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Australia: Climate action rally attracts crowd of 30,000 at Treasury Gardens
2013-11-17 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Age: Melbourne delivered the largest turnout for Sunday's national day of climate action, with up to 30,000 gathering at Treasury Gardens. One of more than 130 rallies organised by social activist group GetUp!, the Melbourne crowd accounted for half the estimated 60,000 who participated throughout the country. Dressed in sunset shades of orange, red and yellow, many came prepared with placards. Others without were supplied with posters calling for climate action. The crowd was addressed by several...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines urges action to resolve climate talks deadlock
2013-11-11 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Philippines government has firmly connected the super typhoon Haiyan with climate change, and urged governments meeting in Poland on Monday to take emergency action to resolve the deadlocked climate talks. "We cannot sit and stay helpless staring at this international climate stalemate. It is now time to take action. We need an emergency climate pathway," said Seb Yano, head of the government's delegation to the UN climate talks, in an article for the Guardian, in which he challenged climate...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines Urges Action to Resolve Climate Talks Deadlock in Aftermath of Storm
2013-11-11 10:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: The Philippines government has firmly connected the super typhoon Haiyan with climate change, and urged governments meeting in Poland on Monday to take emergency action to resolve the deadlocked climate talks. "We cannot sit and stay helpless staring at this international climate stalemate. It is now time to take action. We need an emergency climate pathway," said Yeb Sano, head of the government's delegation to the UN climate talks, in an article for the Guardian, in which he challenged climate...
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From mobile solar to low-risk homes, climate action is underway - UN
2013-11-07 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: When remote mining camps in Mongolia's south Gobi desert need energy, they rent diesel generators. But rented solar arrays can provide energy 30 percent cheaper, while producing no carbon emissions, an entrepreneur says. The solar rental model, with no upfront investment costs, makes "a solar farm cheap up front and cheaper to run. The payback time is zero. You immediately start saving from day one,' said Erwin Spolders, whose mobile solar rental company, France-based Redavia, is about to place...
Obama Administration Takes Action on Climate Resilience
2013-11-01 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: President Obama issued an Executive Order on Friday establishing a new task force that will work to make U.S. communities more resilient to change-related impacts, such as heavy precipitation events, more frequent coastal flooding, and more severe and longer lasting heat waves. The Executive Order enshrines the climate change buzzword of the post-Hurricane Sandy era -- "resilience' -- into the language of the federal bureaucracy by directing agencies to work with state, local, and tribal leaders...
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