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Obama goes to climate summit to show U.S. can back pledges
2015-11-29 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama said Sunday that American leadership was helping make gains in the global fight against climate change, as he tried to reassure world leaders assembling for a historic conference in Paris that the U.S. can deliver on its commitments. Obama was joining more than 150 leaders in Paris for the opening days of a two-week U.N. conference where countries are trying to negotiate an agreement aimed at avoiding a disastrous increase in global temperatures. What makes this gathering...
The Paris climate summit is a real test of humanity
2015-11-29 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: This morning I visited the place de la République, in many ways the beating heart of Paris. Its where people here chose to place their memorial to the victims of the attacks two weeks ago, and there is still a huge crowd, gathered round the central monument in intense, almost ritual silence, taking in the thousands of pictures, candles, flowers and messages left by wellwishers. Just a few steps away, a different ritual was taking place. Thousands of Parisians, denied by police security concerns...
Obama to Paris for climate summit amid global terror concerns, GOP vow to pull deal money
2015-11-28 19:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: President Obama arrives Sunday in Paris to finalize a global climate-change pact that if completed would be a legacy-defining part of his presidency. But he awaits challenges at home and abroad, including questions about who will pay for the changes and whether terrorism is a more imminent concern. On Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans suggested last week that the GOP-led chamber must approve the Paris deal, or it will withhold billions that the U.S. has pledged, as part of the pact, to help poor...
Nations pledge climate action, obstacles remain to summit: France
2015-11-28 19:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Almost all governments have outlined plans for fighting global warming beyond 2020 in a positive sign for resolving a string of obstacles at a U.N. climate summit starting on Monday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Saturday. So far this year, 183 of 195 nations have issued long-term plans for tackling climate change, meant as building blocks for a Paris accord, with a flurry of more than a dozen in the past week including from South Sudan, Kuwait, Yemen and Cuba. "This is radically...
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Ahead of climate summit, French use emergency laws to put activists under house arrest
2015-11-28 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: France has put 24 green activists under house arrest ahead of the United Nations climate talks, using emergency laws put in place following the Paris shootings, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday. Cazeneuve said the activists were suspected of planning violent protests at the talks which kick off on Sunday, a day ahead of the opening ceremony, and run until Dec. 11. The conference, also dubbed COP21, is seeking to agree a deal that signals a break with a rising reliance on...
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