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Why Countries Invest Differently In Environmental Issues
2013-11-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: We're not just talking about measures to combat global climate change we're talking about investments in clean water, forests and biodiversity. A new study explores a novel theory about these differences.
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Climate change could cause huge economic losses to Pacific countries
2013-11-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Climate change could cause countries in the Pacific region to lose as much as 12.7 per cent of their gross domestic product (GDP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. In its latest report titled Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific, the Manila-based lender said the most significant losses would be felt in Papua New Guinea where climate change could trigger a loss of up to 15.2 per cent of its GDP by 2100, reported Xinhua. ADB also projected that the change in climate could...
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UK to buy 50 mln stg of UN carbon credits to help poor countries
2013-11-25 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The British government said it would buy 50 million pounds ($80.7 million) of U.N. carbon credits and cancel them as a way to help fund development and curb greenhouse gas emissions in poor countries. The government's Carbon Market Finance initiative will buy and cancel Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), which are issued to projects in emerging markets that generate energy from biogas, solar panels and small hydropower units. The projects would be registered under the U.N.'s Clean Development...
Countries agree rules cut down pollution from deforestation
2013-11-25 09:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindustan Times: Almost eight years after the idea was first mooted, climate change negotiators have thrashed out an agreement of a deal to channelise funds necessarily for developing countries to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests. The agreement on what is popularly called the REDD+ initiative reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation now comes with the backing of pledges of $280 million in financing from the United States, Norway and...
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How rich countries dodged the climate change blame game in Warsaw
2013-11-25 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: After sitting through the final week of the United Nations climate change negotiations in Warsaw, one thing has become abundantly clear. Rich countries are desperate to avoid taking the blame for the impacts of climate change on nations with a lot less money but an awful lot more to lose (like their entire country, for example). More specifically, the developed countries won't let any statements slip into any UN climate document that could be used against them in the future. The 19th...
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