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President Hollande ratifies Paris climate deal for France
2016-06-15 12:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: In a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, the French leader called on other EU countries to formally join the UN pact Francois Hollande became the first leader of an industrialised nation to ratify the Paris Agreement on Wednesday. In a ceremony at the Elysee Palace, the French president signed a law to join the historic UN climate pact. He called on other EU states to follow swiftly. Le décret de promulgation de la loi de ratification de l` #AccordDeParis est officiellement signé par @fhollande...
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Crib notes: UN chief raises climate deal approval stakes
2016-06-12 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Ban Ki-moon will host an event at the September UN general assembly meeting for more countries to deposit their ratification documents for the Paris Agreement. In a press briefing dominated by controversy over Saudi Arabian suppression of a UN report condemning its child rights abuses, the UN chief kept the climate pact on the agenda. He praised G7 leaders for committing to bring it into force this year and welcomed India PM Narendra Modi`s support of that goal. Ban Ki-moon: "We need to...
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Paris climate deal: what comes next
2016-04-24 17:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: Representatives from more than 175 nations signed the Paris climate accord at the United Nations in New York City on 22 April. Global leaders celebrated the event timed to coincide with Earth Day with considerable fanfare, but countries must still take more action to implement the December 2015 agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to between 1.5 °C and 2 °C. Nature examines what must happen for the accord to take legal effect and, ultimately, to achieve its goal. What is the significance...
175 nations sign historic Paris climate deal on Earth Day
2016-04-23 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KTHV: World leaders from 175 countries signed the historic Paris climate accord Friday, using Earth Day as a backdrop for the ceremonial inking of a long-fought deal that aims to slow the rise of harmful greenhouse gases. "We are in a race against time." U.N. secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the gathering at the United Nations headquarters in New York. "The era of consumption without consequences is over." "The poor and most vulnerable must not suffer further from a problem they did not create," Ban...
Climate deal won't stop Great Barrier Reef getting 'cooked Greens
2016-04-23 02:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australias lack of follow-through on climate change will leave the Great Barrier Reef completely cooked despite it signing the Paris climate deal, the Greens say. The federal environmental minister, Greg Hunt, has joined leaders from 170 other countries in New York to sign the Paris Agreement to limit global warming by at least 2C. Hunt says Australia will beat its Kyoto emission reduction targets by 78m tonnes and meet a 2030 target of reducing emissions by 26% to 28% below 2005 levels....
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