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Moral imperative to address climate change, says UN Chief
2015-06-19 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Later this evening, the Pope will release a major statement on the environment, in particular, climate change. A leaked draft reveals the Pope will say the world faces grave consequences if people don't change their consumerist lifestyles and he goes into detail about climate policy. It's only his second encyclical since Francis became the Pope and is considered significant because world leaders are set to meet in Paris later this year to try to find a global consensus on...
In Coast Guard commencement address, Obama buoys climate change
2015-05-21 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: President Barack Obama used his commencement speech to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut on Wednesday, to focus on a topic he called an immediate national security threat: climate change. "Climate change will impact every country on the planet. No nation is immune," the President told the 218 graduating cadets. "Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military...
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China, Brazil to jointly address climate issues for sustainable growth
2015-05-21 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: As a result of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing visit to Brazil, China and Brazil Tuesday signed a joint statement on addressing the climate change issue together for a common vision of sustainable development. According to the statement, both sides recognize that climate change and its adverse effects are the common concern of humankind and one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century, which need to be addressed through international cooperation in the context of sustainable...
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Leaders Cite Positive Actions to Address Climate Change
2015-02-26 18:57:09| ENR.com: Headline News
Movement on a variety of fronts, but there is still a long way to go, conference speakers say.
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Is meaningful action to address climate change possible given our economic systems?
2015-01-13 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Triple Pundit: Its increasingly obvious that the global economic system, and particularly the current brand of U.S. capitalism, are not really compatible with the actions needed to combat climate change. Naomi Klein makes this point clear in This Changes Everything, which is both a passionate and controversial polemic and a reasoned discussion of the issues and forces stalling, and indeed preventing, a comprehensive response to climate change. The problem is not the political and ideological divisions or scientific...
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