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Rattled by Trump, G7 nations eager to move up timeline for the Paris climate deal

2016-05-27 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: This week, leaders of the world`s wealthiest developed countries and the E.U., the G7, met in Japan, where they agreed to expedite the Paris climate agreement so it enters into force by the end of the year. He was difficult to avoid, after all. On Thursday, the professional Twitter user delivered a lengthy speech on energy policy, in which he doubled down on his commitment to "cancel the Paris climate agreement and stop all payments of U.S. tax dollars to U.N. global warming programs." Seventeen...

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Australia removed from United Nations climate report over tourism fears

2016-05-27 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

IUSBPreface: In Latin America, Coro and its port, in Venezuela; Huascaran National Park in Peru; Atlantic Forest - Southeast Reserves in Brazil; and the National Park Rapa Nui, Chile, are the other vulnerable sites on the World Heritage and Tourism report in a changing climate, prepared by UNESCO in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (USC). Numerous world's most important coral reefs, including in the islands of New Caledonia in the western...

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At worlds first humanitarian summit, leaders rich nations are no-shows

2016-05-25 19:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Heads of state from across the globe convened in Istanbul, Turkey, this week for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, a United Nations convention on how nations, NGOs, the private sector, and humanitarian groups can aid in the global crises currently affecting 125 million worldwide. More than 5,000 participants attended the summit - including the heads of 57 world nations and celebrities like Daniel Craig, Ashley Judd, and Forest Whitaker. Strangely absent, however, were the heads of the...

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