-the-heritage-of-the-magna-carta/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This year of 2015, we celebrate the 800th anniversary of one of the founding documents of English law, the Magna Carta. This was agreed between King John and his rebel barons in 1215. And actually one of the prominent barons at that time was Prince Louis, who went on to be King Louis VIII of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2014, a year of anniversaries</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/peterricketts/2014/12/22/2014-a-year-of-anniversaries/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So this is the time of year when I look back at what we’ve achieved and 2014 will stay in my mind a long time as a year of anniversaries. We&#8217;ve had the 20th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel, and the Queen unveiled a little plaque to commemorate that at Saint Pancras when she was coming [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>#FootballRemembers: commemorating the Christmas Truce in 1914</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/peterricketts/2014/12/08/footballremembers-commemorating-the-christmas-truce-in-1914/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Ricketts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really proud that the British Council team here in Paris have been leading the campaign with the Council to remember the football truce, that extraordinary moment around Christmas of 1914 when British and German soldiers got out of their trenches around Ypres (but we think also in some areas in France) and ended up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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