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Countries just adopted a historic climate change accord. Heres what happens next
2015-12-14 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The word historic, already being used to describe the just-accepted Paris climate agreement, is more than warranted. The world will now have a new and comprehensive regime in place to shape how its diverse nations go about the urgent task of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Thats why climate activists are ecstatic the world over right now. Its a big deal. The more ambiguous news, however, is that this document, by its very nature, depends on key sectors of society to respond to...
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Nearly 200 countries near historic accord to slow global warming by reducing emissions
2015-12-12 17:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: France crafted an unprecedented deal to slow global warming by cutting and then eliminating greenhouse gas pollution, urging climate negotiators from nearly 200 nations to adopt it Saturday. If the pact known as "the Paris agreement" is approved, countries would be committed to keeping the rise in global temperatures by the year 2100 compared with pre-industrial times "well below" 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and "endeavor to limit" them even more, to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That was...
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New Report Says Cities May Fight Climate Change Better Than Countries
2015-12-11 04:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Good: As delegates from more than 190 nations start to put a bow on a broad climate deal at the climate talks in Paris, a new report has emerged outlining how cities around the world are playing their own vital role in the climate fight. The research, published by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, specifically cites 2,300 actions that, if implemented, would cut 450 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020. Thats the equivalent of the annual emissions of the United Kingdom--and thats before...
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Still divided, countries join final push for climate deal
2015-12-10 13:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Exhausted global climate negotiators resumed wrestling over the language of an agreement on Thursday morning after talks that dragged through the night failed to bridge gaps between rich and developing countries. French Foreign Minister Lauren Fabius, who is chairing the U.N. conference, said he still planned to issue a penultimate draft on Thursday afternoon with as few disagreements or bracketed passages as possible to pave the way for a last round of revisions. "We will now try to move towards...
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Paris talks: US pledges to double aid to climate-hit countries
2015-12-09 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US has promised to double to $861m aid to countries on the frontline of climate change in the final push to reach an agreement to avoid dangerous global warming at crucial UN talks in Paris. As the negotiations moved into their critical final phase, the White House said the US would deepen its commitment to help low-lying and poor countries that are already threatened by rising seas and powerful storms. The additional aid, announced by John Kerry, the secretary of state, came as part of...
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