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Vienna climate meeting aims for progress on deal to cut HFC use
2016-07-20 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Diplomats meeting in Vienna this week hope to take a major step toward a deal under the Montreal Protocol to decrease the use of a potent greenhouse gas, in what could be the most significant measure to combat global warming since last year's Paris climate agreement. Officials from nearly 200 countries are trying to hammer out details of an agreement to cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in heating and air conditioning by amending the ozone-protection treaty that went into force in 1989....
Miamis plan to deal with climate change: Make developers pay up
2016-07-08 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: It`s hard to ignore climate change in South Florida, what with the city streets that flood at high tide and the worsening storms that routinely claim waterfront homes. Speaking about climate change on a visit to the state last year, President Obama said, "Nowhere is it going to have a bigger impact than here in South Florida. Miami-Dade County has a plan to deal with all this: spend $400 million to build a system of valves, pumps, and raised roadways to lessen the impact of flooding. It`s far-reaching,...
UK climate change sceptics botch Paris deal hit-job
2016-07-05 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Critics of the UK`s climate policy sense a window of opportunity post Brexit, but an inability to download the right PDF is hampering their hopes Lord Lawson, chairman of the Global Warming Policy Foundation In prayer, deep thought or perhaps deep sleep, the Right Reverend Dr Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester sat unmoving, eyes closed. Two seats away, a rather nervous and red-faced law professor held court in committee room 2, a high ceilinged room in Britains parliament with views over...
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Climate deal caps North American leaders' summit
2016-07-03 22:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Potiner: North American Leaders to Discuss Climate Change in Canada "The world needs more Canada", Obama said, taking a moment to demand that Canada contribute more money to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has previously likened U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, said on Wednesday he only drew the comparison as a reminder of the devastation wreaked in the past. The so-called "Three Amigos" were posing...
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Paris climate deal approval on course, say analysts
2016-06-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The Paris climate deal is edging ever closer to coming into force say analysts, despite the UKs Brexit vote last week plunging EU plans to ratify the deal into chaos. Under a scenario published by Climate Analytics, a global network of policy specialists, 50 countries covering 53.28% of global emissions are likely to sign off the UN pact by the end of 2016. The figure excludes all European countries bar Norway and Switzerland, which are not part of the EU and thus do not have to wait for all...
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