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UN record 175 countries sign climate deal, but hard graft remains
2016-04-22 21:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: China cranks up pressure on G20, calling on all major economies to ratify agreement ahead of September`s meeting The Secretary-General addresses the Opening Ceremony of the High-Level Event for the Signature of the Paris Agreement (UN Photo/Rick Bajornas) China challenged fellow G20 members to formally approve the Paris Agreement on climate change by September, as 175 countries signed the UN pact in New York on Friday. The strong show of support for a deal to end the era of fossil fuels...
175 states sign landmark Paris deal on climate change, key step toward implementation
2016-04-22 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Leaders from 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement on climate change Friday as the landmark deal took a key step toward entering into force years ahead of schedule The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries signing on to it on opening day. But world leaders made clear more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global temperatures. With the planet heating up to record levels, sea levels rising and glaciers...
With climate deal, activists seeks land rights for native people
2016-04-22 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: With world leaders converging in New York to sign a landmark climate deal, activists along with actor Alec Baldwin called on Thursday for a halt to deforestation, a contributor to global warming, by giving indigenous people rights to their land. Keeping indigenous tribes from being pushed off their land would help protect forests that absorb planet-warming greenhouse gasses, they told reporters in New York City. The climate change agreement, which commits world nations to lower greenhouse emissions,...
171 states signing landmark Paris deal on climate change
2016-04-22 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The historic agreement on climate change marked a major milestone on Friday with a record 175 countries signing on to it on opening day. But world leaders made clear more action is needed, and quickly, to fight a relentless rise in global temperatures. With the planet heating up to record levels, sea levels rising and glaciers melting, the pressure to have the Paris Agreement enter into force and to have every country turn its words into deeds was palpable at the U.N. signing ceremony. "The...
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Paris climate deal set to be signed by record number of states
2016-04-22 10:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A Paris deal to slow climate change is set to be signed by more than 165 countries at the United Nations on Friday, the most states to endorse an international agreement on day one a record backers hope will inspire swift implementation. Many states still need a parliamentary vote to formally approve the agreement. It will only enter into force when ratified by at least 55 nations representing 55% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon wants to use the event...
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