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China asks rich nations to pay for action on climate change
2013-11-06 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Zee News: Developed nations should promise to inject funds of no less than the fast-start funding between 2013 and 2015, Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate change official and deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) told a media conference here Tuesday. Rich nations should also chart a clear course for meeting the funding pledge of USD 100 billion by 2020, invest in the Green Climate Fund as soon as possible and ensure that developing countries get concrete funding support, Xie...
EU official urges stepped-up global action to close "emissions gap"
2013-11-06 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: The European Union (EU)'s climate action commissioner Connie Hedegaard on Tuesday called for concerted global action to cut excessive greenhouse gas emissions, after a UN report warned that the world could fail on the goal of containing global warming within two degrees Celsius. According to the annual report released by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) on Tuesday, global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 will be eight to 12 billion tonnes more than the level needed to hit the 2-degree target. ...
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New York Taking Action on Power Issues
2013-11-06 02:55:00| Transmission & Distribution World
New Yorks electricity grid should be the envy of the nation, but right now in many respects it is a traffic nightmare comparable to the Cross Bronx Expressway during rush hour. The Grid Optimization Blog read more
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Baltimore organization sparks conversation to spur action
2013-11-05 05:03:10| Beverages - Topix.net
The Peter Angelos Law Center was the place to be in Baltimore Saturday, November 2, 2013 as a documentary was presented.
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Leaked IPCC Draft Cites Widespread Effects of Climate Change, Calls for Action
2013-11-04 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A leaked draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "Summary for Policymakers" cites "widespread and consequential" impacts throughout the globe as a result of climate change. Published on the site No Frakking Consensus, the draft identifies a variety of impacts on ecosystems and societies the changing global climate has, and will have, in coming years. Already, climate change has forced land and sea species to shift "their ranges, seasonal activities, migration patterns, and abundance,...
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