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Weak EU 2030 climate deal risks nearly a million jobs, warn unions
2014-10-22 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Nearly a million potential jobs will be lost if EU leaders fail to agree strong climate and energy targets at a summit starting on Thursday, according to the head of Europes trade union movement. Europes heads of state are set to sign a deal which, the Guardian understands, proposes a binding 40% greenhouse gas cut by 2030 and two goals which will not be binding on member states, one for a share of 27% of energy coming from renewable sources and another for a 27% improvement in energy efficiency....
Penny-pinching risks global climate deal success in 2015, France says
2014-10-11 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rich states that bean-count their climate aid contributions are threatening the prospect of a climate deal being agreed in Paris next year, French leaders say. By 2020, a $100bn-a-year (62bn-a-year) green climate fund has been pledged to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate disruption. And the UN has set itself a fundraising target of $10bn (6.2bn) for the end of this year. But so far, just $2.3bn (1.4bn) has been banked, despite pledges of $1bn (620m) each by France and...
No Paris climate deal better than bad one former French climate minister
2014-10-10 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A French diplomatic effort to seal a deal on cutting carbon emissions at next years Paris climate change summit has opened with a warning from the countrys former climate change ambassador that it would be better to have no deal at all, than a bad one. The World Summit for the Regions on Climate in the French capital on Friday and Saturday is a showcase for efforts to mobilise business sectors in a bottom-up initiative to enable commitments on carbon cuts ahead of the 2015 UN climate conference....
Beyond climate change treaties: 'a deal in Paris is not essential'
2014-09-29 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The United Nations Climate Summit in New York last week passed with many promises, but no firm pledges. Most notably, Chinas vice-premier Zhang Gaoli promised his country would peak its carbon dioxide emissions as soon as possible, and President Obama said that next year he would publish a plan to cut US emissions after 2020. On the fringes, major corporations trading in agricultural commodities grown on former rainforest land joined with governments in signing a declaration promising to halve...
Climate protest: Big deal or big dud?
2014-09-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Protesters took to the streets of Manhattan on Sunday to call for global action to address climate change. The event's organisers estimated that turnout exceeded 300,000, making it one of the largest environmental-related protests in US history. The event's success has many on the left heralding a new dawn for climate-change activism. After stalled efforts to pass limits on greenhouse gas in 2009, the issue had been pushed to the political margins. President Barack Obama made moves to strengthen...
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