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2014 poised for hottest year on record: UN
2014-12-03 09:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: This year may end as the hottest on record, the UN's weather agency said on Wednesday as it recounted a tale of rising seas, crippling droughts and floods since January. "The year 2014 is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record," the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reported on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Lima. Provisional data for 2014 shows that 14 out of the 15 warmest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century, it added. "There...
98 percent Costa Ricans believe in climate change, says UN survey
2014-12-02 11:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tico Times: Nearly every single Costa Rican surveyed by the United Nations Development Program said they agreed the climate is changing, and more than 90 percent said that humans are at least partially responsible. The survey results released Monday also showed that Costa Ricans would be willing to pay more to reduce their impact on the planet. (See a PDF of the survey in Spanish here) Costa Ricas reputation as a green country is well established. The country made a name for itself in the eco-tourism field...
Devil to be in detail at Lima UN climate talks
2014-11-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Politically sidelined since a 2009 UN summit almost ended in a bust-up, climate change has resurfaced as a priority but faces a brutal test at talks opening in Lima on Monday. The 12-day haggle will show what happens when high-minded global vows enter an arena where national interest rules the roost. The meeting in the Peruvian capital is tasked with steering 196 parties toward the most ambitious climate pact in history - "the matrix for managing climate issues for the next 30 years," according...
Australia's Direct Action Policy To Increase Projected Emissions By 2020 -- UN Report
2014-11-24 05:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: The United Nations has warned Australia it is one of the four countries predicted not to meet its emissions target. A UN Environment Programme report revealed that the world should achieve "carbon neutrality" by 2070. Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) is welcomed by Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott upon his arrival for the G20 summit in Brisbane November 15, 2014. The meeting of leaders of the Group of 20 economies has opened in Brisbane, Australia, with Abbott stressing the importance...
India needs to improve energy efficiency by 2030: UN report
2014-11-21 02:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Nearly one lakh premature deaths take place annually due to air pollution in India and some other countries which can be avoided by 2030 by improving energy efficiency measures in transport and industrial sectors, a UN report today said. The fifth Emissions Gap Report 2014 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which was released today, said that countries across the globe need to "shrink" greenhouse gas emissions to net zero between 2080 and 2100 in order to limit global temperature...
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