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Senate Dems press Obama for strong global climate treaty
2014-11-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A group of Senate Democrats is pressuring President Obama to take ambitious actions in order to encourage other countries to sign onto a global climate accord. In a letter to Obama on Friday, four senators call for a strong post-2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the U.S. Democratic Sens. Bob Menendez (N.J.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Ron Wyden (Ore.) and Patty Murray (Wash.), who are all the current chairmen of the committees covering foreign relations, environment, finance and...
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Norway Best Prepared Nation For Climate Change, Global Index Shows
2014-11-05 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Norway is the best prepared country for climate change, and has been so for almost 20 years, according to rankings compiled by the University of Notre Dame. New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark rounded out the top five, while Chad, Burundi, Eritrea, Central African Republic, and Congo make up the bottom of the Global Adaptation Index. The rankings highlight the disparities between the worlds relatively wealthy, developed nations and its developing economies when it comes to dealing with climate...
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Climate change: no quick fix for global warming 'without cutting down carbon emissions'
2014-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Short-term fixing of the global climate will not help, says a new interdisciplinary study by showing how long-term emissions of carbon dioxide and short-lived climate pollutants like methane and sulphur dioxide are related. Soot particles, methane and fluorocarbons originating from fossil fuels, coal mines, cows and diesel engines are called short-lived climate forcers (SLCF) due to their brief lifetime of a few days to a decade. On the other hand carbon dioxide lasts thousands of years in...
Australia is 'holding back' global climate change fight
2014-11-04 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australia is a drag on international efforts to tackle climate change, says leading economist and former government adviser Professor Ross Garnaut. Prof Garnaut said the country had failed to make its "fair share" of greenhouse gas cuts. Earlier, Prime Minister Tony Abbott reiterated his position that coal was the foundation of global energy needs. Australia has the world's highest carbon emissions per capita and is its second biggest coal exporter. Prof Garnaut, who teaches at the Australian...
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UN talks of tough global climate targets, vague on national action
2014-11-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A draft U.N. guide for slowing climate change says world greenhouse gas emissions may have to fall to a net zero this century but is vague about what each nation should do now. About 500 delegates, including scientists and government experts, are meeting in Copenhagen to edit the report, which is meant to guide policymakers in setting national goals for a global climate deal at a U.N. summit in Paris in late 2015. The draft synthesis report by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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