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UN climate deal could 'revive' offset market says CDM chief
2014-03-10 12:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: The main tool that funnels finance to developing countries could get a new lease of life from a possible global climate deal at the end of next year, as deeper carbon targets will mean more demand for offsets, the head of the UN`s main carbon offset scheme said. Hugh Sealy, who was recently elected as chair of a panel that overseas carbon reduction projects in developing countries, said the Kyoto Protocols Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) would remain relevant for policymakers despite chronic...
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UN Climate Deal at Risk Without Set Targets, Bangladesh Says
2014-03-05 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Nations risk repeating the failure of climate talks in 2009 unless they sign up to mandatory emissions reductions in a treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, according to Bangladeshs climate envoy to the United Nations. Unless we have mandatory targets to cut emissions that are enforceable under international law, we are headed for failure at next years climate summit in Paris, Quamrul Chowdhury, who also acts as lead negotiator for 49 least-developed countries at the UN talks, said in an interview...
USDA helps growers deal with climate change
2014-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Living on Earth: Climate is everything for farmers and foresters. To help growers deal with increased droughts, fires and more severe storms, the USDA is launching climate hubs in agricultural centers across the country. Ann Bartuska, one of the architects of the USDA program, tells host Steve Curwood how forestry and agriculture can cope with and be part of the solution to global warming. Transcript CURWOOD: Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, recently announced the creation...
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US setting up networked 'climate hubs' to deal with climate change
2014-02-08 01:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: The U.S. government says it's creating seven new "climate hub" networks to help people, especially farmers, deal with the effects of global warming. The hubs, consisting of real-world and online networks, will work out OF Department of Agriculture offices around the country to connect existing government agencies more effectively, a department release reported Wednesday. By helping scientists, farmers, ranchers and forestland-owners communicate, officials said, the hubs will help keep harmful...
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Compelling case for global deal on climate, says UN
2014-01-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: The need for international regulation to tackle the threat of climate change is much more compelling now than at the failed talks in Copenhagen in 2009 because of the mounting evidence of the effects of global warming, the UNs top climate official has said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, said she expected a draft agreement of less than 50 pages, including a goal of zero net greenhouse gas emissions by the second half of the century,...
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