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UN climate conference will be full pomp, but likely little action
2014-09-20 18:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Post: New York City will be full of planet-saving pomp this coming week, but short on action to rescue the world. More than 120 world leaders convene Tuesday for a UN summit aimed at galvanizing political will for a new global climate treaty by the end of 2015. Environmentalists will take to the streets Sunday in what is being billed as the largest march ever on global warming. Celebrities, CEOs and climatologists will appear at a string of events as part of New York`s annual climate week. "Titanic"...
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UN summit rallies global action on climate change
2014-09-20 10:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Some 125 world leaders are expected to commit to action on climate change at a UN summit Tuesday called to inject momentum in struggling efforts to tackle global warming. The gathering will be the largest ever of governments and heads of states on climate change and the first of its kind since the Copenhagen summit collapsed in disarray in 2009. US President Barack Obama is to outline his vision for limiting global warming, but key polluters China and India are sending lower-level representatives...
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International Panel says Urgent Action Needed Mitigate Climate Change
2014-09-19 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A leading climate scientist warns failure to act on reducing threats from climate change will have disastrous global consequences. He said the science on climate change is solid and inaction is no solution. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due to release the final installment of its 5th Assessment Report in a few weeks. The previous report lays out the risks of climate change and stresses the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere through adaptation...
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Portland Development Commission - Old Town/Chinatown Five-Year Action Plan
2014-09-19 03:32:02| PortlandOnline
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Australia: Christine Milne offers to pass Direct Action if renewable energy target stays
2014-09-18 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Christine Milne has said the Greens will help put spine and rigour into the Coalitions Direct Action climate plan and allow it to become law, in return for an assurance that the renewable energy target will not be wound back. Milne called Direct Action a pathetic ill-defined excuse for climate action but said the Greens would negotiate with the government to improve it on condition the RET remained unchanged. The Greens leader said the government had put jobs at risk by repealing carbon...
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