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Paris Climate Summit may get world at least halfway toward global warming target
2015-10-30 10:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Climate change news tends to come in two forms -- depressing and downright dire. However, two new reports released Friday morning offer reason for optimism concerning the potential outcome of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit that begins Nov. 29. A U.N. report analyzing the 119 separate emissions reduction pledges from 146 countries shows that, if implemented to their fullest extent, the emissions cuts would limit the forecast temperature rise to around 2.7 degrees Celsius, or about 4.8 degrees...
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Prince Charles to speak at Paris climate summit
2015-10-29 18:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Heir to the British throne Prince Charles will deliver a keynote speech at climate talks starting in Paris next month, his office said Thursday. Charles, a long-time champion of environmental causes, also added his voice to calls for an agreement to limit global warming. Speaking at a meeting in London of international environment ministers, NGOs and private firms, the 66-year-old prince said the Cop21 conference beginning on November 30 would be an "absolutely crucial milestone". "It will...
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India's Modi urges 'comprehensive' climate deal at African summit
2015-10-29 04:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for a "comprehensive and concrete" agreement on climate change in December, as he addressed African leaders at a major summit in New Delhi. Modi said no one had contributed less to global warming than India and Africa, warning that "the excess of (the) few cannot become the burden of many". He was speaking as world leaders prepare to meet in Paris in December to try to reach an agreement on tackling climate change, with the goal of capping...
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India to launch alliance of solar-rich countries at Paris climate summit
2015-10-29 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: India will propose the launch of an alliance of solar-rich countries -- to enable growth on a low-carbon path -- on November 30, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Paris to attend the inauguration of a crucial climate summit. Modi announced this at the India-Africa Forum Summit here and invited solar-rich African countries to join this alliance which is expected to work as a business bloc in the solar energy sector that needs finance and technology to expand. "When the sun sets, tens...
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France warns thorny issues unresolved as climate summit nears
2015-10-27 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Delegates to a climate summit in December remain divided over fundamental issues including a framework for measuring carbon emissions, the envoy of the host nation said on Tuesday, though she believes a deal to cut global warming will be signed. Representatives from almost 200 countries will meet in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, tasked with reaching an accord to keep temperatures below a ceiling of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. A similar summit six years ago...
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