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Were still waking up to the long-term consequences of burning fossil fuels
2015-06-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Sometimes, on environmental issues, we make things too complicated. Global warming is an example. We go on and on about emissions targets and thresholds and offsets -- when really, its all about something much simpler: heat. We burn fossil fuels -- coal, oil, natural gas -- because doing so gives off heat. We then use that heat to create electricity (and for other purposes). But burning fossil fuels also gives off carbon dioxide, which makes its way into the atmosphere and gives us heat in...
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G7 pledge to cut out fossil fuels by 2100
2015-06-09 12:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Leaders of the G7 group have pledged to fully decarbonise their economies by the end of the century in a bid to tackle climate change. They also agreed to provide climate finance for the people that will be the most affected by the changing climate. The leaders of the G7 countries, which include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan the UK and the US, met in Germany to discuss economical and political issues. Environmental issues, ranging from energy to protecting the marine environment, dominated...
G7 meeting: World leaders pledge act on climate change, phase out fossil fuels by end of century
2015-06-08 23:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The G7 group of industrial nations have pledged to phase out the world's use of fossil fuels by the end of the 21st century. At a luxury retreat nestled in the picture-perfect Bavarian Alps, the leaders of the most powerful countries also tackled threats to global security posed by Islamist extremism and risks to the global economy from Greece. The leaders stressed that "deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions" were required with "a decarbonisation of the global economy over the course...
Some big, important countries promising cut out fossil fuels 2100
2015-06-08 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The global economy must be completely fossil fuelfree by the end of the century. That point of climate consensus came out of a meeting today between the U.S., the U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the European Union, which make up the G7. In the interest of preventing the planet from warming by more than 2 degrees Celsius, the nations said in a joint statement, we emphasize that deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions are required with a decarbonisation of the global economy...
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G7 leaders agree to phase out fossil fuel use by end of century
2015-06-08 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The G7 leading industrial nations have agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has announced. On the final day of talks in a Bavarian castle, Merkel said the Group of Seven leaders had committed themselves to the need to decarbonise the global economy in the course of this century. Environmental lobbyists described the announcement as a hopeful sign that plans for complete decarbonisation could...
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