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Veteran climate scientists hopeful a historic Paris deal hours away
2015-12-11 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Theres a cafe next door to the thronging media centre at the UN global climate talks in Paris where the constant clang of the door to the chill air outside can barely be heard above the buzz. Veteran climate scientist and biologist Professor Lesley Hughes has taken a seat with me close by and is struggling to hear herself think. But the chaos and noise of the global climate talks are not enough to drown out her feeling that a historic moment could be only hours away. Minutes earlier, scientists...
Paris painted yellow w/ eco paint climate activists scale Arc de Triomphe
2015-12-11 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On the UN climate summits penultimate day on Friday, Greenpeace activists paint Pariss streets yellow with eco paint. They dangle banners from the Arc de Triomphe calling on the French president, François Hollande, to renew the energy
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Black Lives Matter demonstration in Paris calls climate justice
2015-12-11 15:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
City Paper: Yesterday in Paris, United States delegates representing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) and students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) held a demonstration at the high-profile climate talks. The action built on the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. that has called for police reform in response to systemic police brutality against black people. In a press statement, Jacqui...
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Paris climate talks: Coming down to the wire with key issues still unresolved
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attempted to nudge negotiations closer to a final agreement on fighting global warming Thursday, proposing compromises on some key issues at the United Nations Climate Change Conference while pushing countries to cut deals on remaining disputes. "We must do this, and we can do this," Fabius, who is leading the talks, told delegates. The latest draft of a potential agreement represents an attempt by Fabius to synthesize the positions of nearly 200 countries....
The Paris climate deal may be too little, too late slanders of Kiribati
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: During a high tide, the Pacific island village of Eita is cut into pieces. Trickles merge into pools and lakes that course through the settlement, forming islands or swallowing dwellings whole. The coral seawalls can no longer hold the water back. Garbage and human waste flow into homes. Piglets screech in desperation as they struggle to keep their snouts above the surface. Some residents have built cages for their animals and hung them in the trees. They move their potted plants to higher ground....
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