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What does the Paris climate agreement mean for Australia?
2015-12-12 19:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Surely Australia can use this Paris climate agreement to finally end the barren, wasted years of climate policy war. Theres already an uneasy ceasefire, a let-up in the mind-numbing slogans. Labor is promising some kind of emissions trading scheme and a relatively ambitious renewable energy target but no details yet lest it once again feels the barrage of a full bore axe-the-tax scare campaign. Under the sceptical gaze of his partys hard right, Malcolm Turnbull is also unwilling to even hint...
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Paris climate change agreement: proposed deal at a glance
2015-12-12 16:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The final text of the climate change draft agreement has been released - but what does it all mean? Here are the key elements of the divisive proposed deal, which has been both hailed as "the end of the fossil fuel era" and condemned as a disaster since the final draft was released on Saturday afternoon. 1. A long-term goal to limit global warming to 2C, or 1.5C if possible The agreement aims to limit the increase in global average temperatures to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels...
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Success in Paris! Historic Global Climate Agreement Has Been Reached in Paris
2015-12-12 16:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The Paris agreement on climate change has been reached, although not yet voted upon as of this writing, in Paris at COP21. This document offers hope for a world that has long awaited a global agreement to address climate change. Success in Paris can largely be credited to the visionary Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which allows each country to negotiate its own commitments within the context of their own political realities. In the U.S., for example, our Senate would not...
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World awaits historic climate agreement in Paris
2015-12-12 16:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Flanked by French President François Hollande and UN chief Ban Ki-Moon, Fabius said to loud applause that the deal seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, if possible. "The agreement is the most balanced one possible," Fabius told heads of delegations at the end of two weeks of marathon discussions. "It allows each delegation to return to their home country with their heads held high". Another major debate has been over a promise that developed nations should provide $100 billion...
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Final draft of climate deal agreement unveiled in Paris
2015-12-12 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: After years of buildup and weeks of negotiations, diplomats issued a final draft of a climate change agreement Saturday that the French foreign minister described as "fair ... and legally binding." If adopted, the agreement would set an ambitious goal of halting average warming at no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial temperatures -- and of striving for a limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius if possible. World leaders hailed the draft as a milestone in the battle...
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