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Twenty nation vulnerable climate change form action group
2015-10-08 23:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Twenty of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, formed a new financial group on Thursday to press for tougher action to curb global warming. Draft documents for a meeting of finance ministers in Lima, Peru and seen by Reuters, said the 20 represented 700 million people in low- and middle-income nations that were arid, landlocked, mountainous or vulnerable to rising sea levels. The Vulnerable 20 (V20) group's...
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Toughen climate action every five years, UN draft suggests
2015-10-06 14:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: All nations should agree to toughen curbs on greenhouse gas emissions every five years under a U.N. accord to combat global warming due in December, according to a first suggested text of a U.N. agreement on Monday. The 20-page accord, slashing a previous text of more than 80, is a step towards a deal due at a summit in Paris from Nov. 30-Dec 11 by narrowing down core elements of an agreement. It leaves many details unclear, such as the role of carbon markets. While the draft gives no details...
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30 Countries Submitted Their Climate Action Plans in 3 Days
2015-10-01 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Green: The number of official national climate action plans submitted ahead of this December's Paris Climate Summit smashed through the 100 mark this week, as the UN's climate change secretariat received a flurry of new Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) from national governments. Over 30 INDCs have been submitted this week, after Brazil on Monday became the latest major economy to publish a climate action plan, pledging to cut emissions by 37 per cent against 2005 levels by 2025, climbing...
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Pope Francis issues radical call climate change action
2015-09-26 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: A day after taking a surprisingly deferential tone with climate change skeptics in the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis stood before the United Nations General Assembly to issue a soft-spoken but thunderous call for the world to address global warming, connecting the issue to the wider pursuit of equality, security and justice for all. Generating a sense of palpable excitement, crowds gathered to celebrate Pope Francis' historic visit to the United States. His speech, delivered in his native Spanish...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi may release climate action plan on October 1
2015-09-23 21:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to release India's climate action plan on October 1, a day ahead of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary. All countries are expected to submit their plans to cut down carbon emissions and keep global warming in check ahead of the UN sponsored climate change summit in December. Advocating sustainable lifestyles, India is expected to outline a significant increase in the energy share from non-fossil fuel sources, and an emission intensity reduction target or...
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