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Climate Showdown Starts in Paris
2015-12-01 00:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Paris has finally arrived. During the next two weeks, a massive conference centre in the outskirts of the French capital will play host to the ultimate United Nations conference and the single most important climate change event in decades. The summit was kick-started by leaders from more than 150 countries, who met today for the launch of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will run through Dec. 11 under extreme...
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Tracking Views and News Out of the Paris Climate Change Talks
2015-11-30 23:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: If you are one of the ~6.99 billion earthlings focused on issues other than climate change as the climate treaty negotiations outside of Paris grind forward through Dec. 12, skip this post. For the rest of us, the news and analysis fire hose will be on full blast through Dec. 12 as the 21st Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (a k a COP21) moves through low-level [wrangling][debate][discussion][fighting] over the forest of bracketed clauses in the draft Paris...
As Paris Summit Begins, What Would A Successful Climate Deal Look Like?
2015-11-30 23:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the run-up to the Paris climate conference, our colleague Ari Shapiro has been speaking with leaders in the effort to come to an agreement, people like Jennifer Morgan. She is the global director of the Climate Program at the World Resources Institute. ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: What do you see as the key ingredients that must be in the final deal in order to consider Paris a success? JENNIFER MORGAN: I think there need to be three things. Number one are clear, long-term...
Paris Climate Summit Opens With Dire Warning
2015-11-30 23:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: When the climate summit opened in Paris on Monday, the mood was overwhelmingly pessimistic - largely about the current state of the global environment. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set the tone when he warned that the impacts of climate change are growing. "Three out of four humanitarian disasters are now climate-related. Economic losses have increased by more than half over the past decade. And ecosystems, and food and water supplies are under increasing pressure," he said. The hardest...
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In Paris, Managing Humanitys Relationship with Earths Climate Becomes Normal
2015-11-30 17:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The best thing about the Paris climate conference known as COP21, which began today with a round of position-staking and prodding speeches by President Obama and dozens of other world leaders, is that dealing with global warming has become normal, and thats a good thing. Gone is the seal the deal language, aiming for some grand top-down accord, in the months before the failed Copenhagen talks in 2009. I was heartened when President Obama centered his speech on this explanation of whats being...
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