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Prospects rise for a 2015 U.N. climate deal, but likely to be weak
2014-11-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A global deal to combat climate change in 2015 looks more likely after promises for action by China, the United States and the European Union, but any agreement will probably be too weak to halt rising temperatures. Delegates from almost 200 nations will meet in Lima, Peru, from Dec. 1-12 to work on the accord due in Paris in a year's time, also spurred by new scientific warnings about risks of floods, heatwaves, ocean acidification and rising seas. After failure to agree a sweeping U.N. treaty...
No, new climate deal does not let China off the hook
2014-11-14 07:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: On Tuesday night, when news broke that the U.S. and China had jointly announced plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions, I predicted that Republicans would argue the terms are unfair. American emissions have already declined by 10 percent from 2005 levels, and we have already committed to reducing them further to 17 percent by 2020. Now Obama has added another, more ambitious goal for 2025. China, meanwhile, has until 2030 to peak its emissions, not even cut them, and to generate 20 percent of its...
India: US-China climate deal not so ambitious, says Prakash Javadekar
2014-11-14 06:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post: "Whatever intentions have been declared by US and China is a beginning but it is not as ambitious as people wanted it to be," Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters in the national capital when he was asked to comment on the deal reached earlier this week. He termed it as a 'mutual consent' between US and China, the world's top carbon emitters. At the same time, he said, "I welcome that US has declared its intentions of cutting emissions with immediate effect." Noting that...
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Climate breakthrough: US-China deal should prompt Delhi to pursue emission targets
2014-11-13 23:04:58| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: The unveiling of a secretly negotiated deal between the US and China - whereby both countries have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - marks a watershed moment in global efforts to fight climate change. Before this China - the world`s largest emitter - had insisted on its 'developing` status to dodge reduction targets, while the US cited exclusion of developing countries from international emission norms to sidestep significant reduction targets itself. But the new deal not only sees...
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After U.S.-China climate deal, focus on India to follow suit
2014-11-13 22:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: After this week's carbon deal between the United States and China, No. 3 emitter India faces growing pressure to devise a clear strategy and step out of China's shadow during pivotal global climate talks. India has given no sign what kind of commitment it will make to address climate change in a global agreement. Officials previously stressed that India would likely opt to slow emissions growth rather than set a peak year on the grounds it is entitled to economic growth. That position might...
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