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The players who can make or break a Paris climate deal
2015-11-27 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Negotiators from 195 nations gather in Paris on Monday to try to broker a universal climate pact to rein in global warming and keep Earth liveable for humanity. From the world's biggest polluters to the tiniest island states at risk of disappearing under the waves, they must find a way to compromise on half a dozen potential deal breakers. These are the players -- nations and alliances -- that could make or break the chance of making deal by the December 11 deadline for the end of the talks:...
Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws
2015-11-27 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At least 24 climate activists have been put under house arrest by French police, accused of flouting a ban on organising protests during next weeks Paris climate summit, the Guardian has learned. One legal adviser to the activists said many officers raided his Paris apartment and occupied three floors and a staircase in his block. French authorities did not respond to requests for comment but lawyers said that the warrants were issued under state of emergency laws, imposed after the terror...
Paris climate summit: Will nations make bigger cuts after Paris?
2015-11-27 18:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Paris is just the start. The aim is to ratchet up the action in the coming years Any deal signed in Paris will establish a floor rather than a ceiling for cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, says chief UN negotiator Christiana Figueres. The idea is that every five years or so, countries will be asked to review their targets to see if they can do more. The details of this "ratcheting mechanism" have yet to be agreed, but it would have to be entirely voluntary to win support. However,...
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Britain sends mixed messages on climate ahead of Paris talks
2015-11-27 16:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's cuts to renewable energy subsidies and abandonment of its carbon capture and storage scheme are likely to diminish the country's influence at the global climate talks starting in Paris this weekend, investors and green groups said. Britain's commitment to foreign aid, including around 5.8 billion in climate finance from 2016-2021, has enabled the country to be an influential deal broker at climate talks in the past, gaining the ears of developed and developing countries. But a swathe...
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Rallying cry in Paris to avoid environmental catastrophe
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: Among the thousands of delegates heading to Paris to finalise a new global climate change accord, there will be hundreds of business executives from almost every type of industry. There is a simple reason. In theory, the outcome of the two-week UN talks in Paris that start on November 30 could affect the way companies fuel cars, heat buildings, power factories and make steel and cement. That is because the main objective of the talks is an agreement among the worlds governments to collectively...
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