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Australia: Direct Action climate fight all over at least until the real fight begins
2014-11-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has been fighting about climate policy for almost 10 years. Most people wish the argument would go away. Investors just wish they knew the outcome. After repealing the carbon tax and winning parliamentary backing for its Direct Action scheme this week, the Coalition says we have an answer to last 20 years. But thats not true. The Abbott government has deferred the most controversial element of its own policy the bit likely to determine whether it can succeed, and the bit that...
Australia: Direct Action is a mickey mouse scheme says former Howard adviser
2014-11-02 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Direct Action is a "Mickey Mouse" scheme that falls short of the "real leadership" needed to tackle climate change, a former adviser to John Howard says. The president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Geoff Cousins, has slammed the Abbott government's Direct Action policy, which was approved by the Senate last week, following a surprise deal between the Coalition and the Palmer United Party. The program will set up a $2.55 billion Emissions Reduction Fund, designed to help Australia...
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UN talks of tough global climate targets, vague on national action
2014-11-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A draft U.N. guide for slowing climate change says world greenhouse gas emissions may have to fall to a net zero this century but is vague about what each nation should do now. About 500 delegates, including scientists and government experts, are meeting in Copenhagen to edit the report, which is meant to guide policymakers in setting national goals for a global climate deal at a U.N. summit in Paris in late 2015. The draft synthesis report by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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Climate science triggers action from government, industry: UNEP
2014-11-01 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: A growing body of scientific evidence has inspired governments and industries to respond to the threats posed by climate change, a senior UN official said. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)'s Executive Director, Achim Steiner, told Xinhua in an interview in Nairobi this week that policymakers and investors have relied on climate science to initiate mitigation and adaptation projects. "The latest assessment report is categorical that we are faced with a climate change threat and the...
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Australia: Direct Action is like a dodgy laundry powder that never gets the climate clean
2014-10-31 02:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Direct Action is the brand name of the freshly minted Australian Government policy to try and reduce the countrys emissions of greenhouse gases. But with a name that sounds more like a dodgy box of laundry powder, Australias Direct Action is unlikely to leave the country looking any cleaner or smelling any fresher in the climate change stakes. Thats because instead of removing the many stubborn stains that fossil fuel use leaves on the planets climate systems, Australias box of Direct...
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