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Benefits of emissions cuts kick in only next century
2013-01-13 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Are we the altruistic generation? Do we care what happens to our grandchildren, and to their children? Or are we with Groucho Marx when he said: "Why should I care about future generations? What have they ever done for me?" A new study of climate change lays out in detail why this matters. According to its author, Nigel Arnell of the University of Reading, UK, the unpalatable truth is that even rapid action now to curb greenhouse gas emissions would have only a "negligible effect by 2030, and...
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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising
2013-01-13 18:30:21| Green Car Congress
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Global Carbon Emissions Need to Peak in 2016, Scientists Say
2013-01-13 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world could avoid much of the damaging effects of climate change this century if greenhouse gas emissions are curbed more sharply, research showed on Sunday. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, is the first comprehensive assessment of the benefits of cutting emissions to keep the global temperature rise to within 2 degrees Celsius by 2100, a level which scientists say would avoid the worst effects of climate change. It found 20 to 65 percent of the adverse impacts by...
Federal report links man-made emissions to 'unambiguous' changes in U.S. life, landscape
2013-01-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Man-made climate change is already altering the way Americans live and work, according to a new federal report that projects the country could warm another 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century if emissions of heat-trapping gases continue to rise. "Evidence for climate change abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans," says the report, the third national assessment of climate change impacts in the United States. "The sum total of this evidence tells an unambiguous...
Gov. Cuomo pledges to flood-proof New York's subway system, raise regional carbon emissions cap
2013-01-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Dealing with climate change and protecting New York City from future superstorms featured high on the list of priorities during Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address yesterday in Albany. Cuomo, a Democrat, said he would work to make coastal areas and New York Harbor more resilient to climate change and storm surges thought to be intensified by the warming planet and rising seas. He also promised quick action to protect New York City's subway system against flooding during future storms...
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