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Is U.S.-China climate deal a game changer for global talks?
2014-11-12 10:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: For the world's two largest economies -- and largest emitters of greenhouse gas -- to announce a sustained commitment to reducing carbon emissions by almost a third by the year 2030 is a watershed moment for climate politics on so many fronts. Firstly, it raises the tempo worldwide regarding just how seriously we should be listening to the science and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Secondly, it provides a new benchmark for international negotiations to break the lethargy...
New U.S.-China climate deal is a game changer
2014-11-12 08:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: In what may prove to be a watershed moment in the fight against climate change, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced from Beijing on Wednesday that they are pursuing ambitious new greenhouse gas emission reductions. China and the U.S. are the worlds two largest emitters of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide and methane, and their cooperation is absolutely essential to the success of any global effort to scale back emissions and avert catastrophic climate change. According...
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China, U.S. Back Global Climate Deal, Vow Slash Emissions
2014-11-12 07:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The leaders of the world`s two biggest greenhouse gas emitting nations -- China and the United States -- today jointly pledged ambitious actions to limit climate change "for the common good." Emerging from their bilateral meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing, President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping said in a joint statement that their countries "have a critical role to play in combating global climate change, one of the greatest threats facing humanity."...
Europe Reaches Climate Deal, Sends Message
2014-10-24 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The European Commission's vote to reduce greenhouse gas pollution levels by 40 percent by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, "will put pressure on all countries,' said Jake Schmidt, the Natural Resources Defence Council's climate negotiations expert, "including the U.S. and China, to be ambitious when they announce targets next year.' The European Union's (EU) 28 countries are responsible for about one-sixth of the greenhouse gas pollution that's created by humanity every year. The EU is on track...
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EU leaders to strike climate deal cut greenhouse gases 40% by 2030
2014-10-23 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: European leaders were expected to strike a broad climate change pact obliging the EU as a whole to cut greenhouse gases by at least 40% by 2030. But key aspects of the deal that will form a bargaining position for global climate talks in Paris next year were left vague or voluntary, raising questions as to how the aims would be realised. Draft proposals were given to national delegations on watermarked paper in sealed envelopes as the EU summit in Brussels started on Thursday, in an attempt...
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